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making an impact

Making An Impact was founded in response to a growing need for information and access to community resources. We curate one of the areas most comprehensive and utilized lists of basic need services  and disaster recovery resources in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

Recognizing the need for more focused and comprehensive community navigation, we accepted the challenge and created a local nonprofit offering information, direction, and hope for addressing complex needs.

NAVIGATIONAL TOOLS THAT HELP:

  • Homeless find shelter
  • Hungry find food
  • Sick find care
  • Abused find safety
  • and so much more

COMMUNITY
BASIC NEEDS
GUIDE

A guide to community resources for basic needs in Sarasota and Manatee Counties

DISASTER
RECOVERY
GUIDE

Disaster recovery guide resources to assist Sarasota and Manatee residents

PHARMACY
DISCOUNT
GUIDE

Pharmacy discount guide for Sarasota and Manatee county residents

TESTIMONIALSPARTNERS

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Peter Casamento, M.A.
Laurel Civic Association
President & Executive Director

These guides have been invaluable assets to us for years. They are essential if you provide social services to assist individuals facing challenges. The wealth of information and resources included has consistently strengthened our ability to offer effective education, advocacy, and comprehensive support services.

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Megan Howell, M.S.
Second Hearts Home
Executive Director & Founder

Making An Impact is such a brilliant consolidation of important resources in our community. It’s a game changer when you are able to suggest multiple , quality resources to someone in need. We may not be able to solve every situation, but we are able to use this guide to pass on hope. Our whole team has a copy, and we even give these to our volunteers. The online version is very user-friendly!

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Rev. Dr. Tom Pfaff
Sarasota Ministerial Association
Founder & President

At Sarasota Memorial Ministerial Association, a nonprofit group of over 100 diverse faith leaders and ministry members, we come together to discuss community concerns, explore potential solutions, and foster fellowship. In our unity, we find strength and hope for a better tomorrow.

As clergy, we often bear the burdens of our congregations and find the Basic Needs Community Connections Resource Guide by Making An Impact invaluable. This user-friendly booklet offers comprehensive contact information and assistance, proving to be an indispensable tool for our mission.

This book, and its creators, are a true blessing.

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Rick Wells
Manatee County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff

Every day our deputies come in contact with people who have needs beyond what we as a law enforcement agency are equipped to handle. It’s great to have the ready reference guide with a list of resource programs and organizations that can provide additional services. It’s our hope that people in our community will find the help they need, and we’ll continue to do what we can to point them in the right direction.

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Linda Poteat-Brown, MBA
Easterseals Southwest FL
VP Human Resources

The Making An Impact Community Connections Resource Guide is a phenomenal one-stop-shop guide for the Sarasota and Manatee County communities! Concise, easy to follow, content rich – this guide skillfully serves the gamut from parents, profit and nonprofit businesses…and specifically Human Resource departments!

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Jessica Hays
Safe Place & Rape Crisis Center
President & CEO

We have been giving Making An Impact’s resource guides to our clients during their intake appointment at the Shelter, and find this to be a great tool to empower those we serve, to find resources within the community.

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David Stone, LMHC
Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
Clinical Supervisor, Behavioral Health Intervention

The Making An Impact’s Community Connections Resource Guide has been a tremendous help to me and my team with providing up-to-date resources to patients in needs.

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