To kick off the 2017 National Sunshine Summit to End Hunger, we have decided to try and bring the community together and have a meal-packing volunteer event! We are trying to recruit around 1,000 wonderful volunteers (such as yourself) to help pack food into family sized meal bags to be distributed to food pantries across […]

Join us in supporting our friends at Our Lady of Guadalupe Food Pantry.  Activities will include sorting and packaging food to be distributed to needy families in Wimauma. What a beautiful way to pay gratitude forward this Thanksgiving week. . . . Because no one should go hungry. Anita Bullaro, co-director of Our Lady’s Pantry, along […]

Join us in our annual celebration of volunteering!  The theme of this year's event - Dancing with the Stars - highlights the vibrancy and beauty of ALL the volunteers who served with us in 2017.  (And we'll make Cathie do the Electric Slide!) There's only one way in to this EXCLUSIVE luncheon - serve as […]

Seeking Fun-Loving People Age 55+ for an Intergenerational Volunteer Service Project * Not Age 55+??  Come Anyway & Bring Someone who is!   Join teens from AMI Kids at Metropolitan Ministries for a Holiday project sorting canned goods to help the hungry!  Date:  December 14, 2017 Time: 11am - 2pm Place: Metropolitan Ministries, 2002 N. Florida Ave, […]

Valentine's Day is the PERFECT day to share the love! We're hosting a Bring-A-Friend a party at the Bob Gilbertson Central City Family YMCA!  We'll be playing Bingo and enjoying refreshments while we mix-and-mingle with YMCA members and friends. Be inspired by how may active adults we have in our community! On Valentine's Day, Wednesday, […]

Be inspired by companionship! Our friends at Aqua Apartments are hosting a celebration to honor residents who provide companionship to their fellow apartment residents all year long. Their kindness keeps their fellow residents connected to the community. These older residents from Aqua Apartments in Tampa, FL have been assisting their neighbors with companionship services in […]

Join us for a 2 hour service event that will warm your heart.  Help package meals for needy families and homebound elderly and veterans. We have a fun, social time while you provide much needy community support. We'll be packaging easy, one-pot meals, perfect for needy families. The meals consist of lentils (50%), dehydrated vegetables […]

Let's BOWL!  On March 21, 2018 from 1pm to 3pm we're hosting a Bowling Party at Brandon Crossroads Bowl.  Our volunteers work so hard all year serving the community and we're proud to join them in some comraderie and good times!  If you've been an RSVP volunteer with us in 2017 or 2018, you're welcome […]

Our 2018 Brand New Fundraiser Celebrating Active and Purposeful Aging with this unique Documentary Film Screening! Presented by:  Meet Hal, 87; Charlie, 87 and Maurie, 87. Three of a group of friends who gather every day at one p.m. in the village of Dorset, Vermont to play a game called “paddle tennis”. They have been […]

Our 34th Annual Bridging Generations Breakfast was a huge success. Our emcee, Trevor Pettiford did a terrific job (as usual!). Michelle Cyr, AARP's Associate State Director for Community Outreach in Tampa Bay was our keynote speaker. She did a fabulous job highlighting the concerns of social isolation and loneliness among our seniors and the need […]