FIRST & SECOND QUARTER 

                     SATCH CARES GRANTS 2023

                  RUFC AWARDS first half of 2023

Satchel's awarded more than $15,000 in the first half of 2023 to several of our community nonprofits, schools and organizations.   A big portion came from YOU, our beautiful customers who Round Up For Charity when paying their tabs at Satchel's. 

GOOD WORK GAINESVILLE! THANK YOU!!!

RUFC January and February $3080 was awarded to  UF's design and build studio class who worked with Rawling's Elementary students and teachers to build a series of unique and functional projects on the elementary school campus

RUFC March and April   $3446 was raised for Florida Springs Institute Whose goal is to document Florida's springs and educate the public about the threats that face them in order to ensure future generations can enjoy them as we have.

RUFC May and June    $2890 went to the  Partnership for Strong Families PSF is the lead community-based care agency for FLorida Judicial Circuits 3 and 8. PSF delivers compre- hensive child welfare services to children who are victims of abuse and neglect. PSF also works with at-risk failies to prevent child abuse and to decrease the risk of children entering the out-of-home care system. 

SATCH CARES Q1 2023  was awarded to two local organizations.

$500 to Current Problems  CP is the only freshwater debris removal specialized nonprofi in the Southeast and has focused its efforts on projects taht most impact the health of habitat and water quality. CP engages volunteers in active springshed conservation and has been awarded through the years for its direct approach to water quality presrevation, Aquifer restoration, and ability to eliminate the cost of harmful debris removal for communities most impacted. 

$1500 to Pace Center for Girls  The majority of this funding when towards purchase of long term enrichment materials for the center. This includes musical instruments, yoga mats and a Tibetan bowl for yoga sessions. Also, enrichment trips for the girls such as a trip to visit old St Augustine and learn about Florida history and a day of learning pottery at Studio TM. 

SATCH CARES Q2 2023  was awarded to three community partners

$2500 to  Bread of the Mighty Food Bank   BMFB provides food, hope and encouragement to the hungry and food insecure. Food insecurity affects an average of nearly 16% of the population of North Central Florida, or 50,000 people each day, including children, seniors, families, veterans, students and other individuals who do not know where there next meal will come from. This grant will help BMFB with their mobile panrtry pop-up events to distibute a truck load of food in targeted areas of high need.

$1000 to ElderCare of Alachua County    ElderCare is an advocate for the elderly and provides services that will build capacity, maximize independence and enrich the quality of life for the seniors of Alachua County. There funds will assist in the Senior Nutrition Program, ensuring that older adults have access to nutritious meals and nutritional education, promoting their overall health and enabling them to age comfortably in their own homes.

Satchel's catered a pizza and salad lunch for 50!! at the popular summer camp    We Rock Gainesville This week-long camp is open to girls and gender-expansive youth ages 10-17. They focus on teaching self-esteem, confidence, communication and creativity through music education. Each camper is grouped in a band, rehearses through the week, then performs on a local live stage for their peers and families.

APPLY for SATCH GRANTS!

There is no formal application - only guidelines.  Send an email to satchelsdonations@gmail.com and Gracy will send you all the info.

GOOD LUCK GAINESVILLE!

SATCH CARES Q1-Q4 2023  applications are due February 28 (First), May 31 (Second), August 31 (Third) and November 30 (Fourth). For guidelines please email Gracy  @ satchelsdonation@gmail.com

RUFC 2024  applications are due October 31, 2023. For guidelines please email Gracy  @ satchelsdonation@gmail.com

Third & Fourth Quarter Satch Cares Grants 2022

and RUFC AWARDS second half of 2022

AND RUFC partners for 2023

Satchel's awarded more than $10,000 in the secong half of 2022 to several amazing local nonprofits, schools and organizations in our community. Half of which came from our amazing customers who Round Up For Charity when paying their tabs at Satchel's. GOOD WORK GAINESVILLE! THANK YOU!!!

RUFC July and August   $2898 for Keepers of the Springs rounds up volunteers to clean trash from our local Springs. In five years they have removed 8,000 pounds of debris.

RUFC September and October   $2620 was raised for Community Weatherization Coalition (CWC) is a grassroots community coalition made up of citizens, religious leaders, and NGOs concerned about Alachua County citizens spending a large percentage of their income on home energy bills. 

RUFC November and December    $2542 went to the  Southern Legal Counsel who uses the power of the law to obtain positive social change, reform systems and institutions, strike down unjust laws and policies, and hold government accountable to the people.

SATCH CARES Q3 2022  was awarded to two local organizations.

