9619063
Baby Share 2012
Event Name: Baby Share 2012
Event Date: March 13, 2012
Event Start Time: 9 am
Event End Time: 1 pm
Event Location Name: Victorious Life Church in Wesley Chapel, FL
Event Description: On March 13, 2012 we will be hosting our 13th annual baby shower called “Baby Share,” a joint effort with Victorious Life Church. This is an awesome event where we bring in approximately 200 women who are either pregnant or have just had their baby and bless them with almost everything they need to take care of their new baby. The women are referred through Tampa Bay area crisis and teen pregnancy centers and also invited from lower-income communities. The cost is FREE for these women to come for a special time of celebration and fun with a buffet-style luncheon and guest speaker. Our goal is to provide these moms and babies with everything they physically need to have a healthy, happy, and joyous birth. Through community donations we provide new and/or gently used cribs, strollers, high chairs, car seats, diapers, baby clothes, towels and washcloths, blankets, bottles, toys, maternity clothes, play pens, swings, bouncy seats, baby food, books, CD’s, v ideos, DVD’s, etc…..Anything that a baby needs, we try to provide to each one of these ladies.
We are in need of community donations, volunteers, and want to get the word out for those that are in need of participating.
Event Street Address: 6224 Old Pasco Rd
Event Town: Wesley Chapel
Event Public Phone Number: 813-973-2230
9619051
One World: Save the Arts Concert
Event Name: One World: Save the Arts Concert
Event Date: Wednesday, February 8th - Thursday, February 9th9th
Event Start Time: 7:00pm
Event End Time: 11:00pm
Event Location Name: Blake High School Don Thompson Theater
Event Description: "One World: Save the Arts Explosion!" a two-night Benefit Concert for Blake High School starring Blake High School Alumni Singer, Deejay Young on Wednesday, February 8 & Dancer, Marcus Borders Thursday, February 9, 2012, at 7:30 pm at the Blake Performing Arts Don Thompson Theatre. The show will feature special guest artists from the Tampa Bay Area and other surprise guests. Deejay Young will swoon the audience at his opening night Music Concert being held on Feb. 8 , and Marcus Borders will captivate his audience with his finale Dance Concert being held Feb. 9. Proceeds will go to Blake High School Arts Department. Tickets: Students w/ ID $5, General Public $10 in adv, $15 at the door. VIP $20, includes both Concerts and a Complimentary Dinner for opening night. Two Artists. Two Nights. One Cause, ONE WORLD! More info, please call 813-401-9731.
Event Street Address: 1701 North Boulevard Tampa, FL 33607
Event Town: Tampa, FL
Event Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/246813005334552/
Event Public Phone Number: 813-272-3422
9619027
2012 APEC Muscle Walk for MDA
Event Name: 2012 APEC Muscle Walk for MDA
Event Date: 03/03/2012
Event Start Time: 8:00 am
Event End Time: 11:00 am
Event Location Name: Al Lopez Park
Event Description: The 2012 APEC Muscle Walk for MDA is a 1 mile walk to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Tampa Bay. The walk is family friendly and non-competitive. Immediately following the walk are awards and a celebration to acknowledge the fundraising efforts of the teams. The MDA serves over 1200 families living with a neuromuscular disease locally in the Tampa Bay area. All moneys raised stay local and help to fund research, clinic visits, repairs to medical equipment and summer camp for kids 6-17.
Event Street Address: 4810 North Himes Avenue, Tampa, FL 33614
Event Town: Tampa
Event Website: www.musclewalkmda.org/tampabay
Event Public Phone Number: 727-577-1700
9619003
The Love List by Norm Foster
Event_Name: The Love List by Norm Foster
Event_Date: Feb 16 - Mar 4, 2012
Event_Start_Time: Fri & Sat @ 8 pm; Sun @ 2 pm
Event_End_Time: 2 hours
Event_Location_Name: Venue Theatre
Event_Description: Venue Ensemble Theatre presents THE LOVE LIST, a hilarious comedy by Norm Foster, Feb 16 – Mar 4, 2012.
