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LARC’s 6th Annual Aiming for Ability Clay Shooting Tournament Raises More Than $30,000

  Lee Association for Remarkable Citizens (LARC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing support and opportunities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), hosted the sixth annual “Aiming for Ability” Clay Shooting Tournament on Friday, May 3, 2024, at Sarasota Trap Skeet & Clays in Nokomis. The event raised

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Help Us Complete Our New Group Home

Dear friends, Today is GivingTuesday.  GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity. Since its creation in 2012, it has grown into a year-round global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. This year has been particularly challenging, and Hurricane

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Essential Items Needed for Our Rental Home

Our group home residents are moving into their temporary rental home, but we need YOUR help! Our residents affected by Hurricane Ian are soon transitioning to their temporary rental residence while we wait for our dream home to be completed. However, we still require essential items. You can make a

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LARC Breaks Ground on New Group Home

Lee Association for Remarkable Citizens’ (LARC), an organization working to empower and support individuals with disabilities and their families, held a groundbreaking ceremony for their new group home in Cape Coral on Thursday, October 5. LARC provides 24-hour supervision in a person-centered, home-like environment where residents with developmental disabilities receive

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LARC’s Born This Way Event Raises $250,000

LARC (Lee Association of Remarkable Citizens) 2nd annual fundraiser benefiting The Lori Carroll-Collins Scholarship Fund raised $250,000.  The event was held on March 19, 2022, at Misty Morning Barn in Fort Myers. The evening included a five-course dinner created by celebrated local chefs Mike and Karen Gavala of G3 Catering.

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