Baycross Huddle Directory

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Baycross Invests
Baycross invests in non-profit organizations that demonstrate Christ-like love by providing real help and transformative love to those in need.

Baycross Connects
Baycross hosts the Huddle Luncheon, a spiritual gathering of unity-minded organizations that meet monthly for a time of networking, encouragement, and deepening faith and friendships.

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Love Her Equip Her Send Her

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Mission: To provide daily nutritious meals, social interaction, and wellness checks for the homebound and elderly in our community.

Vision: Sarasota residents are empowered to live independently with access to services that eliminate hunger and isolation.

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To make a measurable, spiritual difference in families by educating them to parent effectively through a collaborative, transitional, and Christ-centered educational program.

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Our mission at Valerie’s House is to help children and families work through the loss of a loved one together and go on to live fulfilling lives. Our vision is that no child grieves alone.

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Our mission at Valerie’s House is to help children and families work through the loss of a loved one together and go on to live fulfilling lives. Our vision is that no child grieves alone.

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To introduce men to a deep, intimate relationship with Jesus and committed relationships with other men.

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To provide Christ-centered hope for children with relational trauma through awareness and family support.

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Empower Culture Church is a life-giving church with the mission to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and reach people far from God.

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Adventure For All’s mission is to expand inclusive opportunities for individuals with intellectual and/or developmental exceptionalities (disabilities) through our adventure-based and recreation programs. These programs empower our participants to reach their full potential and develop the life skills and traits needed to successfully integrate into the existing framework of society.

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Our mission is to promote positive self-esteem, education, confidence, and character among youth and families.

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Youth for Christ reaches young people everywhere, working together with the local church and other like-minded partners to raise up lifelong followers of Jesus who lead by their godliness in lifestyle, devotion to prayer and the Word of God, passion for sharing the love of Christ and commitment to social involvement.

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We encourage at-risk teens to uncover their purpose in life, learn to manage their behavior, and gain the skills, and attitudes that will lead to success.

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Helping individuals find passion and purpose thru employment and housing.

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Blue Butterfly is a program of Tidewell Grief Care. Our mission is to serve children ages 5-18 and their caregivers by providing a safe space to grieve and process after a significant death in their lives. Staffed by clinical mental health professionals, our model includes evidence based interventions and activities to help children feel safe to share their feelings, and work through their pain alongside their peers. Caregivers participate in support groups too, where they learn ways to support their grieving child, and themselves.

Support groups take place in the evening, twice per month at four convenient locations in Manatee, Sarasota and Charlotte counties. Dinner is always provided. Our groups are available at no cost to you.

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Saving Lives One Reader At A Time

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We are an inclusive, safe place for ANYONE who is looking for a church that celebrates questions and values the beauty of God’s grace and mercy for all. If you are deconstructing your faith, we welcome you, as we are on a similar journey. Deconstruction is beautiful, especially when you know you aren’t alone.

We LOVE ALL without any fine print. That’s right ALL! LGBTQ? YES! DEMOCRAT? YES! REPUBLICAN? YES! ADDICTS? YES! BROKEN? YES! ATHIEST? YES! You get the point! There is no “bait and switch” here at Harvest.

We consider ourselves a fully inclusive and affirming church for the LGBTQ+ community and believe that our LGBTQ friends deserve the same access to God as anyone else.

No matter where you are in your journey of life and faith, Harvest is a place where the love is louder and the light is brighter! We miss you even if we have yet to meet!

Our hearts are for the community of Sarasota to experience church in a whole new way. We want to cultivate a body of believers and people who are actively pastoring our city by removing the chains of religious control and church hierarchy. We believe that God is calling His people (not just the five-fold ministry), to be the practical love of Jesus to the world around them.

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We are a community benefit organization enabling men and women to successfully transition from incarceration back to our neighborhoods, by building trust, providing immediate needs upon release, mentoring, directing to housing and programs that will help them in their transition. Walking with them so they are not alone.

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Our mission is to assist our young ladies by educating, listening to, training and mentally equipping them with the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to live productive and rewarding lives.

