Dancing Under The Stars 2024
Rotary Futures’ Annual Fundraiser Event

Please Save the Date – August 17th 2024 at the Plantation Golf & Country Club

OUR STORY:

For over 20 years, the Rotary Futures College Resource Center has provided FREE post-secondary planning services to the students of Venice High School as well as students of all ages in Sarasota County.  As a non-profit organization, we depend on donations and fundraising to support our program.

Proceeds from the event provides 70% of our annual budget and allow our staff to support students in pursuing their educational dreams by providing assistance with college applications, financial aid, scholarships and much more. Our mission to help students and families navigate the complicated post-secondary world is unchanged and needed now more than ever.  We are committed to keeping all of our services completely FREE OF CHARGE and need help to do that.

OUR FUNDRAISER:

Many of our Community Sponsors listed below have been with us since we opened our doors almost 20 years ago, and this year is no different.  They have generously committed to help us reach our fundraising goals by Sponsoring our Dueling Pianos! They understand that support for students and their families is vitally important and want to help us continue to provide that support into the future.

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

We are seeking your support in bidding on our Online Auction items and trying to win the bid of these donated items and experiences.

Won’t you help us by making a donation of any amount? Help us get the word out by sharing our fundraiser to your Facebook timeline, too.

THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY SPONSORS!

ROTARY FUTURES BY THE NUMBERS:

Senior Awards night was very successful…127 students invited and on stage, and the administration narrated the program. They loved being part of it this year!

• Total National Scholarships                $351,700.00
• Total State Scholarships                      $74,412.00
• Total Athletic Scholarships                  $3,404,245.00
• Total Local Scholarships                      $354,234.00
• Total Institutional Scholarships          $7,111,144.00
• Total Amount Awarded:                      $11,759,434.00

• Bright Futures adds another almost 2 million dollars, bringing us up to 13.6 million dollars in earned scholarships for the Class of 2022!

• This data breaks down as follows:
  • 25 Athletic Scholarships
  • 9 accepted (of 43 offered) Scholarships to private institutions in the state of Florida
  • 30 accepted (of 63 offered) Scholarships to the public institutions in the state of Florida
  • 23 accepted (of 72 offered) Scholarships to out of state schools
  • 256 Scholarships awarded from local organizations
  • 28 Scholarships from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County
  • 9 Scholarships from the Educational Foundation of Sarasota County
  • 64 Scholarships from the Gulf Coast Community Foundation
  • 6 Scholarships from the Selby Foundation
  • 10 National scholarship recipients(including 1 Questbridge Match Scholar to Princeton University)
  • 16 Scholarships from groups within the state of Florida