Community Involvement

Longboat Key Resident Arlene McKitrick Wins Her 200th Golf Tournament – A Professional and Amateur Golfing Record

When Arlene McKitrick became a competitive golfer in 1990 it was right after she was diagnosed with severe Type 1 Diabetes. Down to 86 lbs. with a temporary loss in vision, she told us she “wanted to live long enough to win a tournament.” Now, 24 years later, with the encouragement of world-renowned golf instructor, David …

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Team REDS/Watt-Ahh® Super Boat Offshore Racing and ChildHelp® Raise Awareness for Parents About Learned Bullying Behaviors

Sarasota’s Team REDS has a mission statement of “Racing against Bullying” and is proud to have the ChildHelp® emblem affixed to their Super Boat when racing over 100 mph on water. The Team also invited McGruff the Crime Dog to be an honorary team member to help stamp out bullying. Team REDS recently learned that …

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International Sports Prowess and Peace

The 2014 Sarasota-Bradenton Pentathlon By: Dana Gourley, COO, AquaNew, LLC Two international sporting events were held for the first time in the Sarasota-Bradenton area during the month of June, 2014. The first was the grand pageantry and Olympic tradition of the Modern Pentathlon World Cup Final for 2014, hosted by the Honorable Katherine Harris and …

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2014 World Cup Modern Pentathlon Final Coming to Sarasota in June

The Honorable Katherine Harris sparked an idea last Fall to have the Sarasota-Bradenton area host the  2014 World Cup Modern Pentathlon Final. Our area was awarded not one, but a total of four international events, being held June 5-June 8, 2014. The athletes representing their respective countries will be competing in five sports: swimming, shooting, fencing, …

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Lori’s Natural Food Spring Fest – AquaNew’s Booth in Rochester, N.Y.

Submitted By: Morgan Wesson of Victor, N.Y., good friend of both Alan Cohen and AquaNew’s founder, Rob Gourley Alan Cohen was there, as a volunteer with just one product. He wanted to share a bottled water he’s been using. “I hand people a brochure, and I make ’em drink it,” said Cohen, as a group lined up at …

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Warriors Against Cancer: Annie Appleseed Conference Re-Cap

The 8th Annual Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Cancer Therapies Conference or lovingly called the “Annie Appleseed Project” was held in West Palm Beach, Florida the first weekend in March of 2014. The venue included presentations and exhibits about nutrition, herbs, Chinese medicine, stress reduction, sleep management, bioelectric devices, dietary supplements, detox remedies, massage therapy, yoga, homeopathy, touch healing, …

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FrostFest 2014: Racers Meet on the Shore of Upper Myakka Lake

Thank you to Christine Semach and her family at the Myakka Outpost (Myakka River State Park), for another great FrostFest held on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014. Kids of all ages used tubes to slide down on Florida-made snow. The live band entertained the crowd for hours. Many stopped by to see the Team REDS/Watt-Ahh® race boat on the shore …

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“Flight to the North Pole” – Simple Joy of Giving (without Publicity)

  “You only have to see the looks on the kids’ faces to understand why we do what we do,” Director at the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, Sidney Ettedgui told us. Last week, AquaNew and Team REDS Racing had the privilege of participating in the 28th Annual Flight to the North Pole with Ettedgui and …

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28th Annual Flight to the North Pole

This past Thursday marked the 28th Annual Flight to the North Pole event at the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. Flight to the North Pole is held each year at the airport fire station for terminally ill children in Manatee County. The Manatee County Sheriff’s office, along with the fire station and a large team of volunteers …

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