Tales of Our Volunteer Heroes and Life-Changing Community Service Programs
Want ideas for volunteering in the Tampa Bay area? Enjoy articles and volunteer and contributor spotlights that offer insights and firsthand experiences with our programs.
Proud of the Wimauma Community Education Partnership
We're proud to be part of the Wimauma Community Education Partnership. The Community Foundation of Tampa Bay and its South Shore Council have created this new, innovative approach to collaboration. They are bringing together all the stakeholders of the Wimauma...
HCPS Recognizes the Addition of 6 Foster Grandparents in Potter Elementary
HCPS Recognizes the Addition of 6 Foster Grandparents in Potter Elementary TAMPA, FL [May 10, 2017]— In an article posted on the Hillsborough County Public Schools website...
WINNER-2017 WEDU Be More Awards
On February 23rd, we were honored to win the 2017 WEDU Be More Knowledgeable Award for Educational Outreach for our Lowry Park Neighborhood Initiative. The Lowry Park Neighborhood Initiative builds on the foundation of our Foster Grandparent Program, providing...
If You Have Friends, You Don’t Have to Quit Smoking
You’ve been told that the worst thing you can do for your health is smoke cigarettes, right? Well, I have great news … it turns out, there’s something even worse. From the Tampa Bay Times on July 23, 2016 … in a 2015, Psychologist Julianne Holt-Lunstad from Brigham...
2016 Heroes at Work Award to Our Own Wilbur Wiggins
http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2016/08/19/heroes-at-work-honorees-for-2016-named.html Wilbur Wiggins is a hero. And we're not the only one who thinks so! Wilbur Wiggins, a devoted volunteer for Seniors in Service, has been named a 2016 Heroes at Work Award...
WINNER-2016 Tampa Bay Business Journal Nonprofit of the Year for Family Services
http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/print-edition/2016/06/10/nonprofit-of-the-year-2016-seniors-in-service-of.html Seniors in Service of Tampa Bay was awarded the prestigious Tampa Bay Business Journal's Nonprofit of the Year 2016 award for Family Services. It's a...
Foster Grandparent Volunteers Featured in The Weekly Challenger
http://theweeklychallenger.com/spotlighting-foster-grandparents-at-fairmount-park Our Foster Grandparent Volunteers from Fairmount Park were featured in the Weekly Challenger! Congratulations, Grandma Fletcher, Grandma Hall, Grandma Ingram and Grandma Fikes! Grandma...
Veteran Volunteers Honored This November
Volunteers who are veterans and volunteers who serve veterans were honored with special pinning ceremonies at their November in-service trainings. We can’t do enough to thank our veterans for their military service and for their volunteerism. And we thank our...
Congratulations to Board Chair Susan Boyd
On November 19th, Board Chair Susan Boyd was honored as the winner of the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s Outstanding Director Award for the Small Non-Profit category. She shared the stage with Theron “TD” Hawkins of Achieva Credit Union and Charles Adair of Tech Data...
A Bumper-Crop of Child Care Plans!
Seniors in Service sends a warm, sincere, THANK YOU! to all of our classroom teachers and school administrative staff for their tremendous work and diligence in seeing that completed Child Care Plans for the 2014/2015 school year were submitted to our Foster...