I am the administrator of Jefferson Center, an affordable senior residence in Sarasota. I was overwhelmed when I came to work on Wednesday and saw that a resident who is the Resident Council president at Jefferson Center, had set up a card table and was collecting for the relief in Haiti. That day $400 was collected to help those less fortunate. Before I could get to work and ask my residents what we could do, they were already doing it. What wonderful residents live at Jefferson Center.

Marcia Ryan, an employee of the Jefferson Center in Sarasota, has been named Social Service Coordinator of the Year in the State of Florida by the Florida Association of Homes & Services for the Elderly. Jefferson Center provides affordable housing for more than 200 Sarasota citizens, 62 and older.

Dawn S. Lucido, Administrator, Jefferson Center, Inc., is the recipient of a grant from The Community Foundation of Sarasota County from the BOOST Initiative Fund. The grant will provide new IT equipment for the offices and the office computers will be refurbished for the residents creating a computer center for them. Jefferson Center is a not for profit, senior living residence that provides affordable housing to 220 citizens of Sarasota, FL.

Dawn S. Lucido, Administrator, Jefferson Center, Inc. is the recipient of a Florida Disaster grant from the Office of Housing & Community Development, City of Sarasota & Sarasota County Government. The grant is earmarked to replace existing windows with hurricane impact resistant windows in residents’ apartments and stairwells. Jefferson Center is a not for profit, senior living residence that provides affordable housing to 220 citizens of Sarasota, FL.