About Us
The All-Star Children's Foundation is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization focused on preventing child abuse, neglect and abandonment nationwide.
Twice a year, the All-Star Children's Foundation hosts sports-related fundraisers. These popular events draw a variety of celebrity supporters and are a major source of funding for the Foundation. These events, along with private donations, have enabled us to raise over $2 million since 2005 to fund agencies and programs committed to our mission.
Our Mission:
To raise money to prevent the cycle of child abuse, neglect and abandonment. We are dedicated to putting an end to child abuse before it begins.
Our Vision:
To break the cycle of child abuse, neglect and abandonment through awareness and prevention.
Our History:
The All-Star Children's Foundation was founded in 2005 under the name Sarasota Sports Foundation as a local, grass-roots effort to help prevent child abuse, neglect and abandonment. Support was available locally for children who had been abused, but our founders sought to answer the need for an organization whose main objective was to prevent child abuse.
Our cause struck a chord locally, and the foundation quickly gained attention. After three years of rapid success and recognition outside our area, the natural progression was to expand nationally. The board of directors changed the name to reflect this change and the All-Star Children's Foundation was born.
Graci McGillicuddy, our chairperson and one of the founding members of the foundation, has made ending the cycle of child abuse her life's mission. Actively involved with the prevention of child abuse for 18 years, McGillicuddy has dedicated herself to making the All-Star Children's Foundation a huge success. She has donated over $1 million to Sarasota's Child Protection Center and has most recently been appointed to the Florida Governor's Child Abuse and Prevention and Permanence Advisory Council.
Today, the All-Star Children's Foundation's Board of Directors, staff and volunteers continue to increase public awareness of child abuse, expand the foundation's fundraising efforts to a national level and advocate for laws that protect children by being a valuable resource to local and national lawmakers.
"As All-Star Children's Foundation clearly recognizes, healthy children are a healthy future for our community. By improving the physical, emotional and psychological health of these children - one child at a time - our ultimate goal is for them to get out and stay out of "the system", becoming contributing, non-abusive adults in our community. Thank you for your support of our most vulnerable and deserving little citizens."
(Children's Guardian Fund, 2008 Grant Recipient)
Please join us in breaking the cycle of abuse, neglect and abandonment.
Founding Sponsor
We would like to extend a sincere thank you to our Founding Sponsor and the Official Sponsor of our two annual fundraisers, Longboat Key Club & Resort. Their financial, emotional and volunteer support since the Foundation's inception has been amazing. They are truly making a difference in the lives of many children!
