Our History

  • 1979 Formation of the Sarasota-Manatee Section
  • 1982 First Women In Power begins as a Brown Bag Lunch
  • 1985 Herald Tribune Community Service Award for Preschool Eye Screening
  • 1986 Interviewed Survivors for Holocaust Oral History Project. Interviews acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • April 1992 Start of HIPPY in Sarasota
  • 1992 March 15 – 22 Declared “National Council of Jewish Women Week” by the City of Sarasota
  • 1994 “Someone To Talk To” first performed
  • 1997 Start of Preschool Hearing Testing
  • 2000 First year of scholarships for nontraditional students
  • 2004 November 3 – 10 Declared “National Council of Jewish Women Week” by the City of Sarasota
  • 2004 Hope House – Supports Women and Children
  • 2008 Teen Dating Violence Prevention Program
  • 2013 “Being Different is OK” puppet program for Preschoolers first performed
  • 2014 Bankee Bee
  • 2015 Human Trafficking Awareness Program
  • 2016 The JANET PROJECT for tweens & teens in abusive situations
  • 2017 Hate Crime Program, Amazon Smile Program, Gun Violence Prevention Program
  • 2018 Children First program – Supports vulnerable children
  • 2019 Work to upgrade our computer technology
  • 2020 Website update for Online Payment
  • 2020 Zoom Meetings
  • 2021 Second Chance Last Opportunity (SCLO) Sandwich Making Brigade
  • 2021 High School Mentoring