Be careful what you wish for. Two men learn this in a most hilarious way after concocting a list of their desired top ten attributes in a mate. Your ideal may not be what you expected. The Love List stars Michael DuMouchel, Dana Kovar, and Frank Robertson under the direction of Midge Mamatas.
Performances are February 16 – March 4, 2012. Friday and Saturday performances are at 8 pm. Sunday matinees at 2 pm. Special Thursday Preview, Feb 16th @ 8pm, is “pay what you can”.
Neighborly Care Network (Meals on Wheels) is the designated benefit organization for this production. Venue Ensemble Theatre donates a portion of the proceeds from every ticket sold to the benefit organization.
Tickets are $15. Group Discounts available for parties of 10 or more.
For reservations call 727-822-6194, email VenueActorStudio@gmail.com, or
visit the website at www.VenueActorStudio.org to make your reservations on-line.
Venue Theatre is located in the Hudson Furniture Plaza at 9125 US 19 N (intersection of Mainlands Blvd and US 19), Pinellas Park, FL 33782.
Venue Theatre Collective, Inc is a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Corporation
Event_Street_Address: 9125 US 19 N (Hudson Furniture Plaza)
Event_Town: Pinellas Park, FL
Event_Website: http://www.venueactorstudio.org
Event_Public_Phone_Number: 727-822-6194
9618997
Summer Intensive and Scholarship Audition
Event Name: Summer Intensive and Scholarship Audition
Event Date: 3/3/2012
Event Start Time: 9:30am
Event End Time: 3:00pm
Event Location Name: Brandon Ballet
Event Description: Brandon Ballet's 2012 3-week Summer Intensive will be an exciting program! Auditions will be held on Saturday, March 3, 2012. Intensive dates are June 11-29, 2012.
The Intensive focuses on classical ballet training with superior guest teachers, both national and international. Daily techinique classes, separated into 3 levels with excellent class sizes will be suplemented with other disciplines that may include modern, theatre jazz, Flamenco, African, Pas de Deux, men's class, variations, and repertoire.
On this day, we also invite dancers ages 13-18 to audition for the Richard Munro Scholarship; this award of up to $500 is used to offset the cost of any summer intensive of the recipient's choosing.
Audition fee is $25.00
More information can be found here: http://brandonballet.org/summer_intensive.html, or by emailing dance@brandonballet.org.
Event Street_Address: 161 E. Bloomingdale Ave.
Event Town: Brandon
Event Website: www.brandonballet.org
Event Public Phone Number: 813-684-4282
9618993
Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival
Event Name: Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival
Event Date: February 18th-19th
Event Start Time: 12:00
Event End Time: 9:00
Event Location Name: Coachman Park
Event Description: Get ready to satisfy your seafood cravings with the Knology Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival! While you’re at it, allow your ears to enjoy some of the best blues music around. It’s coming February 2012, so be sure to visit Coachman Park for this two-day festival on February 18th & 19th.
Event Town: Clearwater
Event Website: http://clearwaterseablues.com/
9618985
New Seeds Festival 2012
Event Name: New Seeds Festival 2012
Event Date: 03/23/12 - 03/31/12
Event Start Time: 7:30 pm
Event End Time: 10:00 pm
Event Location Name: Smith Black Box Theatre
Event Description: Second annual Southeast’s Women’s Peformance festival featuring socially relevant performance art across all disciplines: dance, music, poetry, theatre and comedy.
Event Street Address: 727 W. Cass St., Tampa, FL 33606
Event Town: Tampa
Event Website: www.newseedsfest.org
9163354
Help Sort Clothing Donations for Needy Students
OASIS provides basic necessities to needy students through 140 school social workers.
Items provided include: gently used clothing, new uniforms, socks & underwear, shoes, hygiene items, alarm clocks, and school supplies.
The acronym OASIS stands for Outreach Assisting Students In Schools. This non-profit organization was specifically developed as a unique and effective way of directly distributing donations of children's personal items to our county's most needy public school children. Direct communication and cooperation with school based social workers and other school representatives make this effort possible.
The OASIS Network brings these entities together to form a unique partnership, one that truly benefits children that would otherwise receive little support from outside sources.
