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. 

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.