$1000 to Acorn Clinic The Alachua County Organization for Rural Needs, Inc. ACORN Clinic is a nationally-recognized program that provides low-cost medical, dental and social services care to residents of North Central Florida

$250 to Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo The Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo, a unique 10-acre zoo in Gainesville, Florida, is the only zoo on a college campus accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).

SATCH CARES Q4 2022  was awarded to three community partners

$500 to Grow Hub  Grow-Hub is a beautiful and safe place where adults of all abilities can find meaningful work. Their collaborative community programs and partnerships provide opportunities and experiences they ofter cannot find elsewhere.

$500 to One Love Prison Meditation OLPM provides the necessary emotional and spiritual support to those in prison. The meditations offered create an experience of peace and lightness. The students are able to live more positively in challenging circumstances.

$650 to  Gainesville Giving Garden    GGG bridges the gap between underserved neighbors and local, organic produce by growing and distributing vegetables to those without access to fresh local food.

APPLY for SATCH GRANTS!

SATCH CARES Q1-Q4 2023  applications are due February 28 (First), May 31 (Second), August 31 (Third) and November 30 (Fourth). For guidelines please email Gracy  @ satchelsdonation@gmail.com

RUFC 2024  applications are due October 31, 2023. For guidelines please email Gracy  @ satchelsdonation@gmail.com

First & Second Quarter Satch Cares Grants 

and RUFC AWARDS first half of 2022

Satchel's has been able to award almost $15,000 in the first half of 2022 to several terrific local nonprofits, schools and organizations in our community. Half of which came from our amazing customers who Round Up For Charity when paying their tabs at Satchel's. GOOD WORK GAINESVILLE! THANK YOU!!!

RUFC January and February   $2349 for UF's design and build studio class worked with Rawling's Elementary students and teachers to build a series of unique and functional projects on the elementary school campus

RUFC March and April    $3339 was raised for The Florida Springs Council who bring policy, law and scientific experts together to advocate for Florida's world-class Springs and Spring-fed Rivers.

RUFC May and June    $2524 went to the  Civic Media Center a community-based nonprofit that serves as a resource for progessive grassroots organizing, activism and public awareness to Gainesville.

SATCH CARES Q1 2022  was awarded to four local organizations.

$1300 to Brave Harvest Farm for an accesibility facelift. Brave Harvest empowers and inspires local families to eat more vegetables through gardening and cooking.

$1000 to Gainesville High School Home Run Club for a new windscreen for the baseball field.

$1200 to Glen Springs Elementary Robotics Club to help send award-winning 5th grade robotics members to the Robotic's World Championship in Dallas

$600 to Good News Arts in High Springs to help fund their after school arts program Good New Arts is a community arts space and gallery that collaborates with artists and citizens to provide contemporary arts education.

SATCH CARES Q2 2022  was awarded to four community partners

$1000 to Bread and Roses Well Women Care. This award will supplement patient procedure costs as well as allow B&RWWC to purchase gas/food/pharmacy gift cards to distribute to their many out-of-state patients. 

Pizza and salad lunch for all campers and staff of Gainesville Girl's Rock Camp

Pizza and salad lunch for students from the Graphic Arts and Design program at the Loften Academies  who volunteered to help with mosaics and other projects at Grow Hub

Salad for Current Problems supporters and volunteers for all their hard work keeping our local waterways clean.

APPLY for SATCH GRANTS!

SATCH CARES Q3 2022  applications are due September 30, 2022. For guidelines please email Gracy  @ satchelsdonation@gmail.com

RUFC 2023  applications are due October 31, 2022. For guidelines please email Gracy  @ satchelsdonation@gmail.com

SATCH CARES Q4 2022  applications are due December 31, 2022. For guidelines please email Gracy  @ satchelsdonation@gmail.com

CAPITAL 2021, 4th Quarter Satch Cares Grants 

and RUFC AWARDS for 2022

SATCH CAPITAL for 2021 goes to WOMBAT radio We are all enjoying the variety of local, regional, national and  international music (and that weather report!) as we tool around Gainesville with our windows down. The WOMBAT is awarded fees from our ATM machines which raised $2588 in 2021. Thank you to our customers for helping out and keeping local radio going in Gainesville.

4th Quarter 2021 SATCH CARES GRANTS which total $1700 go to -

Children Beyond Our Borders - CBOB is  establishing a podcast streaming service to share convenient, inclusive and reliable information that will address public health-related challenges faced by Hispanic children and their families in Alachua County.

Our Santa Fe River - Our Santa Fe River is striving to develop a native river plant growing unit to compliment the Agri-Science Program at Fort White High School. Outdoor growing unit would serve as a classroom laboratory.

