Venice Gulf Coast Community Foundation

VENICE — Over the past two decades, the nonprofit Venice WareHouse has provided thousands of local middle and high school students with positive, drug-free activities and volunteering opportunities. The WareHouse was founded by Executive Director Linda Banister, her son Justin Banister, and long time family friend, Debbie Eaton, based on an experience Justin had when they first moved to Venice.

“Our vacation destination became home for Justin and I in 2001, shortly after he finished high school. We hadn’t been in Venice but a couple of weeks when he came walking in the house and I could tell that something was wrong. He said, ‘Mom, we have to do something.’……