Once a year, the Historical Society has a pot-luck “dinner on the grounds,” just as our forebears did. At the same time, we come together to elect our public servants, as did our grandparents and great-grandparents.
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History, health, and heat. Sounds like a great combo to us!
Here’s the history:
Warm Mineral Springs is the only warm water mineral spring in the State of Florida, and is the largest warm water mineral spring in the world. The surface area of the spring is a round pond, it is 1.4-acre in circumference and reaches depths of nearly 250 feet deep in the center. The cenote dates from 20,000 years ago.
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From Renaissance to Ragtime: Concert in the Crocker Church
The Historical Society of Sarasota County will host a concert performed by members of the Sarasota Earlye Musicke Consort, a group that performs music from Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque eras in the Crocker Memorial Church, located in Pioneer Park, at 1260 12th Street, on Tuesday, April 10th at 7:00 PM.
The Program will include music from the 1500’s, Glen Miller’s era, as well as Glen Shannon’s timeframe, performed on recorders, viol and harpsichord. This musical group, under the direction of Charlotte Trautwein, has been filling the church with their delightful music, every Tuesday during their rehearsals. The concert is free and open to the public. Donations are always greatly appreciated, of course.
There will be guided tours of the Bidwell House (1882) and the Crocker Church (1901) at 6:00 PM, and the Gift Shop, filled with hand-crafted works by our local artisans, will also open at 6:00 PM. The historical complex is on 12th Street, between N. Trail and Cocoanut Ave.
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Thank you to all our supporters!
What an incredible outpouring of support for our community!
In 36 hours, almost 11,000 donors participated!
In 36 hours on March 27 and March 28, keyboards clicked and smartphones did whatever they do… and almost 11,000 responded to the 36-Hour Challenge. We were honored to be Continue reading
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Report from the Front Lines of the 36-Hour Challenge
Good morning to my Historical Society friends and peers,
Click the coffee cup to donate now!
It’s 6:15 am, the sky is dark and the coffee’s still too hot to drink. But 18 (YAY! EIGHTEEN!) of our supporters have donated Continue reading
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FAQs: How can my donation work hardest for HSOSC?
Confused about the 36-Hour Challenge, which starts Tuesday March 27 at 6am and goes through Wednesday at 6pm? Wondering what all the hype is about? And how you can help HSOSC?
Frequently-Asked Questions
What’s it all about? The 36-Hour Giving Challenge is an online giving event inspiring donors and citizen philanthropists to learn more about the nonprofits and causes in Southwest Florida they care about most.
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The Giving Partners Challenge: Our Fellow Nonprofits!
Volunteers keep the Historical Society of Sarasota County lively!
Wow, thanks, Giving Partners… for posting the complete list of which charities qualified for the Giving Partners Challenge.
While, of course, we’d love you to give ALL your support to the Historical Society of Sarasota County, we know your interests are as eclectic as you are… so read the list, plan your strategy… and let’s make our community ever-better!
Remember, the Historical Society is one of only three qualified associations who focus on preserving the irreplaceable in our multi-county area.
Here’s all the different ways we could win.
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History with all the interesting bits left in
Remember in school, where it seemed history class was all about dates… when did Hannibal invade Switzerland? How boring. The fascinating part was the elephants, right? Continue reading
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Wow! They are really psyched!
Wow! They are really psyched!
(Can you say that about the avid supporters of our historic Sarasota museum? Sure!)
There is a pot of gold, and we need your help finding it
After Tuesday night’s monthly meeting (thanks, gentlemen, terrific panel discussion on Sarasota architecture!) dozens of future philanthropists, both members of the Historical Society and visitors who enjoyed our free event, told us they were
excited to be able to make their donations go further with the upcoming Giving Partners Challenge, a awareness-raising event to introduce The Giving Partner, an online tool that will provide in-depth information about local nonprofits to help leverage philanthropy in our community. As a partnership between the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Gulf Coast Community Foundation, The Patterson Foundation and Manatee Community Foundation, the Historical Society of Sarasota County has been selected as only one of three history-oriented nonprofits in the entire area to participate!
Just think… we could double the value of our generous donations, win a $250-an-hour prize… or even win $20,000
JUST for asking ALL our friends to visit our profile on the Giving Partners site. Learn about this once-in-a-lifetime event, mark your calendar for March 27 and 28, and help us find the pot of gold that will help
preserve and protect
the Oldest Residence in Sarasota County, and the Crocker Church, with its original glass and hand-hewn pews!
Read more about this unprecedented event.
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Ready. Set. Give. (Just not YET!)
Ready. Set. Give.
Turn $50 into $100…
or $1000 into $2000 or even more!
$501,000 to be given away: The more we give, the more we can get! Continue reading
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The Historical Society is one of just three…
The Historical Society is one of just three non-profits in our area with a focus on history to complete its profile for use at TheGivingPartner.
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The Three Kings of Sarasota Architecture
Harold Bubil, Real Estate and Architecture Editor at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and a frequent lecturer on the subject of architecture, leads a panel discussion on the Three Kings of Sarasota Architecture on Tuesday, March 13 at 7 p.m. at the Crocker Memorial Church at 1260 12th Street (in Pioneer Park), Sarasota. This special program is free and open to the public.
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Newtown, as seen by 2 lifelong residents
City Commissioner of Sarasota FL Willie Shaw
We are pleased to have hosted City Commissioner Willie Shaw and Jetson Grimes, as part of the Society’s “Looking Back With….” Programs, on Tuesday Feb. 14th at 7:00 PM at the Crocker Memorial Church in Pioneer Park at 1260 12th Street Sarasota (between N. Trail and Cocoanut Ave.) Experience what Continue reading
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We’re SO ready for our close-up!
The talents of Greg Wilson are evident in the beautiful photographs he took of our two historical buildings at the Historical Society of Sarasota County. See Greg’s favorite (and our!) shots of the Bidwell-Wood House and the Crocker Memorial Church on his site.
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Jewels on the Bay: A Sparkling Event!
Since we’re the Historical Society of Sarasota County, we love all things old…
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