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Hurricanes Helene & Milton Relief

• Donations collected from viewers: $68,617.38
• Matching from the Scripps Howard Fund: $4,000
  
  • Oldsmar Cares: $5,000
  • Operation BBQ Relief: $5,000
  • Crisis Center of Tampa Bay: $5,000
  • Pinellas Education Foundation: $5,000
  • University Area Community Development Corporation: $5,000
  • Center of Anna Maria Island: $5,000
  • Clothes to Kids: $5,000
  • IRB Trash Tribe: $5,000
  • Kennedy Cares: $5,000
  • Sol Relief: $8,000
  • Raising Relief Foundation: $5,000
  • Feeding Tampa Bay: $14,617.38

Heroes Adapt

• Donations collected from viewers: $2,260
  
  • Check given to Heroes Adapt: $1,060
    
    • Will be used to purchase more pieces of adaptive fitness equipment for local veterans
  • Purchase of Skierg with wide floor stand from Concept2: $1,200
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Three B's Ministry

• Donations collected from viewers: $1,664
• Sponsorship from the Law Offices of Andijar & Levine: $2,500
  
  • Check given to Three B's Ministry: $4,164
    
    • Will be used to help purchase a refrigerated truck so they can help our community even more by providing more perishable items like fruits, vegetables, and meats.
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ShowerUp

• Donations collected from viewers: $1,565
• Sponsorship from Lake Michigan Credit Union: $3,500
  
  • Purchase of supplies on Amazon: $1,204.10
    
    • Hygiene kits, towels, deodorant, men's & women's underwear, toothbrushes, and toothpaste
  • Check given to ShowerUp: $3,860.90
    
    • Will go toward purchasing a new shower trailer with a built-in water tank, as well as more supplies.
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Sunshine Stricker Rescue Ranch

• Donations collected from viewers: $3,700
  
  • Purchase of horse feed from Tractor Supply: $285.10
  • Check given to Sunshine Stricker Rescue Ranch: $3,414.90
    
    • Will help the nonprofit continue its mission of rescuing, rehabilitating, and rehoming horses and donkeys from abuse, neglect, and/or owner surrenders.
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Healthy 22nd Street Community Garden

• Donations collected from viewers: $5,400.37
  
  • Purchase of soil at Home Depot: $82.70
  • Purchase of gardening tools on Amazon: $356.34
  • Check given to Coalition of Community Gardens: $4,961.43
    
    • The Healthy 22^nd Street Community Garden is part of the nonprofit, Coalition of Community Gardens. The Coalition is giving the full check straight to the Healthy 22^nd Street Community Garden to get more people growing their own food.
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Angling for Relief

• Donations collected from viewers: $893

• Sponsorship from the Law Offices of Andijar & Levine: $2,000

  • Check given to Angling for Relief: $2,893

    • Will go toward a scholarship for the future of the nonprofit
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My Warrior's Place

• Donations collected from viewers: $12,210

  • Check given to My Warrior's Place: $12,210

    • Helping the nonprofit rebuild cabins after damage from Hurricane Idalia
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Helping Lakeland single mother get a new wheelchair-accessible van for her son

• Donations collected from viewers: $11,496

  • Check given to Hands Across the Bay: $11,496
    
    • This money was then given directly to MobilityWorks in Clermont to purchase the wheelchair-accessible van
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Maximo Elementary School

• Donations collected from viewers: $7,991

  • Check given to Hands Across the Bay: $7,991

    • All of this money was then used to purchase school uniforms from Amazon
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Hernando Youth Leagues

• Donations collected from viewers: $1,285

• Sponsorship from the Law Offices of Andijar & Levine: $1,900

  • Check given to Hernando Youth Leagues: $3,185

    • This nonprofit allows children of all abilities and disabilities to play baseball. Wheelchairs got stuck in the clay, but this money allowed them to purchase mats for the fields.
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Rosa Valdez Early Childhood Learning Center

• Donations collected from viewers: $2,820

  • Check given to Cornerstone Family Ministries: $2,820

    • Will be used to purchase extra security measures to keep its young students safe.
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Young Magnet Middle School

• Donations collected from viewers: $3,450

  • Check given to Hands Across the Bay: $3,450

    • This money was then used to purchase items to stock a school resource officer's campus store. Students are able to "purchase" items in exchange for good behavior.
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Hurricane Ian Relief

• Donations collected from viewers: $116,299.20

• Donations distributed: $116,299.20

  • Hardee Help Center/Hardee County Ministerial Association: $10,000
  • Sol Relief, Inc: $10,000
  • Feeding Tampa Bay: $10,000
  • Mercy Full Project: $5,000
  • Babycycle Diaper Bank: $5,000
  • Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas: $10,000
  • Crisis Center of Tampa Bay: $10,000
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties: $10,000
  • Raising Relief Foundation: $5,000
  • Mutual Aid Disaster Relief: $10,000
  • All Faiths Food Bank: $10,000
  • Kiwanis Club of North Port: $10,000
  • Red Cross of Central Florida & U.S. Virgin Islands: $11,299.20