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August 27, 2021 – Forty Carrots Quarterly Newsletter
July 14, 2021 – Mental Health Care Grant Awarded to Forty Carrots Family Center
June 3, 2021 – Forty Carrots Family Center elects new board chair and trustee
May 25, 2021 – Forty Carrots Preschool takes home GOLD in the SRQ Magazine Best of Sarasota Awards!
May 1, 2021 – Forty Carrots Quarterly Newsletter
April 26, 2021 – Clinical Director Carla Johanns was a presenter at SRQ Strong’s event, Parents Have the Power to Change the World.
March 3, 2021 – Forty Carrots Family Center announces its 19th annual FREE Educational Community Speaker Event
January 26, 2021 – Forty Carrots and Sarasota County Jail partnership to benefit from $19,000 grant
January 15, 2021 – Forty Carrots Quarterly Newsletter
November 13, 2020 – Forty Carrots Family Center receives Challenge Grant after second postponement of Firefly Gala
November 10, 2020 – BMO invests in Forty Carrots
September 29, 2020 – Forty Carrots Quarterly Newsletter
September 2, 2020 – Remembering a Sarasota Legend – A Tribute to Stanley Kane
October 25, 2017 – Grant to Provide Individual and Family Therapy to LGBTQIA Youth & Families
March 9, 2016 – Nicholas P. Roberts Named to Forty Carrots Board of Trustees
February 7, 2016 – Herald Tribune -Christina Rodrigues and Meredith Nimz Piazza: Child’s mental health may depend on early intervention
January 22, 2016 – Rock ‘n’ Roll Icon & Music Legend Joan Jett & the Blackhearts to Perform at The Firefly Gala
January 11, 2016 – The Forty Carrots 2015 Annual Report
January 5, 2016 – Wilson-Wood Foundation Grant Funds Parenting Education for Court-Ordered Families
November 2015 – Sarasota Magazine
October 23, 2015 – Forty Carrots Family Center and Ringling Museum of Art Partner to Support Local Families Exploration Into the Arts
September 15, 2015 – The Big Disconnect – Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age. FREE Community Speaker Event
September 1, 2015 – Kates Foundation Grant to Forty Carrots to Benefit Teen Parents
August 31, 2015 – Forty Carrots Expands to New Building – Capital Campaign in Progress
June 24, 2015 – The Preschool at Forty Carrots Welcomes New Preschool Director
June 9, 2015 – Forty Carrots Family Center Announces New Members and Officers to Board of Trustees
May 2015 – The Observer
April 2015 – SRQ Story Project
March 2015 – The Preschool at Forty Carrots and The Firefly Gala both received a Finalist Award in the Sarasota Herald Tribune Reader’s Choice Awards.
January 30, 2015 – Momentum Build for Forty Carrots Free Community Outreach Expansion – Herald Tribune Article
January 13, 2015 – “Nothin’ But a Good Time” Multi-Platinum Global Superstar Bret Michaels to Perform at Local Firefly Gala
October 16, 2014 – A Full House Shows A Commitment to Families and Children!
October 2014 – Forty Carrots Family Center received “Readers Choice Awards 2012” for: Parenting Education, Preschool, and Family Therapist – Meredith Piazza.
August 20, 2014 – Selby Gardens and Forty Carrots Create Partners In Play
August 6, 2014 – FREE Community Speaker Event – The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness
June 19, 2014 – Forty Carrots Wins Tampa Bay’s 2014 Nonprofit of the Year Education Award
June 16, 2014 – Selby Foundation Awards $26,000 Grant to Expand Local Parenting Education
June 2014 – Forty Carrots Family Center won the Education category for Tampa Bay Business Journal 2014 Non Profit of the Year Awards.
May 13, 2014 – Forty Carrots Family Center Announces New Board Members and Officers to Board of Trustees
February 5, 2014 – Publix Super Markets Charities Commits Support to Area Children and Families
January 10, 2014 – Most Successful All-Female Rock Band The Go-Go’s to Perform at Local Firefly Gala
December 18, 2013 – Mindy Rollins Named to Forty Carrots Board of Trustees
August 12, 2013 – Forty Carrots 11th Annual Free Community Speaker Event featuring Betsy Brown Braun
June 21, 2013 – Forty Carrots Hits a Home Run with the Rays Baseball Foundation
June 13, 2013 – Forty Carrots Family Center Announces New Members and Officers to Board of Trustees
April 2013 – Forty Carrots Family Center received “Readers Choice Awards 2012” for: Parenting Education, Preschool, and Family Therapist – Meredith Piazza. Also congratulations to Forty Carrots Family Center for receiving Family Friendly Employer and Family Friendly Business of the year.
March 23, 2013 – Forty Carrots Family Center Welcomes New Executive Director
April 8, 2013 – The Preschool at Forty Carrots Family Center Earns Continued Rigorous National NAEYC Accreditation
January 24, 2013 – Rock Stars Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo to Perform at Local Firefly Gala