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Serious issues face Manatee Glens’ clients each day and care is not without cost.  We estimate that last year we provided $11.9 million dollars in audited charity care.  We need your help to achieve goals that will fulfill our mission to the community.  Your financial donation can change a life for the better and make our community a safer and healthier place to live.

Your gift, no matter what size, can help provide vital services to those in need.  Below are a few of the ways you can help:

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With your generous support, Manatee Glens will foster awareness of mental illness and addiction disorders, provide a safe environment for children in foster care, and help sexual abuse victims cope with unimaginable horror.  Our services offer hope to over 3,000 children and 7,000 adults each year.         

Tributes and Memorials

What better way to pay tribute to or memorialize a loved one than by making a charitable gift?  When cards and flowers aren’t enough, we hope you’ll think of Manatee Glens.

Planned Gifts

A gift to Manatee Glens in your estate plans can be your legacy to the future of children and adults in crisis, those with mental health challenges and those fighting addictions.  Not only can your gift continue to make a vast difference to people in need, but in some cases it may also meet your financial or tax planning objectives.  For more information on planned giving please contact us.

Giving Clubs

Join one of our annual giving clubs and receive recognition at the level of your choice while knowing that your gift will benefit services for mental health, addictions and families in crisis.

              Patrons Club                     $100 - $999

              President’s Circle              $1,000 - $4,999

              Chairman’s Council            $5,000 - $9,999

              Founder’s Society             $10,000 +

How Your Gifts Help

$25

Provides shampoo, toothbrush and other personal items for a child entering the Crisis Stabilization Unit due to a family crisis

$50

Provides a group therapy session for a person fighting alcohol or drug addictions

                            (or)

Helps provide life skills workbooks for children’s therapeutic programs

$100

Provides a clinical evaluation with a treatment plan for a person referred to mental health services for depression

                            (or)

Two family group therapy sessions for a family in crisis so the situation can be stabilized instead of escalating

$500

Provides one twenty-four hour period of psychiatric services at Manatee Glens Hospital for a person suffering with severe and persistent mental illness such as bi-polor disorder or schizophrenia

                            (or)

Two and a half days of residential treatment for a teenager fighting drug or alcohol addictions so they will have the opportunity for a healthy and productive future

$1,000

Provides forty hours of training for one volunteer Sexual Assault Victim Advocate whose role will be to provide comfort and assistance to women who have been sexually assaulted during the critical hours following the crime

                          (or)

Seven sessions of mental health and counseling treatment for a child in crisis due to sexual abuse

In Kind Gifts

In addition to cash gifts, we welcome in-kind gifts of the following items on our wish list:

Personal hygiene items
Socks (new) and undergarments
Blankets (new)
Sheets (new)
Tennis shoes (new): women's size 5 and up, men's size 6-13
Educational software/materials, teen appropriate
Entertainment videos/games (G, PG, PG-13 ratings)
Sports equipment (volley ball, basketball, horseshoes, etc)
Duffel bags & overnight bags
Playground equipment
Art & Craft supplies
Gardening equipment
Journaling materials
Basic tools
Outdoor storage cabinet
Lamps
Area rugs
Exercise bike
Umbrellas
Gift cards/ certificates to department stores
Magazine subscriptions - educational
Passes for museums and entertainment venues
Portable radio/CD players
Teen books/appropriate reading material

Volunteer Opportunities

Manatee Glens offers a variety of volunteer opportunities.  Your time and talents are appreciated.

For more information on giving to Manatee Glens contact:

Donald Weyl

Director of Philanthropy

Philanthropy@manateeglens.org

(941) 782-4319

Manatee Glens is a 501(c) 3 charitable organization.  All information regarding your giving is strictly confidential.  In addition, to ensure the privacy of all our donors, Manatee Glens will not share, sell or exchange its donor list with any organization or individual.  A copy of the official registration information may be obtained from the Division of Consumer Services, 800-435-7352. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval or recommendation by the state.  Florida registration # SC07089.