Website: http://www.oasis-network.org/
Phone Number: 813-975-8179
8518312
After School Tutoring
The Florida Institute for Community Studies (FICS) was founded in 2001 by a group of activists and academics to improve community well-being. Our mission is to partner with communities to help them achieve their goals through research, service, education and training. At our Multicultural Family Center in Town n Country we offer a variety of free cultural arts programs after school. We are looking for volunteers to help us with tutoring and HW between the hours of 2:30-6:00
Website: http://www.ficsinc.org
Phone Number: 813-249-8100
Email Address: ficsnadia@yahoo.com
8482250
Homes For Our Troops
ARMY STAFF SERGEANT JUAN ROLDAN WAS LEFT A DOUBLE AMPUTEE ABOVE THE KNEES IN SADR CITY, IRAQ ON DECEMBER 29, 2006. STAFF
SERGEANT ROLDAN WAS A VEHICLE COMMANDER, ON A PATROL WHEN AN
EXPLOSIVLEY FORMED PENETRATOR STRUCK THE VEHICLE, IMMEDIATELY KILLING
THE DRIVER AND GUNNER WHILE THROWING STAFF SERGEANT ROLDAN FROM THE
VEHICLE. HOMES
FOR OUR TROOPS, A NATIONAL NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT BUILDS
SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOMES FOR SEVERELY INJURED VETERANS, IS BUILDING A
HOME FOR STAFF SERGEANT JUAN ROLDAN IN PARRISH, FLORIDA. IN
ORDER FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, WE NEED YOUR HELP! HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS IS
SEEKING A GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND SKILLED PROFESSIONAL TRADESMEN TO
DONATE MATERIALS AND LABOR. WE ALSO NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP GET THE
WORD OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT. HOLD A
FUNDRAISER, OR HELP OUT AT THE BUILD SITE. DONATE WHATEVER YOU CAN TO
HELP FINISH THIS SPECIALLY ADAPATED HOME. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BECOMING
INVOLVED PLEASE VISIT THE HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS WEBSITE AT HOMESFOROURTROOPS.ORG/ROLDAN OR CALL 866-7-TROOPS.
8469120
Florida Senior Medicare Patrol "Fighting Medicare Fraud"
The Florida Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) Program was established in 1999 as a regional program and in 2005 went statewide. SMP is administered through the Area Agency on Aging of Pasco-Pinellas, Inc. and primarily funded through the Administration on Aging (AoA).
It is estimated that $68 billion is lost to fraud each year; thus the Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) Program recruits and trains volunteers to educate beneficiaries and caregivers on Medicare fraud, waste, and abuse, and to assist in the review and reporting of suspected cases on their individual accounts.
Website: http://http://www.agingcarefl.org/Medicare/SMP
Phone Number: 1-866-357-6677
Email Address: rosarion@elderaffairs.org
8469096
Tampa Bay Public Safety Charity, Football Games/Concessions
The Tampa Bay Public Safety Charity/Tampa Bay Sentinels is an organization made up of Law Enforcement Officers, Corrections Officers, Fire Fighters, Paramedics and EMT's who play full contact football for charity. We are looking for volunteers to help with our football games and concessions at Tropicana Field during the baseball season. We are also looking for volunteers to join our support staff.
Website: http://tampabaysentinels.org
Phone Number: 727-741-3513
Email Address: tampabaypublicsafetycharity@verizon.net
End Date: 12/31/2011
8358128
Fundraiser for Heather Bates Hall, Brandon High School
Event Name: Fundraiser for Heather Bates Hall, Brandon High School Teacher/Cheerleading Coach
Event Date: March 26, 2011
Event Start Time: 8:00 am
Event End Time: 11:00 am
Event Location Name: Beef O' Brady's
Event Description:
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Hello! This is my niece Heather. She is a school teacher and the Cheerleading Coach at Brandon High School. She has been diagnosed with Melanoma for the second time at the age of 27. It has now spread to her lungs and abdomen. We are having a fundraiser for her to help cover some of her medical bills on March 26th from 8am-11am at Beef O' Brady's in Brandon on Kings Ave. Thank you in advance! Event Street Address: 210 S. Kings Ave
Event Town: Brandon, FL
8339160
Feeding America Tampa Bay: Warehouse Volunteers Needed!