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Suncoast Institute on Chemical Dependency is a faith-based not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation established in Sarasota County, Florida, whose mission is to provide free addiction education and resources to everyone seeking a better understanding of addiction disease and its many related problems. As a faith-based organization, we acknowledge and call upon God for help, guidance, and purpose in fulfilling our mission.

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Our mission is to spread the gospel of Jesus around the world, as commanded in Mark 16: 15-18. “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.”

Our goal is to activate, equip, and catapult men and women of all ages to fulfill their Kingdom purpose.

We believe that faith without action is dead (James 2:26), and so we plan to demonstrate our faith in all our ministry projects.

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Our mission is to help people of all ages with a concentration of young adults with Autism, Cerebral Palsy and other Developmental Disabilities Find Friendship and enhance their quality of life.

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We encourage at-risk teens to uncover their purpose in life, learn to manage their behavior, and gain the skills, and attitudes that will lead to success.

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STEM Martial Arts aims to reach children through martial arts and fitness programs with the word of God. We teach Biblical life skills in every class and give practical life lesson examples to help them work through the challenges they may face.

Our programs are completely free to at-risk and foster youth.

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Our Mission is to provide food, comfort, safety, shelter, and support for those who are experiencing short-term or even long-term adversity. Our Ministry advocates for their needs and rights, in addition to providing social services. We are committed to educating the communities we support, resourcing with community partners to initiate, contribute and facilitate personal and social change. We achieve our mission through the generosity of others.

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Our mission is to provide a safe and respectful community in which peers can share their experience with each other, to help those we serve. Through networking, and support for people who live with mental illness and/or substance use disorders.

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To provide a safe-haven where we walk alongside and support young women so that we can alleviate the unnecessary pressures of an unexpected pregnancy.

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Since 1974, our mission at CPCI has been to save babies from abortion by providing care, compassion, and choices to the communities that we serve.

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Provide settings to unplug from the pace of life and opportunities to connect with God.

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Better Together is two parts (Better Families and Better Jobs) and one mission. Our mission is to radically reduce and prevent the number of children entering the foster care system in Florida by walking alongside families in crisis. We are dedicated to keeping families together – and children out of foster care. We empower families to connect with the local church, community, resources, find employment, and provide a loving, safe, and supportive foundation for their children. We have served over 3800 children and 98% have not entered the foster care system.

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To empower men, women and youth with life-affirming options and support. To end the demand for abortion through prevention, intervention, restoration and awareness.

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To provide students opportunity to learn at their own pace, restore hope, realize their purpose, and recognize they are loved.

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Acknowledging that every human life begins at conception and is worthy of protection, Care Net Manasota Pregnancy Center offers compassion, hope, help and healing to anyone considering abortion by presenting them with realistic alternatives and Christ-centered support.

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The Suncoast Institute on Chemical Dependency is a faith-based 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporation whose mission is to provide free addiction education and resources to Suncoast families, congregations, and communities–to everyone seeking to better understand addiction disease. As a faith-based organization, we call upon God for help, guidance, and purpose in fulfilling our mission.

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Sarasota Medical Pregnancy Center provides medical services, reproductive health education and support at no cost, empowering our community to make healthy life choices–physically, emotionally and spiritually–in a confidential and caring environment.

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Sertoma Kids provides accessible communication therapy regardless of ability to pay

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Passionately sharing the love of Christ with hope to transform the lives of urban youth, their families, and the communities in which they live.

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Beds for Kids, Inc., serving Manatee and Sarasota Counties, is a faith-based not-for-profit corporation established in Bradenton,, Florida, whose mission is to provide free beds for kids that need them. As a faith-based organization, we acknowledge and call upon God for help, guidance, and purpose in fulfilling our mission.

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To see the world transformed by Jesus Christ through the influence of coaches and athletes. Mission To lead every coach and athlete into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and His church.

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Our mission is to provide reflective spaces for transformational healing and total restoration in a faith-filled environment for survivors of human trafficking, sexual violence, domestic violence, and childhood adversity to thrive.

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Youth for Christ reaches young people everywhere, working together with the local church and other like-minded partners to raise up lifelong followers of Jesus who lead by their godliness in lifestyle, devotion to prayer and the Word of God, passion for sharing the love of Christ and commitment to social involvement.

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Our mission is to provide free medication and medical services to uninsured financially needy members of our community so as to positively affect their quality of life. No one should have to choose between buying food or buying their prescription medication.

