$100
each, to 40 families
Thanksgiving dinners, delivered
Provided each of our 40 vetted families with a $100 Thanksgiving dinner, delivered by our members.
Serving Sarasota since 2005
Our Community Impact
21 years of neighbors funding this themselves — and one year of it, itemised.
21
Years serving Sarasota
$150,000+
Given this past year
117
Children & parents served
$0
Administration fees
In just over the past year, through donations provided solely by our members, and with zero dollars used for administration fees, JuntosSRQ have distributed over $150,000 to the needy in the Sarasota community area.
Where It Goes
The three ways we show up
None of this is a one-off drive. These are the same three programs our members have funded and run themselves, year after year, since 2005 — 21 years of showing up for the same community.
Feeding the Hungry
Feeding Sarasota families at Thanksgiving and Christmas since 2006.
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Shopping and Giving at Christmastime
Members shop, wrap, and hand-deliver gifts to vetted families every December.
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Providing Life’s Necessities
Year-round help for families in dire need — housing, scholarships, emergencies.
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Every dollar, accounted for
Member donations, given directly. Nothing skimmed for overhead — here is exactly where the year’s $150,000 went.
$125
per person, 117 people
Christmas presents
Provided $125 per person to 117 children and heads of families for Christmas presents they would never have been able to give or receive.
$125
per person, in grocery cards
Food for Christmastime
Provided $125 per person in Detweiler’s grocery cards to help provide food for Christmastime for those same families.
$10,000
100% into the build
Safe Children Coalition youth shelter
$10,000 was granted to the Safe Children Coalition of Sarasota Youth Shelter Capital Fund, which is constructing a safe shelter for youths-at-risk in our community, which was earmarked for 100% to go into the construction fund, with no administrative fees taken against it.
$100,000
12 women off the streets
A new women’s home for Second Heart Homes
Provided $100,000 through a special capital donation to fund the renovation of a new women’s home for Second Heart Homes, that took 12 young homeless women off the streets of Sarasota.
$2,500
donation
The Haven
Supported The Haven in Sarasota, which offers programs and services for children and adults with disabilities to enhance their quality of life, with a $2500 donation.
$1,000
diapers and food
One family, every month
Provided $1000 in diapers and food assistance for one of our special needs families for a 13-year-old blind, autistic, brain cancer child confined to a wheelchair and unable to care for himself.
$7,100+
after Hurricane Milton
A carport rebuilt
Via special donations, funded the $7100+ repair of a carport for our local missionary, Doris Schweppe, after her uninsurable carport attached to her mobile home was destroyed during Milton.
Latest Impact Stories
The families, volunteers, and moments behind the numbers.
From the community
Moments from recent deliveries, drives, and parties around Sarasota.
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21 years on, it still comes down to members deciding to help
Become a member, come to an event, or give directly — all three keep this work moving.