In a widespread show of charity throughout the Keys, members of the Key Colony Beach Fishing and Boating Club filled the coffers of nearly two dozen local nonprofits this spring. Funds totaling $22,455 will bolster the efforts of groups ranging from coral restoration programs to Boy Scouts, community theaters, animal rescue and rehab organizations and the United States Coast Guard.
Raised primarily through the club’s tournaments throughout the year as well as an annual clam bake and silent auction, the 2025 funds are a massive addition to the group’s total of more than $43,000 in reported donations from 2022 through 2024.
“It’s the most money we’ve ever given away,” the club’s assistant fundraising director, John Fruhmorgen, told the Weekly. “We had an abundance, and we made sure we gave it all.”
Recipients this year include:
- City of KCB, Beautification Giving Tree – $2,500
- Florida Keys SPCA – $500
- Keys Area Interdenominational Resources – $2,000
- Ron Sutton Memorial Kids Fishing Derby – $1,955
- Marathon Community Theatre – $500
- Domestic Abuse Shelter – $2,000
- Marathon Elks Lodge – $1,000
- Marathon High School scholarships – $500
- Marathon Moose Building Fund – $1,000
- Marathon Moose Veterans Fund – $1,000
- Shriners of Marathon – $1,000
- Boy Scout Troop 573 – $500
- Tunnel to Towers Foundation – $1,500
- Turtle Hospital – $1,000
- U.S. Coast Guard of Marathon – $500
- U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 13-2 – $500
- Marathon Wild Bird Center – $1,000
- Dolphin Research Center – $1,000
- St. Columba/The Hammock House camps – $1,000
- Pigeon Key and Marine Science Center – $500
- USF Foundation Keys Marine Lab Coral Restoration – $1,000
