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just some thoughts Louise Bruderle Editor and Publisher West Coast Woman Janis Ian This month’s wcw I guess I should have known this, but I didn’t. Singer/ songwriter and activist and icon Janis Ian has been quietly living in our community for a few years. I had the good fortune to interview her as she embarks on a final U.S. concert tour to promote her final album. She’s had a 55+ year career in music (started at 14, BTW), but she’s also a writer, philanthropist and activist. She’ll be performing in Clearwater (among many other places) so get your tickets right away at https://janisian.com/ Janis Ian Photo by Lloyd Baggs Don’t miss this March event How cool WCW’s official 34th anniversary day is March 17 and we’ll be celebrating in part by attending the opening of a new exhibit at ArtCenter Sarasota. Adding to the cool factor is that one of the artists is Osa Atoe, a ceramicist whom we profiled in our January, 2022 issue. Also cool is that the ArtCenter is run by Kinsey Robb whom we featured back in November! ■ Here’s what’s on: Gallery 1 - Osa Atoe; Gallery 2 - Philomena Marano: Signs & Wonders; Gallery 3 - Susan Sidebottom and Gallery 4 - Juried Show for ACS Members Opening night reception is on Thursday, March 17, 6-8 pm. Hope to see you there! Good People Doing Good Things Woman’s Club of Sarasota, aka The GFWC Woman’s Club of Sarasota, regularly celebrates local first responders in the community. The firemen at Station recently received donations of cookies, donuts and cakes. Shown (l-r) are: Amy Corso, Firefighter Evin Williams, Lt. Dan Dabringhaus, Susan Okey and Nancy Ritarito. Not that familiar with the Woman’s Club of Sarasota? The GFWC Woman’s Club of Sarasota recently celebrated 100 years of membership in the General Federation of Women’s Club, headquartered in Washington, D.C. GFWC is one of the world’s largest non-profit and non-partisan organizations for women. This Sarasota club with 40 members is one of the 188 clubs in Florida. They mentor high school students in the Take Stock in Children program. They provide art supplies for Alta Vista Elementary School. On National Senior Citizens Day, they honored the 45 men and women on the Bradenton senior softball team by attending a game and giving them bottled water and, for some fun, a lottery ticket. Members provide socks for veterans and volunteer at the Humane Society. Each year, college scholarships are given to high school seniors. They provide wreaths for veterans at the Sarasota National Cemetery. They give books to foster children through The Twig and honor our community firemen with baked goods. Members walk in the Alzheimer’s Walk, and the club supports the Season of Sharing program. In 2021, a giant milestone was reached through the club’s Philanthropic Trust Awards Program as they celebrated upwards of $175,000 in awards given since the year 2000. More info at https://www.hssc.org/ And here’s another example of our community coming together to help others in need. All Faiths Food Bank received $151,000 in support of their Backpack Program for Children. All Faiths Food Bank recently received grants and support for the program from the following foundations: • $25,000 from The Florida Blue Foundation • $38,000 from The Stone Foundation • $40,000 from The Harry Sudakoff Foundation • $40,000 from The Roberta Leventhal Sudakoff Foundation • $30,000 from The Bank of America Client Foundation • $10,000 from The Harold C. and Jacqueline F. Bladel Foundation • $6,000 from The Cook Family Foundation The All Faiths Food Bank BackPack Program provides pre-packed backpacks for weekly distribution to children for weekends and/or holidays when students do not have the benefit of free or reduced-price school meals and may otherwise go without. All Faiths Food Bank’s BackPack Program provides food to children who are living in households that are food insecure. By ensuring that children are provided with the necessities, All Faith Food Bank is helping to build healthy and strong communities while allowing children to learn without worrying about hunger. www.allfaithsfoodbank.org. The Cinderella Project is back. Thanks to a donation from The Perfect Dress, Every Child will be able to provide girls with prom dresses. On March 17 and 18 from 10 am - 2 pm, girls who cannot afford to purchase a gown for prom can come to CORESRQ and chose a dress, jewelry, a purse, and shoes. CORESRQ is located 1075 S. Euclid Avenue and is a partner with Every Child in the Cinderella Project. Every Child, Inc. has been helping the children in our community for 23 years. They’ve given out thousands of backpacks filled with school supplies, holiday gifts, books and groceries. Past projects include the Cinderella Project, the Cinderella Project Runway, and Welcome Baby. They’ve (Left to right) Judy Alexander, Teresa Gutierrez, collaborated with other agencies to help Vicki Sack, Kim Frazer and Trillian Sack. the children in our community. CoreSRQ, Inc. (formerly the Sarasota YMCA) is a nonprofit that offers family fitness and recreation centers. More donations of new or gently used dresses, shoes, purses and jewelry are needed. For more information, contact Judy Alexander at judyalex1@aol.com. Thank you Judy for the love! Thoughts on WCW’s 34th anniversary Two years ago in March, things were starting to crater in our corner of the world as well as globally as COVID took hold. There’s hope we are moving beyond this extremely difficult pandemic that cost all of us something in varying degrees of difficulty. If you’ve noticed that WCW has been publishing lots of events, cultural events, events online and in person, gardening, farmer’s markets, etc., it’s highly intentional. WCW doesn’t cover hard news, but we do our best to offer you features, WCW 34 calendars and articles that tell you there is some hope and —trust me on this —there are lots of things to do. As an artist myself and a lover of the arts, I know the arts soothe, engage, heal and even distract from our day-to-day troubles and cares. So many organizations we know and love and frequent here put in extra effort to make themselves available. They’ve mostly overcome many challenges like making sitting in a theatre (formerly elbow to elbow) a doable and safe experience. As we are in peak season, kudos to you all who have given us joy and hope through the arts. We now start year 35 here at WCW having profiled over 400 women in our community as well as thousands of diverse features. Thanks for providing so many story lines, ideas and most of all, great women to feature. Louise Bruderle | Editor and Publisher | westcoastwoman@comcast.net YEARS We welcome your thoughts and comments on this column and on other columns and features in this issue. You can reach us at westcoastwoman@comcast.net. We’re on the web at www.WestCoastWoman.com. 4 WEST COAST WOMAN MARCH 2022
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