In a widespread present of charity all through the Keys, members of the Key Colony Seaside Fishing and Boating Membership crammed the coffers of almost two dozen native nonprofits this spring. Funds totaling $22,455 will bolster the efforts of teams starting from coral restoration packages to Boy Scouts, group theaters, animal rescue and rehab organizations and the US Coast Guard.
Raised primarily by means of the membership’s tournaments all year long in addition to an annual clam bake and silent public sale, the 2025 funds are an enormous addition to the group’s complete of greater than $43,000 in reported donations from 2022 by means of 2024.
“It’s probably the most cash we’ve ever given away,” the membership’s assistant fundraising director, John Fruhmorgen, advised the Weekly. “We had an abundance, and we made positive we gave all of it.”
Recipients this yr embrace:
- Metropolis of KCB, Beautification Giving Tree – $2,500
- Florida Keys SPCA – $500
- Keys Space Interdenominational Sources – $2,000
- Ron Sutton Memorial Children Fishing Derby – $1,955
- Marathon Group Theatre – $500
- Home Abuse Shelter – $2,000
- Marathon Elks Lodge – $1,000
- Marathon Excessive Faculty scholarships – $500
- Marathon Moose Constructing Fund – $1,000
- Marathon Moose Veterans Fund – $1,000
- Shriners of Marathon – $1,000
- Boy Scout Troop 573 – $500
- Tunnel to Towers Basis – $1,500
- Turtle Hospital – $1,000
- U.S. Coast Guard of Marathon – $500
- U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 13-2 – $500
- Marathon Wild Hen Middle – $1,000
- Dolphin Analysis Middle – $1,000
- St. Columba/The Hammock Home camps – $1,000
- Pigeon Key and Marine Science Middle – $500
- USF Basis Keys Marine Lab Coral Restoration – $1,000