Venice Yacht Club Charitable Foundation

Dear Fellow Club Members:

While summer is here and many of us are making plans to travel, visit family & friends, and enjoy life, “need” never takes a vacation. The many groups our Charitable Foundation supports—thanks to YOU—are hard at work, helping those less fortunate in our community to uplift their lives and circumstances.

This past spring, we presented checks to All Faiths Food Bank and Family Promise. In fact, since our Foundation’s beginnings in 2010, we have donated $1,200,000 to more than 75 local organizations! Our VYC membership’s generosity is awe-inspiring. The causes we support include Children and Youth services, 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. If you have questions about how to structure something like this, we will be outlining some tips and guidelines in an upcoming issue of the Currents. And if you have specific questions about contributing directly to any of the groups we support, we can accommodate this through our 501c3. For more information, contact any VYCCF Director or Barbi Richardson.

We added several new committee members to our VYCCF team over the past few months and would love for you to get to know them:
Joi Nemke - December 2023. Ambassador to Laurel Civic Association, and Senior Friendship Center. Joi is a full-time FL resident, and brings 35 years of business experience. She has a background in fundraising, committee work, and as a volunteer with many organizations.
Karla Olson - December 2023. Ambassador to The Loveland Center. Karla is very well known as a long time VYC member, as well as 2018 First Mate to her husband Commodore Gus Olson. She is a business owner, educator, event planner extraordinaire, and actively volunteers in organizations.
Haydn Fusia - January 2024. Ambassador to JFCS, and the Sea Scouts. Haydn recently retired from a company he owned in Atlanta and is now a full-time FL resident. He also has an extensive background in leadership roles with many nonprofit organizations.
Kimberly Spearman - July 2024. wIth more than 20 years’ experience in health care, Kimberly is now a full-time FL resident. She has a broad background in education, public service and social action and has served on several boards, and is a longtime volunteer.

Appreciatively,
Barbi Richardson, VYCCF Currents Editor

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updated: July 2024 Currents