Category: AMOB in the Community

Anna Maria Oyster Bar founder John Horne and family gathered at the Landside O-Bar to proudly present a check for $4,887.34 to Tidewell Hospice’s Vice President of Philanthropy, Aida Matic. Proceeds from two events in February 2017 raised these funds, the monthly “12 Cheers for 20 Years” event and the annual “Ribs for Jerry” Day, in memory of Anna Maria Oyster Bar’s original chef, Jerry Yettaw, whose daughter attended the check presentation.  Click here to view gallery. Read on to learn why Tidewell is such a special cause to us, from the February “12 Cheers for 20 Years” message by

Spirit of Manatee Awards honor ‘givers’ in Manatee BY RICHARD DYMOND | rdymond@bradenton.com MANATEE – The Manatee Community Foundation’s 12th Annual Spirit of Manatee Awards was kind of like Manatee County’s version of the Oscars, but without those risky envelopes to open. “Thankfully, our winners are previously announced,” Susie Bowie, executive director of the Manatee Community Foundation, told a crowd of 450 at noon Tuesday at the Bradenton Area Convention Center, casually referring to Sunday’s Oscars where a mistake was made in the announcement of Best Picture. Perhaps the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences should take a lesson from the