Impact
Award Winners
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November 2023 Impact Award Winner
Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center
Our November 2023 impact award meeting was held on Thursday, November 2nd. The winning organization was Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center, aka CHEC. CHEC is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, which has been providing environmental education, recreation, environmental research, and conservation lands management services to the citizens and visitors of the greater Charlotte Harbor area since 1987. You can visit www.checflorida.org for more information about CHEC and all they do to provide environmental services to Charlotte County.
Our Power of 100 Punta Gorda Members helped to raise $8400 for the CHEC organization! You can continue to help support this organization by visiting their website to learn more or to sign up as a volunteer.
May 2023 Impact Award Winner - Crossroads Hope Academy
Our first Impact Award meeting was held on May 4th. the winning organization was Crossroads Hope Academy, located in Punta Gorda. Crossroads Hope Academy is a non-profit 501(c)(3) home for foster boys who have had multiple failed placements in the Florida foster care system. Crossroads takes in boys aged 12 to 17 and offers them a stable home where specially trained staff and counselors work to rescue these kids from despair and help them grow into
well adjusted and stable self sufficient adults.
Together our members helped to raise $6800 for this Charlotte County Organization. To learn more about Crossroads Hope Academy please visit their website here.
You can continue to help this worthy organization by donating Directly or becoming a volunteer.
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Our first meeting helped to raise a total of $9480
$7380 for Crossroads Hope Academy - $1200 for Honor Flights - $900 for Yah Yah Girls
along with many jars of Peanut Butter and Jelly