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Joey Zampino offers wine to Pati Knox.
Photo by Ian SwabySheril Miller signs in at a desk staffed by Stella Lappin and Cathy Sellers.
Photo by Ian SwabyVenice Theater executive director Kristofer Geddie offers a presentation.
Photo by Ian SwabyMary Anne Servian, CEO of Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida, and Kenzie Shockey, 15, offer a presentation.
Photo by Ian SwabyMackenzie Walker of Manatee School for the Fine Arts offers a presentation.
Photo by Ian SwabyImpact100 SRQ founding president Jane Watt and community investment review committee director Maria Mandler introduce a series of presenters.
Photo by Ian SwabyEasterseals Southwest Florida president Tom Waters and vice president of philanthropy Jill Gass offer a presentation.
Photo by Ian SwabyCate Douglas, Bonnie Granatir and Impact100 SRQ board of directors members Judy Greenhill watch a presentation.
Photo by Ian SwabyKaty McBrayer-Lynch, president of Sarasota Teen Court, tells the story of how the organization changed her life during a presentation she offered with the organization's CEO Heather Todd.
Photo by Ian SwabyImpact100 SRQ president Pam Kandziora and focus areas director Ellen Foster address the crowd.
Photo by Ian SwabyPamela DeFouw, executive director of the Paul A. & Veronica H. Gross Wildlife Center of Southwest Florida, gives a presentation.
Photo by Ian SwabyCindy Drill of Friends of Sarasota County Parks offers a presentation.
Photo by Ian SwabyBerni Slowey, Nancy Lagnese and Erin Cartland
Photo by Ian SwabyCynthia Davis, Dana Delgado and Pati Knox talk.
Photo by Ian SwabyAnn Martin, Birget Sroka and Carolyn Rovner
Photo by Ian SwabyCharla and Laura Burchett and Kathleen O'Connor
Photo by Ian SwabyKay Stump, Nancy Rehkamp and Eva Treffert talk.
Photo by Ian SwabyNonprofit director Betsy Friedman presents a grant to Kinsey Robb, executive director of Art Center Sarasota.
Photo by Ian SwabyTonya Tremitiere presents an award to girl scout Kenzie Shockey, 15, and Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida board chair Richard Cyphers.
Photo by Ian SwabyFatherhood Program Facilitator Edwin Robinson, CEO Dr. Helene Lotman, Board Chair Kathie Roberts and Chief of Behavioral and Health Services Keith Leahey, of Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast, walk towards the stage after being announced as winners.
Photo by Ian SwabyNonprofit director Betsy Friedman presents a grant to Garfield Beezer, director of food and nutrition services at Easterseals Southwest Florida.
Photo by Ian SwabyPosters for the different nonprofits line the seating area at Sarasota Municipal Auditorium.
Photo by Ian SwabyFor many women, joining Impact100 SRQ marks the first time they have written a $1,000 check to an organization, said Pam Kandziora, president of the nonprofit.
Nonetheless, she said the organization is the fastest-growing Impact100 chapter in the world, having been able to multiply the required $1,000 per member donation exponentially during each of its years serving the community.
The fifth Annual Celebration & Award Ceremony, held Nov. 8 at Sarasota Municipal Auditorium, featured presentations by 10 finalists, seven of which were chosen, through a vote by members, to receive grants of $109,000 each.
These grants will fund transformational projects often not achievable through traditional funding, said Kandziora.
"I'm so excited. I'm honestly so happy to see how many girls are going to be impacted now," said Girl Scouts member Kenzie Shockey, 15, after the receipt of a grant by Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida to built an amphitheater at Camp Honi Hanta in Bradenton.
"That's what we want to do — fund something that really changes the way (organizations) are able to serve the community," Kandziora said.
"This is an awesome opportunity for the wildlife and our community, and it will have a large positive impact on the county," said Pamela DeFouw, executive director of the Paul A. & Veronica H. Gross Wildlife Center of Southwest Florida, which was awarded a grant to construct a 100-foot flyway for rehabiliation of birds of prey.
Katy McBrayer-Lynch, who first came to Sarasota Youth Court 22 years ago as a teenager with multiple criminal charges, said the organization changed her life when Heather Todd, the organization's current CEO, became her client coordinator.
"It means so much to me personally," she said. "That's what this is for, it's for more Heather Todds to be able to uniquely sit down with these individuals and decide how they're going to change their life."
This story was updated to note that Jewish Family & Children's Services of the Suncoast was among the grant recipients.
