- March 10, 2025
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Betsy Kane-Hartnett, Host Stanley Kane and Guest Speaker Liam Ordonez
Roses decorated the cocktail tables.
Dean Miller played music throughout the evening.
Debbie and Tom Trimble
Linda McDonald and Roger Sandt
Tom and Renee Brady
Kathy Brown peruses the Thayer jewelry.
Deb Kabinoff, Fred and Judy Fiala and Sheri Weinstein
A buffet was set up for appetizers.
Dennis and Graci McGillicuddy
Kathleen Frankart and Harvey Kaltsas
Steve Kaufmann and Sara Rhodes
Erica Moser, Jeremy Thayer and Terri Thayer
Thayer Jewelers set up a display and donated part of its proceeds to the YMCA.
Steve Knopik, Kim Githler and Margaret Wise
Erik Arroyo and Patrick McArdle
Caleb and Michele Grimes
Paul Couzelis, Melanie Morrow and Candace Sweeney
Victoria Gehrisch, Delia Diaz and Shay Atluru
Erin Bacon and the Sarasota YMCA Sharks SASSY Synchronized Swim Team.
Michele Grimes welcomes guests to the program.
Liam Ordonez spoke about the YMCA Achievers Program.
Sarasota YMCA Sharks SASSY Synchronized Swim Team holds up thank you signs during its performance.
Sarasota YMCA celebrated its Circle of Champion members May 2 with an evening at the home of Stanley Kane.
The organization forwent its annual Kentucky Derby event, Going for the Gold, to instead host a private event for its new donor group. The Circle of Champions are those who give to the YMCA at the $1,000 level and higher. With this membership comes invitations to private civic and social events such as the inaugural celebration.
The event included an appetizer buffet from Michael's On East, music from guitarist Dean Miller, a presentation from Liam Ordonez, a chance drawing and a performance from the Sarasota YMCA Sharks SASSY Synchronized Swim Team.
Ordonez is a senior at Sarasota High School who went through the YMCA Achievers Program, an academic and career-focused initiative to help high school students reach their goals. He is now going to Cornell University in the fall on a full-ride scholarship.
