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Find out morePhotography by Lori Sax August 3, 2017
Allison Baird, Mote Marine; Taylor Lawless, Grapevine Communications; Sofie Wachtmeister, SRQYPG
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Chris Reynolds, Wrightway Music; Ryan McCarthy, Sarasota Music Half Marathon
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Robert Young, Icard Merrill; Elaina Mand, All Faiths Food Bank
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Lauren Joseph, Sarasota Orchestra; Liza Howard, LG Howard & Co.
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Colleen Bankuty, Kerkering Barberio; Carl Watkins, Allegiant Private Advisors; Kathleen Martin, Kerkering Barberio
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Davia Pitts, Brandon McAllister, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System; Kyle Chmielewski, Karins Engineering Group; Murray Devine, Community Foundation of Sarasota County
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Rachel Denton, Arts and Cultural Alliance; Jenny Townsend, Music Compound
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Ryan Portugal, Colton Castro, Williams Parker
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Carolina Shin, CareerSource Suncoast
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Mimi Cirbusova, SRQYPG; Terry Osborn, Olivia Savage, USF Sarasota-Manatee
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Britney Guertin, Grapevine Communications; Murray Devine, Community Foundation of Sarasota County; Andrea Knies, New College of Florida
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Chris Gallagher, Hoyt Architects
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