About Us Blog FAQ Membership Golf Amenities Latest News Contact Us Real Estate Master HOA WILDCAT RUN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Members Only BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Chris Wheeler Vice President Karen Dodge Secretary JoAnne Vicidomini Treasurer Linda Scalley Directors Eileen Bray Peggy Dodge Mary Karas Patti McNeiley Your donation dollars at work! We are happy to share that we have recently sent a donation to the JDRF (juvenile diabetes research foundation) on behalf of our Wildcat Run members. Many of us have been touched in some way by this disease. We are happy to be able to support research efforts to find better treatments and ultimately a cure! Again, thank you all for your generous donations to our Foundation! The Wildcat Run Charitable Foundation met last week with the purpose of allocating funds to many of our charities. While our funds are less overall, due to a successful champions drive we were able to disperse monies to ACT, Children’s Advocacy Center, Gabriel’s House, Eden Park Elementary, KKids, Valerie’s House, and Wings of Shelter!! As always thanks to all of you! We appreciate your generous contributions and support of the Foundation. Thank you to our generous donors! Below are excerpts from thank you notes the Foundation has received for our holiday gift giving donations. From Angela Melvin Founder and CEO of Valeries House “I wanted to thank you so very much for the generous donation the Wildcat Board made to Valeries House this month. It will be so helpful to us and I just can’t thank you enough. I wanted to make sure you knew how much this means to all of us here and it will bless many lives. Thank you so much for believing in us” Angela From Lowell and Sally Senitz of Wings of Shelter “Thank you again for your continued support. We so appreciate your support of Wings of Shelter and the work we are doing with minor females rescued out of Human Trafficking. Thank you for your prayers. ““Please pray for continued operation support (we have definitely felt the impact of Covid-19”) “God Bless” Lowell and Sally From Janet Ortenzo President Board of Directors, SWFL Coalition Against Human Trafficking. We add a special “Thank you” to Bud Stoddard for Introducing Janet and her organization to us! “ Thank you all so much for your generous gift to the SWFL Coalition Against Human Trafficking. Please know that your donation is much needed and greatly appreciated . Please know that 100 % of your gift will be used to meet the needs of trafficked children and teenage survivors. May you and your families be richly blessed for your generosity and kindness in this holiday season and always “ Sincerely , Janet Ortenzo Meet a new Wildcat Charitable Foundation charity.....Kkids, Inc A faith based safe home for children and at risk children....and so much more! Photo is of Karen and Scott the founders along with Mary Karas, Chris Wheeler, L.J. And Aiden. For more information please click here . Click Here for Kkkids, Inc Thank You Note!! Please click here for a heartfelt Thank you from Valerie's House. On Tuesday, Chris Wheeler, Linda Scalley and Karen Dodge visited Valerie’s House in Fort Myers. They toured the facility with founder Angela Melvin and gave a donation for needed supplies. Valerie's House uses art and music to help children express and heal their pain. Angela lost her Mother at age 10 due to a car accident and as a result, Angela wanted to help others experiencing similar situations. She began Valerie's House five years ago as a nonprofit organization to help families work through the loss of a loved one. Her vision being ...”that no child will grieve alone”. Wildcat Run Charitable Foundation was her first major supporter creating a special bond between our two organizations! As always, thanks to all of the Wildcat Run generous supporters! As with all of us the pandemic has brought challenges. Unfortunately, the residents of Immokolee Florida have faced especially hard times. As a result, we were recently made aware that the Eden Park Elementary School was in need of writing kits for their students. Last week, Chris Wheeler and Linda Scalley visited the school and presented the Principal and Assistant Principal with a $1200 check for the needed supplies!! Chris and Linda were impressed with all of the “Best Practices “ in place for opening the school. Thanks again to all of our generous donors! Based on our 2019 contributions we were able to gift Wings of Shelter a check for $40,000!! You will be interested to know that the newest resident is a 16 year old girl who was locked in her room for two years with only oatmeal and peanut butter sandwiches to eat. All things considered, she is doing well, working on getting enrolled in virtual school, and is happy to learn she may have a snack whenever she is hungry!! To those of you not familiar with Wings of Shelter, their mission is: “To rescue, restore, educate and prevent trafficking and child sexual slavery.” Thank you as always for your generosity! Due to the fact that our 2020 Wildcat Cares 4 Kids golf outing was canceled, the Board wanted to honor our commitment to pull raffle ticket winners. So as we begin to celebrate Memorial Day weekend, we got together with the help of Robert DiBiase and President Chris Wheeler to select the names. We wish all of our generous supporters a happy holiday and offer our congratulations to all of the winners!! Congratulations to our lucky Raffle winner Ron Lento! Nothing like $1500 to make your day! Art Kits for Children In Need Raise The Roof was a HIT Raise the Roof Pinewoods Elementary School The Wildcat Run Charitable Foundation has been a donor to Pinewoods Elementary School for the last 3 years. The Soupathon was A Huge Success The Foundation raised $1900 to help children in need in S.W. Florida. Art Kits for Children In Need Fond Farewell to Judy Mittino Raise The Roof Video Raise The Roof was a HIT Wildcat Charitable Foundation Featured in Spotlight Magazine! Congratulations from the Chamber of Commerce! Wildcat Cares for Kids in the News! Wildcat Run Charitable Foundation has been selected as a finalist for the 2018 Nonprofit of the Year Award Wildcat Run Charitable Foundation helps more Lee County Organizations Wildcat Run Charitable Foundation receives a congratulations from Senator Lizbeth Benacquisto! Thank you from Pinewoods Thank You from HTAP Thank you from Wings of Shelter - 2018 Thank you Note from Art Reach Thank You Notes From Our Charities ABOUT US BLOG FAQ MEMBERSHIP GOLF AMENITIES LATEST NEWS CONTACT US REAL ESTATE MASTER HOA WILDCAT RUN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (239) 947-6066WILDCAT RUN GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB 20300 Country Club Dr. Estero, FL 33928-2037 Facebook Instagram ©2021 Wildcat Run Golf & Country Club. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy