3rd Annual Check Awards Party
Thursday October 10th, 6-8pm at Hunters Wilton Manors
FLoatarama's fundraising support projects serving LGBTQ Youth in South Florida, and have granted out over $252,134 to date.
This year’s grants from the FLoatarama LGBTQ Youth Fund totaled $110,000, disbursed among eight South Florida agencies aligned with FLoatarama’s mission to support LGBTQ+ Youth.
Hosted by Jacob Jennings, with DJ Ronnie Minutella, the evening was fun and festive with over 200 in attendance celebrating philanthropy and the LGBTQ+ community. The presentation filled the audience with inspiration and a message of philanthropy and inclusion.
In addition to the grant awards, participants generously donated an additional $2,280 to the FLoatarama LGBTQ Youth Fund.
Our sincere thanks to Hunters Night Clubs for hosting us, to BaxterMartin for the presentation materials and to Bernie Wagenblast (voice of the NY Subway) for the voice-overs.
Grant Recipients
Grant awards were made to:
1. Essential Haus ($10,000 funding LGBTQIA+ Violence Healing program)
2. Out My Closet ($10,000 funding the Changing Room project)
3. PRISM ($10,000 funding Content Creation Task Force)
4. The McKenzie Project ($10,000 funding Clean Start program)
5. Jewish Community Services of South Florida ($15,000 funding LGBTQIA+ Youth program)
6. South Florida Pride Youth Band ($15,000 funding youth band and soloist scholarship)
7. Sunshine Pride House ($20,000 funding a safe haven for homeless LGBTQ+ Youth)
8. SunServe ($20,000 funding health & wellbeing services for LGBTQ+ youth).