Feeding America Tampa Bay is a local affiliate of Feeding America, a national hunger relief organization. Locally, we work with over 300 agencies in an effort to end hunger in West Central Florida. Volunteers are needed to sort food donations, stock food pantry shelves, assist with giving groceries to families in need and administrative duties. Opportunities are available at our Tampa and Pinellas warehouses Monday through Friday and 3 Saturdays a month.
Website: http://www.feedingamericatampabay.org
Phone Number: (813) 254-1190
Email Address: aconnell@feedingamericatampabay.org
name: Ashton
8261796
Cat Crusaders Inc Cat Adoptions, Kennelers and Fosters
We are an all volunteer non-profit that needs help on the weekends doing adoptions of cats and kittens. We need help kenneling the store where we show them (Petsmart on Bruce B Downs by 75) and we need fosters who can provide temporary loving homes for cats and kittens.
Website: http://www.tampacatcrusaders.org
Email Address: volunteer@tampacatcrusaders.org
8261860
The Children's Home, Inc. Recreation and Class Assistant
The Children’s Home, Inc. is an accredited, community supported, 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, that has operated child and family-centered programs in the Tampa Bay area for 119 years. The Children’s Home seeks to create a community where children and families feel loved, nurtured, and safe through a variety of programs that help nearly 12,000 children and adults each year. Each year, our services strengthen families for over 10,000 parents and children each year at four locations providing family support, outreach, and prevention services throughout the Tampa Bay area, help find and support forever families for over 800 parents and children through therapeutic and traditional foster homes, adoptive services, community based care, and kinship services, and heal the trauma of abuse and neglect for 100 children in residence at our healing campus located on Memorial Hwy.
The Children's Home is looking for individuals who have a special skill that they would like to share with our children. We are looking to set up activities on a regular basis such as a jewelry making class, sewing class, flag-football, basketball, etc. Let us know what you would like to teach and your availability. Website: http://www.childrenshome.org
Phone Number: 813-855-4435
Email Address: mrioux@childrenshome.org
8261806
Host a Foreign Exchange Student
Cultural Academic Student Exchange (CASE) is a non-profit, educational and cultural organization founded in 1988 on the belief that international student exchange promotes understanding, respect and goodwill among people of all nations. CASE brings foreign teens together with US volunteer host families. Our program grants students, host families and entire communities the ability to discover and value other cultures, which ultimately increases international harmony and creates lasting friendships.
HOST A FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT!
WANT TO BE A HOST FAMILY?
-CASE is looking for caring families of all backgrounds that will share their
lives with a young person from another country.
-Families without children at home can host, as long as the family is willing to help the student meet local teens.
-Traditional families, single parents, retirees, as well as empty nesters all make wonderful host families.
-CASE recognizes diversity in the makeup of American host families and will make every effort to find and appropriate match for all loving and caring families.
Website: http://case-usa.org
Phone Number: 1-800-458-8336
Email Address: jvisas@state.gov
8261756
Tutors, Mentors, Motivational Speakers
Description: PACE Center for Girls is an educational and social service program serving and saving at-risk girls in Tampa. We are the premier program for middle and senior high age girls, with a success rate that is second to none and serves as a national model.
Here are a few examples of the types of volunteers that we could use.
• Handy-men/women for various odd jobs • Mentoring • Clerical assistance • Tutoring • Presentations to the girls of PACE
Volunteers are screen in a process similar to the screening that public school teachers go through, including criminal and finger-print tests.
Website: http://www.pacecenter.org/Hillsborough
Phone Number: 813-739-0410
Email Address: friendsofpace@pacecenter.org
8261782
Community Tampa Bay Program and Administrative Support
Community Tampa Bay promotes dialogue and respect among all cultures, races, and religions through education, advocacy and conflict mediation. We are in need of volunteers with various levels of skills, qualifications and time commitments.
Youth Conference support: These all day conferences take place in Pinellas County schools during the school day and include dialogues and workshops on a topic chosen by the school. Volunteers must have the time to commit to at least 3 Youth Conferences throughout the academic year, attend an orientation, complete the interview process, and submit to level 2 background screening. Experience in youth development preferred.
