For Good

Tears flowed at a ceremony in June, when a group of women business owners and senior executives gathered to disburse checks to nonprofits.

The women-powered organization, Lakewood Ranch-based Sisterhood for Good, is in its fourth year of giving out money to a bevy of groups, and its sixth year overall. Several of the group's chosen charities bring out raw emotions.

This day included a $1,000 grant to the Mark Wandall Foundation, which provides support and assistance to grieving children who have lost a family member or guardian. The organization's founder, and widow of the namesake, was there to receive the check. Yvonne Schloss, a Sisterhood for Good co-founder and owner of Sunglass Express Optical on St. Armands Circle, admits she wiped away tears most of the ceremony. She wasn't the only one.