Club Meetings
When: First Monday of each month at 7PM (except holidays)
Where: American Red Cross
2001 Cantu Ct., Sarasota, FL 34232
During the 24-hours of the 2026 Giving Challenge, starting at noon on April 15, the focus of the Sarasota Emergency Radio Club (SERC) is to raise awareness for hurricane preparedness and to ask for your help funding a needed tower repair project. Our goal is to raise $10,000.
S.E.R.C. is a community partner with Sarasota Memorial Hospital. We support four SMH locations: SMH-Sarasota, SMH-Rand Blvd, SMH-Venice, and SMH-North Port. We prepare and drill for communications back-up at each location in case their primary radio communications, telephone, Internet or back-up generators fail during a hurricane or other emergency.
Our county-wide network is robust and our trained FCC-licensed volunteers arrive prior to storm force winds, on request of SMH, with portable ‘go-box’ radios and transportable power supplies.
There is no greater need than making sure our hospitals are safe places where emergency care can continue without interruption during times of disaster. Please, ‘Be The One’ to help keep our volunteer efforts strong and effective.
Your donations will also help insure that our ‘go-boxes’ contain updated electronic equipment necessary for reliable communications between the SMH sites, as well as the American Red Cross where our radio room is located.
Your credit card donation during this 24-hour on-line fundraiser will strengthen our all-volunteer efforts to support emergency communications in our community. Donations of $25. to $100. will be matched by The Patterson Foundation, who make it possible for any of us to be philanthropists!
So mark your calendar and set an alarm for noon on Wednesday April 15th to come back here (n4ser.org) and Hit our Donate button:
You can visit SERC’s Giving Challenge homepage at:
https://www.givingchallenge.org/organizations/sarasota-emergency-radio-club-inc
Donations that qualify for the match are accepted only through credit card transactions during the 24-hour period starting at noon on Wednesday April 15th. If you want help with your credit card payment, Micky KM4BHF will be in the Redcom radio room here at the American Red Cross on Cantu Court during the fundraiser and can help with your secure credit card transaction.
Thank you for your continued support! Your donations are greatly appreciated, and could help save lives.
Support SERC’s Mission
Double Your Impact
SERC is committed to strengthening emergency communications in our community, and we need your support!
The goal of the Flanzer Matching Trust Donation Program is to encourage and build philanthropy in our community. In 2026 SERC is encouraging our members to donate to the Flanzer matching grant using an easy formula called ‘planned giving’. Currently several board members are donating $10 each month that is doubled to $20 and helps pay our bills. We have no other fundraising opportunities in 2025 and we need your support. Please consider this small monthly donation (easy to set up using the DONATE button below) or a one-time donation to be matched. Thank you!
If you prefer, you may send a check payable to The Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust, to 1266 First Street, Suite 1, Sarasota, FL 34236. Or for more information, please contact Micky at KM4BHF@aol.com
Thank you for your support!
— SERC Officers & Board
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SERC’s Groups.io
All members of the SERC are invited to join the club’s Groups.io
Go to the group.io site and click on the blue button at the
bottom of the page
[+ Apply for Membership in This Group]
Up to date information on the club’s activities, such as this past weekend’s ARRL Field Day will be posted to club members on this group You can also use the group to discus important club subjects such as the ARC antenna project.
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