Category: Stories

Many churches want to help solve the foster crisis, but they don’t know where to begin – that is where Florida 1.27 has been making an impact since 2015. Florida 1.27’s easy-to-implement program equips churches in the Tampa Bay area to connect and support families in the child welfare system, and to share the love […]

The Community Foundation of Tampa Bay lost one if its most dedicated advocates last month. Jim Strenski, 91, passed away peacefully on July 7, 2021 in Clearwater. Jim was a loving husband, devoted father and grandfather, successful entrepreneur and generous philanthropist. His Catholic faith and commitment to helping others were unwavering.   “Jim and Jane Strenski were […]

While most of our philanthropy is focused locally, our fundholders sometimes reach around the world with their generosity. One anonymously gives to BlinkNow, a nonprofit foundation serving an ever-growing, ever-inspiring community in Surkhet, Nepal. Their vision is a world where every child is safe, educated, and loved. The students of their Kopila Valley School created this […]

The mission of Voices for Children is to provide support and advocacy for the abused, neglected, and abandoned children in our community. They partner with the Guardian ad Litem Program of Hillsborough County to ensure these children have the things they need to feel safe, loved and appreciated. How does VFC and GAL work together? […]

Every year the Emergency Squad responds to over 5000 calls for emergency service. As the front line of community caregiving for over 57 years, the Sun City Center Emergency Squad provides more than basic life support emergency care: they provide a hand to hold when the patient is scared and a shoulder to lean on […]

Good Samaritan Health Clinic of Pasco (GSHC) just celebrated its 30 year anniversary of operations in Pasco County, Florida. They are one of the 98 members of the Florida Association of Free & Charitable Clinics and serve adults in the community that are medically underserved and uninsured. They had over 3,000 patient visits in 2020 […]

Since opening in 2015, Dunedin Cares Food Pantry has come a long way. It all started with one man’s vision with just a few jars of peanut butter in a one-room set up in the back of a church hall to a free-standing building today. The pantry service provides groceries to anyone in need within […]

TALK READ SING Tampa Bay is a community awareness campaign led by Champions for Children that educates Tampa Bay residents, especially parents, about the importance of talking, reading and singing beginning at birth to build brain architecture and increase language development. At the same time, these simple but powerful interactions promote strong parent-child attachments and, […]

PARC, Inc. – Serving Individuals with Developmental Disabilities since 1953 A lot has changed since 1953, when PARC was founded, but one thing has remained the same and that is PARC’s mission, to provide opportunities for children & adults with developmental disabilities to exercise their independence and experience life to the fullest. What started as […]

The mission of the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay is to ensure that no one in our community has to face a crisis alone. The organization responds to over 170,000 requests for help each year and is the community’s gateway to help, hope, and healing. It offers a range of evidence based programs designed to […]