Throughout the year, from time to time, our members also donate specific items needed by charities. This can take many forms, from filling the holiday wish lists for children at one or more of our charities, to collecting school supplies, clothing items, or baby needs, for example.
PVWC chooses charities each year to support. This year, due to unprecedented circumstances, we are extending our charity selection through the 2021-22 Club year.
2020-2022 Charities:
Betty Griffin Center: Shelter and services for victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault
St. Augustine Youth Services (SAYS): Family style therapeutic group homes and outpatient community service for at-risk youth providing coaching, counseling, and care
St Gerard Campus: A non-profit maternity home and high school for pregnant teenagers
BEAM: Helping low income residents in Jacksonville's beach communities
Florida School for the Deaf and Blind: Educating students from all over Florida, tuition-free, who are deaf/hard of hearing, blind/visually impaired, or deaf and blind.
Funds raised during the 2019-2020 Club year went to:
Our donation to the Center helped to fund the Rape Crisis Unit.and our scholarship winners:
Other charities that PVWC has supported in the past include:
Mission House: Day facility addressing the needs of the homeless of the Beaches and fostering a path back to productive and self sufficient lives
Hugs Across the County: Meeting the need of impoverished youth in St. John's County
Gabriel House of Care: Provides affordable temporary housing to medical patients from out of town
Rethreaded: Benefits victims of human trafficking through business
Beaches Habitat for Humanity: Builds or refurbishes homes for qualified families in need
Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach: Bringing the arts into the life of our community
Haiti Relief Fund: Providing disaster relief and humanitarian aid to Haitian earthquake victims
St Francis House: Assisting the homeless in St. Augustine
Youth Crisis Center: Safe shelter and support for at-risk children and youth in the Jacksonville area
Expanding Your Horizons: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) conference for girls in 5th-8th grade
Charities are invited to apply for assistance. Applications are evaluated in March and April for selection in May every two years to receive their funding the following May of each year. Application deadline is March 1st, 2022 for funding covering the 2022-2024 Club Years. Disbursement of funds will be made in May 2023 and May 2024. The application form can be found here by mid-January 2022.
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