SATCH GIVING in 2020

2020 has been a strange year for restaurants and everyone because of the Covid19 pandemic. When our restaurant was shut down except for takeout in mid March and 26 employees laid off, we also suspended the grants for a while. We made less money from our ATMs and decided not to give tiny amounts to charities that weren't able to hold the events we were helping to fund. Our giving in 2020 breaks down like this:

GIFT CARDS

Even though most organizations could not hold in-person events we did support several organizations with over $1,000 in gift cards for online raffles and virtual gatherings. 

Meridian, Children Beyond Borders, ALZs Place, Girl Scouts, Climb for Cancer, Habitat for Humanity, Days for Girls, Corner Drug Store, Windsor Volunteer Fire Dept, YNOT Theater, Equality Florida, Keep Alachua County Beautiful, Alachua County Crisis Center and many more non profits.

Contact satchelsdonation@gmail (with one month's notice) for a gift card for your raffle, auction, event.

SATCH CASH 2020

Satch Cash applications are due October 31 of every year. When you use the ATMs at Satchel's and Lightnin Salvage Enterprises the fee goes to one of these featured community assets.  So far this year we've given almost $8000 to these great local organizations. Thank you for giving back to these important non-profits!

JANUARY $954 Night to Shine   

FEBRUARY $1146  Florida Springs Council 

MARCH $750  Gainesville Girls Rock Camp

APRIL $750  Alachua Conservation Trust - Creekside Environmental Education for Kids

MAY $1000 One Love Prison Meditation Project

JUNE $1000 The ARK School of Fitness

JULY  $554 Sequential Artists Workshop

AUGUST $1000 Bread of the Mighty Food Bank

SEPTEMBER $636 Current Problems

There is still time to contribute to these organizations in 2020 when you use our ATMs.

OCTOBER Community Weatherization Coalition

NOVEMBER Gainesville Circus Center

DECEMBER Kids Count in Alachua County

Email Gracy @ satchelsdonation@gmail.com to find out about Satch Grants 2021 and how to apply.

SATCHEL'S CAPITAL GRANT 2020

Satchel’s awards $12,000 to GRACE with a Satch Capital Grant

Satchel’s Pizza is proud to award their 2019 Satch Capital Grant award to GRACE, a project of the Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry. GRACE is a one-stop assistance center and emergency shelter on a mission to end homelessness in Alachua County. The Satch Capital Grant is funded by Satchel’s customers who give their support to local nonprofits by using Satchel’s ATM machines. GRACE was one of 12 applicants for this year’s award.

GRACE provides supportive services, emergency shelter, and permanent solutions to people without housing. Since 2014, GRACE has moved nearly 1,000 people into permanent housing, reducing homelessness by 36% in Alachua County. GRACE will use the award to purchase a box truck to deliver furniture to people as they move into housing. The truck will also be used to pick up donated food, furniture, and household items.

“We’re thrilled to have Satchel’s as a part of Team GRACE,” said GRACE Executive Director Jon DeCarmine. “Their support means the difference between moving people into a house, and moving them into a home.”

GRACE housed 406 people in 2019, and will move another 500 people into housing in 2020. The agency received nearly 100,000 pounds of food from Bread of the Mighty Food Bank in 2019, and served more than 135,000 meals to people in crisis.

Satchel’s gives back to the community in a variety of ways. Satchel’s Giving Programs offer donations in the form of gift cards, quarterly Satch Grants and yearly Satch Cash and Satch Capital awards. All applicants must be a non-profit entity (501c3) that provide charitable, environmental, or educational services to the people of Alachua County. For more information on Satchel’s community giving, visit https://www.satchelspizza.com/grants/. For more information on GRACE, visit gracemarketplace.org.