Tidewell receives $75,000 grant to support COVID-19 pandemic response
Tidewell Hospice has received a $75,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County to support Tidewell’s COVID-19 response.
This funding comes from the Community Foundation’s Health Care Grant and will supply personal protective equipment (PPE) for Tidewell’s frontline workers providing world-class hospice care in Sarasota County during the pandemic.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has demanded incredible courage and hard work from Tidewell’s colleagues on the front lines, who continue to serve our community,” said Tidewell President and CEO Jonathan Fleece. “This generous grant will help equip them with the personal protective equipment they need to safely care for our patients and their loved ones during an already challenging time.”
The Health Care Grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County is available through support from the James Franklin Warnell & Dorothy J. Warnell Fund. This grant program supports those not-for-profit organizations providing health care services in Sarasota County, Florida to provide direct assistance to worthy individuals.
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About Tidewell Hospice
Celebrating its 40th Anniversary, Tidewell Hospice is an independent, not-for-profit health provider offering a home-centered, comprehensive system of end of life and palliative care for people living with advanced illness and their families. Annually, Tidewell provides care for nearly 10,000 patients throughout its four-county service area of Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte and DeSoto counties. Hospice houses and offices are located in Arcadia, Bradenton, Englewood, Lakewood Ranch, Palmetto, Port Charlotte, Sarasota and Venice. As the region’s only not-for-profit hospice, Tidewell relies on donor contributions to provide a number of its acclaimed patient and community services. Tidewell is accredited by the Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) with deemed status, signifying excellent care and meeting Medicare’s conditions of participation.
About the Community Foundation of Sarasota County
The Community Foundation of Sarasota County is a public charity founded in 1979 by the Southwest Florida Estate Planning Council as a resource for caring individuals and the causes they support, enabling them to make a charitable impact on the community. With assets of $418 million in more than 1,500 charitable funds, the Community Foundation awarded grants and scholarships totaling $21.5 million dollars last year in the areas of education, the arts, health and human services, civic engagement, animal welfare and the environment. Since its founding, the Community Foundation has been able to grant more than $274 million to area nonprofit organizations to our community thanks to the generosity of charitable individuals, families, and businesses. For more information, visit www.CFSarasota.org or call (941) 955-3000.
