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Sarasota News Leader August 9 & 16, 2013 Page 72 SERTOMA KIDS FUNDRAISER TO SUPPORT SPEECH THERAPY Sertoma Kids, a division of the Sertoma Club of Greater Sarasota, will raise money for its kids' speech therapy programs at a fundraiser this Saturday evening, Aug. 10. With a name that is shorthand for the phrase "Service to mankind," Sertoma is an international organization over a century old. The Sarasota club was created all the way back in 1956. While its primary purpose is to help those with hearing health issues, it supports a number of other causes, too. apy sessions to qualifying families. Its mission "is to provide the most advanced speech therapy available to every child in need in the Suncoast area regardless of their family's ability to pay." But that means money, which is where Saturday night's fundraiser comes in. Dubbed the Summer Band Bash, the party will run from 7:30 to 11 p.m. at Columbus Hall, 4880 Fruitville Road. There will be a cash bar and light refreshments, and the band NexxLevel ("Florida's Premiere High Energy Party Band") will Sertoma Kids is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit affiliate perform hits from its repertoire of classic soul of the Sarasota club that has provided speech and contemporary pop. and language therapy for local children for Tickets at the door are $25. Get more informamore than 25 years. The organization operates tion at sertomakids.com. an outpatient speech program at the Berlin Branch of the YMCA, offering affordable therCooper Levey-Baker The NexxLevel band will perform at an Aug. 10 fundraiser for Sertoma Kids. (Photo courtesy of nexxlevelband.com). (Inset) Image courtesy of sertomakids.com