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The mission of Avenue941 is to work with a movement of churches opening their doors to public school students after school to provide a safe space in their neighborhood for homework help, mentoring and discipleship.

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After my experience of being a drug addict for over fifteen years, I discovered there was a problem in the way we were handling addiction. So many organizations had an answer for treatment at their facility, but there was nothing out there to help with the next step. There are so many people coming out of jails and rehabs, or homeless situations that truly want to make a lasting change in their lives, but have no resources or anyone to help them out. This leads to feelings of helplessness and a return to addiction.

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Our mission is to build strong families on Florida’s Suncoast, one marriage at a time, through education and coaching that teach the skills needed for healthy, lifelong relationships.

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To raise funds and collect food to disburse to the local needy, free of charge, through participating non-profit agencies and organizations with special attention given to the Holiday Season.

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To raise funds and collect food to disburse to the local needy, free of charge, through participating non-profit agencies and organizations with special attention given to the Holiday Season.

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Long term recovery residences for those coming out of the darkness of addiction and into the light God’s grace and sobriety. Men’s and women’s homes.

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The Twig’s mission is to encourage and inspire the lives of children in foster care by meeting their needs. Our vision is to create a haven for the foster care community where needs are met, hearts are encouraged, and God’s love is shown in practical ways.

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Samaritan Health and Wellness Center, Inc. is a place where uninsured and underinsured men, women, and children receive affordable healthcare and counseling. No one “owns” this center; it exists simply because God purposed a place where the love of Jesus Christ is present and active and demonstrated in practical ways. Our desire is for each patient, regardless of their background or belief, to know that they are loved and known by God, and He uses the team at Samaritan to embrace and care for their entire being.

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We exist to provide healing from the past, strength for today, and hope for tomorrow to our community via professional mental health counseling services.

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Restore Global is a 501(c)3 registered nonprofit that serves other nonprofit partners by reducing operating costs and providing supporting services. Our goal is to alleviate the stress of a tight budget and limited resources, allowing partners to focus on core programs and expand their reach in the community.

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Our mission of Valerie’s House is to help children and families work through the loss of a loved one together and go on to live fulfilling lives.

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Serving homeless children and those in need through the love of a caring community!

Our Mission: We ensure that all children who are homeless and in need are prepared for school by initiating days 4 hope and coaching faith-based organizations to develop relationships with children and families.

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Selah Freedom is a faith based nonprofit anti-human trafficking organization, based in Florida and the Midwest, with the mission to end sex trafficking and bring freedom to the exploited through five strong programs: Awareness, Prevention, Outreach, Residential and Organizational Consulting.

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God Raising Incredible Parents (GRIP) Ministry’s mission is to make a measurable, spiritual difference in families by educating them to parent effectively through a collaborative, transitional, and Christ-centered educational program.

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To stop domestic and sexual violence in our communities.

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To provide Christ-centered hope for children with relational trauma through awareness and family support.

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“develop life skills through faith” Teach the poor, inmates, recently released, homeless, addicts, and those in recovery strategies of becoming more productive as citizens, parents, spouses, employees, and church members

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The International Coaching Federation (ICF) Foundation connects and equips professional coaches and organizations to accelerate and amplify impact on social progress through coaching. Through these transformational partnerships, we demonstrate that coaching works by building capacity in organizations around the globe and making coaching an integral part of the thriving society. Together, we will move the world forward.

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One More Child exists to provide Christ-centered services to vulnerable children and struggling families. Our vision is to bring hope to hurting children, to show that the love of Jesus changes lives and to impact the life of One More Child. We provide local and global opportunities to run to the aid of foster children, hungry children, single moms, sex trafficking victims and struggling families.

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I Matter Too exists to teach and care for orphaned, abused and neglected children through the love of Jesus Christ. We aim to share the biblical truths of a perfect, loving and everlasting Father to all. Emotional, Physical, Spiritual and Educational needs are met through 1:1 Mentoring, Food outreach and Academic Tutoring.

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VFinleySRQ Consulting provides ethical, best practice business, communication, and development consulting to nonprofit organizations.

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To provide excellent, professional, spiritually integrated counseling services