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. 

SATCH CAPTIAL GRANT 2020

 Satchel’s awards $3197 to BREAD of the MIGHTY FOOD BANK

Satchel’s Pizza is proud to award 2020 Satch Capital Grant award to Bread of the Mighty. Bread of the Mighty Food Bank is celebrating 32 years of serving the community, is a private non-profit organization. The 33 year old food bank collects, sorts, stores and distributes donated food and basic essentials to 190+ non-profit agency partners such as food pantries, churches, homeless shelters and other organizations who then distribute food in their communities to directly feed the hungry. In 2020 over 18.2 million pounds of food was distributed through Bread of the Mighty's five-county service area. The Satch Capital Grant 2020 was funded by Satchel’s customers who give their support to local nonprofits by using Satchel’s ATM machines. 

If your organization is interested in becoming a Round Up for Charity (RUFC) partner with Satchel's Pizza please email Gracy at satchelsdonation@gmail.com for more information.

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.

SATCH CASH 2020

SATCH CASH 2020

The Giving Committee has reviewed the applicants for Satch Cash 2020. There were almost 30 organizations that applied for this opportunity. Satch Cash applications are due October 31 of every year. When you use the ATMs in 2020 at Satchel's and Lightnin Salvage Enterprises the fee goes to one of these featured community assets. Thank you for giving back to these important non-profits!

JANUARY Night to Shine

FEBRUARY Florida Springs Council

MARCH Gainesville Girls Rock Camp

APRIL Alachua Conservation Trust - Creekside Environmental Education for Kids

MAY One Love Prison Meditation Project

JUNE The ARK School of Fitness

JULY Sequential Artists Workshop

AUGUST Bread of the Mighty Food Bank

SEPTEMBER Current Problems

OCTOBER Community Weatherization Coalition

NOVEMBER Gainesville Circus Center

DECEMBER Kids Count in Alachua County

THIRD Quarter 2019 Satch Grants

THIRD Quarter 2019 Satch Grants

Florida Springs Council is a coalition of 53 environmental organizations working together to ensure the protection and restoration of Florida's springs, the rivers they have created, and our aquifer. FSC helps organizations and citisens navigate the legal, legislative, and regulatory landscape of water protections. This $500 Satch Grant will ensure transportation and educational materials for defenders of the springs as they travel in January 2020 to Tallahassee as they convene the 2020 legislative session.

Helping Hands Clinic seeks to improve the physical and mental well-being of the homeless and poor of Gainesville by delivering comprehensive health care, sensitizing providers to the special needs of the homeless and poor, and engaging the community in meaningful contribution. Helping Hands has been serving the Gainesville community for 30 years. This $500 Satch Grant will fund purchasing of medications and program-supporting supplies that are then provided by licensed practitioners. 

MentorGNV is an opportunity for UF students to make a difference on and off campus. Through MentorGNV UF students work with children in the Alachua County public school system that are struggling. The relationship between the mentors and mentees adds an additional support system in their life. This $500 Satch Grant will fund an end-of-the-year field trip and celebration for the children and their mentors.