Earth Givers dba We are Neutral Gainesville-based environmental nonprofit has 14 years of experience helping businesses and individuals understand, track, reduce and offset their comprehensive carbon footprints

Through RUFC - Round Up for Charity - we were able to raise over $16,000 for six important local nonprofits in 2021. Partnership for Strong Families, Alachua Women Build, One Love Prison Meditation, Matheson Museum/Gainesville Writer's Alliance and GRACE Marketplace. When you use a credit card at Satchel's or Lightnin Salvage Enterprises you can always Round Up for Charity and give a little which adds up to a lot!

The awards for 2022 Round Up for Charity are - 

JAN/FEB - UF Design and Build with MK Rawlings Elementary  UF School of Architecture students work with 4th & 5th grade students at Rawlings to design and build outdoor structures for students to learn and enjoy.

MAR/APR - Florida Springs Council FSC works for better overachieving protections for all springs as a whole, and also use our combined resources to provide support guidance whenever and wherever the health of a particular spring is threatened.

MAY/JUN  - Civic Media Center CMC hosts political education and cultural events, fostering community and public access and education in Gainesville for almost 30 years. Volunteer-powered and grassroots funded.

JUL/AUG - King of the Springs  KOTS was created to promote exploration of Florida's wild spaces, teach the public about FLA ecosystems and wildlife, and encourage everyone to protect these areas.

SEP/OCT Community Weatherization Coalition CWC helps our neighbors reduce their home energy and water bills and improve their quality of life by engaging volunteers in building community and learning together.

NOV/DEC Southern Legal Counsel SLC is a statewide not-for-profit public interest law firm that is committed to the ideal of equal justice for all and the attainment of basic human and civil rights.

Please email Gracy at satchelsdonation@gmail.com and she will send you the guidelines to apply for giving opportunities at Satchel's.

HOT GRANT NEWS SUMMER 2021

May & June 2021 Satchel's customers supported Round Up For Charity and Satchel's was able to give One Love Prison Meditation Project $3100!!! One Love PMP provides weekly meditation classes for over 80 incarcerated people at Florida State Prison, Gadsden Re-Entry Center, Cross City Correctional, and Lawtey Correctional Institution.  

"One Love Prison Meditation Project is the most beneficial activity I have participated in while being incarcerated. The power of meditating in a group collective is incredible and through that I have reached levels of meditation that I did not think were possible for me. After group meditation I leave with a sense of peace and fulfillment I have never before experienced. The feeling of peace can sometimes stay with me for days after. The group has developed a place of love and brotherhood that I have never experienced in prison. One Love PMP is extremely beneficial for anyone. From the first time meditator to the life long student of meditation."

2021 Second Quarter Satch Cares Grant $1500 was awarded to Center for Independent Living - NCF.  CILNCF will use these funds to help build more wheelchair ramps for our community members that do not have access in or out of their homes. Covid has amplified the insolation of so many and especially those who need a wheelchair ramp. When our customers use Satchel's ATM machines they support so many wonderful nonprofits in Alachua County.

As an extra grant Satch is giving $1000 to Come Together Productions to help support a new local radio station, 90.1 WMBT.

Satch Cares - Satchel's quarterly grant - 

has awarded three grants for the first quarter of 2021. 

Hawthorne Area Resource Center will receive $945. HARC's mission is to feed local families and to assess for needs, meet the needs they can, and make appropriate referrals when necessary.  This grant will be used for crisis interventions to help persons with utilities, prescriptions, copays for medical visits and assistance obtaining birth certificates for job applications and other services. The grant will all be used for purchasing food from Bread of the Mighty Food Bank for dispersing to local families in need.

Lincoln Middle School and Rawlings Elementary School were both awarded teacher appreciations luncheons for their teachers and staff.  Satchel's has great respect for teachers, staff and everyone involved in public education in Alachua County. Teachers have shown great strength and adaptability this past year. We honor their commitment to their students.

Satchel's next Satch Cares grant(s) will be awarded in July 2021. To apply, please email Gracy at satchelsdonation@gmail.com. 

Round Up For Charity - Jan/Feb 2021

Partnership for Strong Families was just awarded $2240! Satchel's first RUFC - Round Up for Charity - award of 2021. Partnership for Strong Families will use this grant to support needs related to health and nutrition our Cone Park Library Resource Center, serving east Gainesville. This will include quarterly community dinners, an emergency food pantry, health/fitness-related activities and more! Satchel's wants to thank our wonderful customers for Rounding Up for Charity when they pay. THANK YOU!

When you pay in March & April 2021 and RUFC your donation will support Alachua Women Build. Alachua Women Build is an all-volunteer program of Habitat for Humanity that raises funds for and builds houses in partnership with hard-working families often headed by women in need of safe, affordable homes.