Contributing to Turn About

Turn About, Inc. is a private, non-profit health and human service organization which serves young people and their families in Leon and surrounding counties. Turn About was incorporated in 1981 and is physically located at 2771 Miccosukee Road in a building owned by the agency. Turn About counselors provide services in this facility and also provide many services directly in the County's schools, community centers, etc.

All money donated to Turn About, Inc. will go directly into services for children, ages 5 – 17 and/or young adults in high school or undergraduate college pursuing academic advancement. Turn About provides behavioral management training for young people and their families to help prevent more serious problems, later. For those young people who are struggling with issues of substance abuse, being victims of crime and/or violence, suicidal ideation, having to make life altering decisions, Turn About provides a “safe place” to learn to make better choices. Many have no where else to turn. Many children and young adults have stated that Turn About is their “safe place” to be until they learn how to make their own environment safe.

Contributions to Turn About, Inc. can be designated to go directly into client services, to fund scholarships for those young people unable to afford even a sliding fee scale, to contribute toward the Turn About building fund, or unrestricted which allows us to use the funds where they are most needed. Turn About receives funding from the Department of Children and Families, the Office of the Attorney General, United Way of the Big Bend, The City of Tallahassee, Leon County, Leon County Schools, the Office of Drug Control, various foundations, and is very dependent on private donations to meet the needs of our children, adolescents, young adults, and their families.

Turn About not only needs financial contributions, but volunteers to help with fundraising efforts, building repair and maintenance, some office work such as answering the phone, making copies, etc. Due to confidentiality constraints, we do not use drop-in volunteer counselors. Turn About does work with Florida State University and Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University providing a training site for masters and doctoral level interns.

Turn About is desperately in need of more building space, especially for our Child Victim program and our college program. Randy Lewis, architect, has drawn plans for the new building to be located on our present site.

Other kinds of contributions are greatly appreciated. Offices donating fine furnishings as they remodel or downsize have been especially helpful. Some magazines offer a free subscription when you renew your own. Please think of Turn About for appropriate waiting room literature. A group of community leaders donated advertising time on public radio when they purchased a particular sports team air time. If you know of areas or businesses which need information on Turn About, we will welcome your setting this up and keeping the area updated. Pieces of art, either originals or prints, to be displayed or to be used in a fundraiser would be especially helpful. Naming Turn About as beneficiary in your will or other financial plans will insure a bright future for our young people. Please feel free to talk to us about any ideas you may have. A willingness to organize a fundraiser, such as a run, a carnival, or to work in one that we have planned will bring great rewards for you and for Turn About's kids and their families.

The Federal Identification Number for Turn About is: 59-2147472. Turn About, Inc. has been granted exemption from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Turn About is registered with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, (SC-02126), pursuant to Chapter 496 (required so that the agency may solicit funds in the state of Florida). Turn About, Inc. has an independent audit on a yearly basis by certified public accountants: Law, Redd, Crona & Munroe, P.A. Our fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30 of each year.

Contributions may be made via PayPal or you may send a check payable to Turn About to the address below. If you would like to make personal arrangements for a direct debit from your bank account, Visa or Master Charge, please contact our Donations & Volunteer Coordinator at (850) 671-1920, or by email to Bgilbertson@turnabout.org.

Turn About, Inc. of Tallahassee
P.O. Box 13488
Tallahassee, Florida 32317-3488

Thank you so much for your interest in our kids and their families!

Turn About, Inc. provides services without regard to race, color, sex, creed, religion, national origin or handicapping conditions.
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