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Venice Yacht Club Charitable Foundation
Charting a course to a better community…
Message from the Chairperson:
Updated June 2024
Dear Venice Yacht Club Members
It is hard to believe that we are more than halfway through our fiscal year! And what a year it has been already! Thanks to our many generous supporters, we have a budget of $150,000 in
gifts to donate this year (including the VYC to VYBA pass through). From November 1st through to May 31, during the first grant cycle, we have already made grants of $91,550. Please see the
Grant History for the list of the 2024 recipients to date.
Our first event in 2024 was the VYCCF Wine Auction on January 10. This wide selection of special wine was donated by the generous family of Lynne Colyer. We raised more than $13,000 at that
very fun event!
Our major fundraising event this year was the Annual Bike Ride for a Better Community which this year also included a walking course. Unfortunately, for the first time in seven years, the
weather did not cooperate. However, we did have about 50 intrepid riders and walkers, and over 200 individuals who enjoyed a delicious breakfast! And we raised close to $109,000, which
surpassed our goal of $100,000! Thanks to everyone who participated, sponsors, riders’ walkers, and the many volunteers who helped make this a special and safe event!
Jazz Under the Stars was, as usual, a wonderful success! The VHS jazz band played for the third year in a row and are all extraordinarily talented musicians!
Venice Yacht Club members have been supporting many worthy organizations since our inception in 2010 we have donated over $1,200,000 to more than 75 different local organizations. The causes we support include Children and Youth services, including youth boating, Mental and Physical Health, Education and Literacy, Hunger, Homelessness, Veterans, and the Environment. Your commitment to helping families in need can continue in perpetuity through a gift to the VYCCF in your will. A lasting gift can provide financial security to many organizations.
Sincerely,
Sylvia Hollister – 2024 VYCCF Chair
Together we are Charting a Course for a Better Community
"The Venice Yacht Club Charitable Foundation mobilizes the collective goodwill of our community, to improve the lives of our neighbors, including those who are most vulnerable."
Your 2024 Volunteer VYCCF “Committee of Leaders”
Chair - Sytvia Hottister, Vice Chair - Dave Slaman, Board Secretary - Robert Scholten, Corr. Secretary - Fran Jeffrey, Treasurer - John O'Donnell, Recording Secretary, Joi Nemke, Director - Don Healy, Kevin Collins, Pamela Phildius, Barbara Isaacson, Noni Lavelle, Currents Editor - Barbi Richardson, Sandy Welch, Beth Piel, Ann Van Cott, Cheryl Cook, Cherie Major, Rick Schimek, Karla Olson, Haydn Fusia, VYC Board Rep Michael Nemser
Please feel free to reach out to any of these committee and board members with questions regarding projects and programs of the VYCCF.
Dear Fellow Club Members:
With the onslaught of hurricanes Helene and Milton, we were unable to have our Jimmy Buffet-themed fundraiser. But we were still able to deliver donation checks to the Venice Police Department and to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (both for $5,000). Please keep your favorite charities—as well as the important local ones our VYCCF supports —in your mind during this difficult time in our region.
The end of our fiscal year is November 1, and to date we have given grants of $152,752.00—meaning our Venice Yacht Club Charitable Foundation has met its 2024 goal and is now onto Fiscal Year 2025 and a new grant process. We look forward to keeping you informed throughout this exciting new year.
We also look forward to reconnecting with all our sponsors and donors at our Donor Appreciation event on November 7!
Appreciatively,
Barbi Richardson, VYCCF Currents Editor
Please follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/VeniceYachctClubCharitableFoundation/
updated: November 2024 Currents
Dear Fellow Club Members:
It’s the beginning of that “Welcome Back” time of year for our Snowbirders and those indefatigable travelers; so great to see all the familiar faces again!
News Flash! Reserve now for our October 10 Parrothead Party and VYCCF Fundraiser. This annual fall fundraiser (along with our legendary bike/walk event in February) funds the many local and worthwhile charities our Foundation supports. This special evening will have it all—from Jimmy Buffet tunes as you arrive to the final Key Lime Pie Shooter! Music will be provided by the Lefty Lucy Band.
Another “mark your calendar” event will be on November 7 for our annual Donor Appreciation evening from 5:30-7:00. A brief presentation will be made to the final grant recipients for 2024: the Sea Scouts Ship 777, Operation Warrior Resolution, and Toys for Tots. Reserve now to show your support.
At the time of printing this newsletter, your VYCCF has made grants totaling $130,000 to 22 charitable organizations. Speaking of giving, consider the RMD (required minimum distribution) program. Funds sent via this program are tax free as long as the recipient is a 501c3—and the VYCCF has this designation. For more information, check out these websites:
https://www.fidelity.com/mutual-funds/mutual-fund-spotlights/rmd-funds
or:
https://www.aarp.org/retirement/required-minimum-distribution-calculator/
or:
simply google “required minimum distribution.”
Hope to see you at one of our upcoming events!
Appreciatively,
Barbi Richardso, VYCCF Currents Editor
Please follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/VeniceYachctClubCharitableFoundation/
updated: October 2024 Currents
$1,218,123
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