The trip is on the more expensive side and some of the students cannot participate without the financial support from local caring individuals and area businesses. The goal was to raise $100,000. Caldwell Trust Co. wanted to help. Kelly Caldwell and his wife, Melissa, hosted a fundraiser at the Caldwell Trust Co. headquarters in Venice…

Celebrating more than 25 years of investment experience, Caldwell Trust Company and having one billion dollars in assets under management, gave a $30,000 contribution to Step Up For Students Scholarship Program for the 2018-19 school year. The company has partnered with Step Up For Students since 2011 contributing a total of $220,000 funding 40 K-12…

Freedom Boat Club, the nation’s oldest and largest boat club with more than 20,000 members in 31 states and Canada, recently concluded its third national cause-marketing partnership to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. While total contributions among all participating clubs nationwide are being collected and tabulated, the corporate Freedom Boat Clubs from Southwest…

More than 25 team members and leaders at PGT Innovations’ North Venice location worked together to assemble and deliver SchoolTools backpacks to make a difference in the lives of local children in need through World Vision, a global Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty…

Quillen says one aspect of the company’s retention he thinks particularly appeals to millennials and the Generation Z coming up behind them is the its community involvement. It regularly donates money and volunteers with organizations related to law enforcement, veterans groups and children. “They want to be identified with a group or a company that…

SARASOTA, FL – Nine attorneys from the law firm of Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen and Ginsburg, P.A. were honored with Pro Bono Service Awards from Legal Aid of Manasota. The annual awards recognize attorneys who have donated their services to provide legal services at no cost to those in need. The Gold Pro Bono…

VENICE, FL: Caldwell Trust Company and Agape Flights teamed up in November to bring a taste of home to missionaries who spend Thanksgiving Day—and every other day—working in Haiti, the Bahamas, and the Dominican Republic. Helping with Agape’s Missionary Thanksgiving Program was an easy decision for Caldwell and its staff. Allen T. Speer, CEO of Agape Flights, had told R.…

OUR POSITION: PGT teams up with YMCA for near-site day care for workers’ children. Working families in Southwest Florida struggle to find decent, affordable housing. They have well-publicized problems getting access to health insurance and coping with the rising costs of health care. Transportation is always an issue; the availability of good jobs too. Then there’s…

American Vegetable Grower® magazine is proud to announce Parrish, FL-based Jones Potato Farm is the 2017 recipient of its prestigious Grower Achievement Award. This national award is given annually to an operation that exemplifies the best of the national growing community. Jones Potato Farm’s owners, Leslie and Alan Jones, are leads in the drive to sustain…