Hillsborough Youth Collaborative: Volunteers ages 15 – 20 are needed to engage in diverse community service projects as well as to practice advocating for youth at the local, and state levels. This is a youth leadership and advocacy program which brings together a diverse group of young people to improve the lives of children and families in Tampa Bay. HYC meetings are every Monday from 6 – 8 p.m. at the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County and at Argosy University on the 3rd Thursday of every month.
Hillsborough Youth Collaborative Mentors: Volunteers age 21 and up are needed to mentor and support youth as they advocate for the issues that affect them at the local and state level. HYC meetings are every Monday from 6-8 p.m at the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County, and at Argosy University on the 3rd Monday of the month.
Office support: Volunteers of all ages and skills levels are needed to assist in a variety of administrative and office tasks including organizing supplies, transferring VHS to DVD, outreach calling, filing, etc.
Event photography: Volunteers with experience in photography are needed to photograph at our events throughout the year.
Note: All adults working with youth must complete a Level 2 background screening.
Website: http://http://www.communitytampabay.org
Phone Number: 727-568-9333
Email Address: lwalters@communitytampabay.org
8261744
Help Lost Angels Animal Rescue
Foster
Fostering for Lost Angels Animal Rescue helps to provide a needy dog with a loving and caring home until a new family is found. Please read our Foster Home Guidelines to make sure this is right for you. Fostering a dog is a big responsibility and not to be taken lightly. After reading the guidelines, if you are still interested in fostering a dog, please fill out our Foster Application. Once received, we will quickly contact you. You may also print the application and and bring it to us at PetCo so we can meet you in person!
Sponsor A Dog
There are several dogs that may have more complicated health issues requiring medical treatment that may be expensive. Your donations go to help with the medical costs of our dogs with special needs. 100% of your sponsorship will go directly to help the chosen dog. With your support, we can give all of our Angels the medical care they deserve and need! To donate, please click on our PayPal button below, mail a check to Lost Angels Animal Rescue, Inc. at P.O. Box 260212, Tampa, FL 33685-0212 or drop by at PETCO on Saturdays. Your help is greatly appreciated by our angels!
Volunteer
Interested in volunteering but not sure where to start? Download the PDF of our Brochure to read more about who we are. Page 2 contains our volunteer form.
Donate
Can't find the time to volunteer? Donations are always accepted: PETCO Gift Cards, dog food, crates, toys, treats, blankets, water dishes. Anything will help. Cash or check donations are always welcome to help with the medical costs of our dogs with special needs. If you'd like to donate in person, please visit us at PETCO (on the corner of Dale Mabry and Fletcher) on Saturdays from 10am to 3pm. You can mail a check (made out to Lost Angels Animal Rescue, Inc.) Lost Angels Animal Rescue, Inc., P.O. Box 260212, Tampa, FL 33685-0212 or click here to use credit card. Please be aware that 100% of all donations go to the dogs.
Website: http://www.lostangelsanimalrescue.org/
Phone Number: 813-514-0595
Email Address: lostangelsanimalrescue04@yahoo.com
8261822
Laundry Love Project
Current is a movement to educate young adults on current social initiatives and mobilize them to engage those initiatives through local, domestic and international projects. One of these projects is our Laundry Love Projects.
Laundry Love Projects assist low-income people with meeting a basic need – washing clothes and linens. For those living below the poverty line, washing clothes regularly presents both a logistical problem and a financial hardship. We also partner with local laundromats which become a place of relief for those living in shelters, motels, cars and on the streets when our volunteers arrive to help wash clothes, pay for laundry fees, visit with the participants and play with their children.
Website: http://www.engagethecurrent.org
Phone Number: 727-537-9082
Email Address: info@engagethecurrent.org
6939660
Thoroughbred Retirement of Tampa, Inc.
Project Name: TROT the Track
Counties: Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk, Pasco, Sarasota, Manatee, Hernando, Hardee
Description: Thoroughbred Retirement of Tampa, Inc. (TROT) is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization dedicated to the safe retirement, rehabilitation and adoption of Tampa's racing Thoroughbreds. Volunteers are needed for barn chores, events and fundraising.
Website: http://www.tampatrot.org
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