Jul 15, 2015

2015 Giving Challenge

Although we have participated in the Giving Challenge for the past two years, something is making us really excited about this year’s challenge…… There is no […]
Jul 24, 2015

Children’s Guardian Fund Elects New Vice-President and Secretary

Sarasota, July  — The Children’s Guardian Fund recently elected Andrea McHugh as vice-president and Carol Belmont as secretary of the organization that helps the thousand local abused, […]
Sep 3, 2015

LAPTOPS FOR FOSTER KIDS

Area foster kids need laptops to compete.  The Guardian ad Litem (GAL) Program and Sarasota PC Users Group have teamed up to collect used computer laptops.   […]
Nov 9, 2015

MAJOR CONNIE SHINGLEDECKER TO DISCUSS CHILD SAFETY AND THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE 

SARASOTA, Nov.    –Major Shingledecker, a long-time leader on child safety issues, will discuss the pressing issues today that lead to the removal of children from their […]
Nov 9, 2015

Carol and Morton Siegler will be honored for their longtime commitment to the needs of local children in foster and state care at the Children’s Guardian Fund’s 17th Annual Fall Luncheon on Thursday, November 19.

Nov 20, 2015

Manatee County Sheriff’s Office Maj. Connie Shingledecker: Volunteers needed to combat child abuse

BY JESSICA DE LEON jdeleon@bradenton.com SARASOTA — The image of an 8-year-old Manatee County boy who was beaten and starved before being taken into custody was […]
Nov 20, 2015

Guardian ad Litem Program changes lives

 By Elizabeth Johnson Published: Thursday, November 19, 2015 SARASOTA COUNTY – When Devon Poulos was 11, he was called a problem child and told that he’d […]
Dec 8, 2015

17th Annual Fundraising Luncheon Video

Feb 5, 2016

Manatee needs 100 Guardians ad Litem as record number of children removed from homes

BY RICHARD DYMOND rdymond@bradenton.com MANATEE — An all-time record 821 children were removed from their Manatee County families in 2015 for their own safety, largely victims […]