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in North River Manatee County right now in Florida.

It is funded by the Patterson Foundation, which has about probably five full-time folks, and in partnership with the Bishop Parker Foundation, which has one and a half full-time folks.

I could keep providing examples over and over again.

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The Patterson Foundation strengthens

people, organizations and communities by focusing on issues that address mutual aspirations, foster wide participation, and encourage learning and sharing.

Welcome to Civic Sparks, a Beyond the Blog podcast of the Patterson Foundation.

My name is Leah Verier-Dunn, a consultant with the Patterson Foundation and your host today for an inside look into all things election related.

And with me is none other than Sarasota's Supervisor of Election, Ron Turner.

Thank you so much.

But that is not how any of this works.

It takes a lot of planning when you think of planning events, right? Yeah.

Welcome to Connecting Communities, a Beyond the Blog podcast by the Patterson Foundation.

We're here to discuss insights and inspirations from the Suncoast campaign for grade-level reading and more.

In each episode, we'll explore how communities can come together to support the success of children and families and to engage the parents, caregivers, educators, and organizers who care so deeply about them.

I love that you pointed that out.

You know, I want to share for our listeners that maybe aren't super familiar with the festival.

One of the things that Patterson Foundation does is offer support dollars to different host organizations, which can be anything from a school to a library to a nonprofit to a for-profit business.

But particularly when we're looking at our Title I schools or our organizations that serve lower income families or asset limited families, we see that these support dollars, this catalytic funding can really help create more opportunities for events for family engagement.

And it's so interesting to hear you say that by the time you get to winter break, most of your budget is kind of shot.