December 5, 2016
Dear Fiddlesticks Neighbor,
As most of you know, this past summer we lost a great friend and fellow Piper Earl Holland. Earl served as Foundation
President (2005-2016) and Fiddlesticks Country Club President (1991-1996). The loss of such a dynamic member of our
community caused us all to pause and reflect on how we could best continue his legacy of generosity, strength, and
hope. In fact, many of you have been asking what the Bobby Nichols Fiddlesticks Charity Foundation plans to do to
honor his memory.
Earl believed in the Foundation and the children we support. It didn’t matter how often he toured the agencies or heard
their stories of struggle and pain. Each time he was equally moved to be an engine of change to help these victims have
the childhoods they deserve.
As kids, we all remember people asking us what we wanted to be when we grew up. Perhaps our response was
something which would make an adult smile and think, “Well, that’s not highly probable!” The point is, as children we
dare to dream big and every child should be able to do just that. Earl Holland knew that dreaming big was not something
that children in crisis did very often. They couldn’t look very far into the future because their immediate, basic need for
safety needed to be addressed.
To honor Earl and his legacy, we aspire to give these kids their dreams for the future. After many months of discussion,
research and planning, we are proud to announce the FSW EARL HOLLAND SCHOLARSHIP FUND. Recipients of this award
will meet certain criteria including the unfortunate circumstance of having utilized the services of one of the agencies we
support. The named scholarship will be in the form of an endowment at Florida Southwestern State College.
We invite you to make a donation made payable to FSW EARL HOLLAND SCHOLARSHIP FUND which may be mailed or
dropped off at the club. In addition, Ken and Debbie Burnside will be hosting a concert by famed Chicago crooner,
Johnny Vincent, on January 13, 2017 at Fiddlesticks Country Club. All funds raised from this concert will go directly to the
endowment effort. Further details on this event will be in an upcoming weekly FCC email and we hope you will join us
for this exciting evening of song.
Please help us ensure that Earl’s legacy of hope and change will continue to grow, just as these young minds will flourish
and prepare for the future. Thank you for the support you have shown for these children. The foundation has helped
them in crisis, and now we will help to empower them to build strong futures of their own.
With Fiddlesticks Pride,
The Board of Directors
Bobby Nichols Fiddlesticks Charity Foundation
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ORGANIZATION BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS). OUR FEDERAL TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS 59-6173638. THE FSW FOUNDATION IS FURTHER DEFINED
AS A DIRECT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION (DSO) FOR FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN STATE COLLEGE AS DEFINED BY FLORIDA STATUTE 1004.70. YOU RECEIVED NO GOODS
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