Friends of Augusta SavageArts & Community Center

Promoting local history and the arts by keeping Augusta’s life and legacy alive.

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Augusta Savage

“If I can inspire one of these youngsters to develop the talent I know they possess, then my monument will be in their work.”

~ Augusta Savage

boy working with clay

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Our Purpose

Friends of Augusta Savage Arts & Community Center, Inc. (FASACC) is a 501(c)3) nonprofit organization established to:

Create awareness of the center by enriching the lives of members of the community through educational, health & wellness, and cultural events and programs.

Promote local history by keeping Augusta’s life and legacy alive.

Advocate for public support and funding to sustain current and future community programs.

Prepare for future enhancements and growth of the Augusta Savage Arts & Community Center.

Our Mission

Our Mission is to promote programs for youth and families to improve their quality of life. Our emphasis is on the “Underserved” in Green Cove Springs.

Our Vision

Friends of Augusta Savage, Inc. (FASACC) advocates programs to inspire healthy, productive, creative lives; today, tomorrow, and into the future.

Our Programs

We offer several programs designed to impact lives in our community, and to help the youth and families that are underserved.

Augusta Savage Community Clothes Closet

Located in Charles E. Bennett Elementary School, we provide new clothes, shoes, and personal items to students who are at risk of failure and living at or near the poverty level.

Augusta Savage with multiple life-sized sculptures of African Americans.

Annual Black History Month Commemoration

Fine Arts Programs

At the mud pie age, I began to make things instead of mud pies.

Augusta Savage, The Crisis 1929

Augusta Savage Cultural Arts Festival

Other Programs from FASACC

Tutoring

Artist in Residence Program

Students in-need Holiday Gift Bags

End of Year Christmas Production

Tutoring

Financial Snapshot

14% - Contributions, 16% - Sponsorships, 26% - Event Ticket Sales, 33% - Donated Goods, 9% - Donated Goods: City of Green Cove Springs, 2% Emergency Fund

How to Get Involved

If you are an organization, business, or individual looking to get involved, there are many ways you can help support our mission.

Financial donations allow us to provide art, ballet, tap, jazz, and cheerleading classes to the underserved youth in the community.

Support the launching of our new Artist in Residence Program.

Donation of new children’s clothes, shoes, and personal hygiene items for Augusta’s Clothes Closet.

Sponsor a costume for one or more children for our end of year Christmas Production.

Help the volunteer committee with fundraising events and other activities.

Host a fundraising event.

Be an event volunteer for FASACC special events.

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