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The Sweetwater Paddle for the Cure is a kayak, paddle craft and standup paddle board race and family fun paddle started in 2009 to have fun and raise money and awareness For Multiple Myeloma Research. All proceeds for the event go to benifit the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. Organized by Beat Cancer With A Paddle, a non profit foundation, this is the Third Annual Paddle. Set against the skyline of downtown Tampa the day consists of two events, a five mile race with electronic timing and race catagories for surf skis and race kayaks, sea kayakas, recreational kayaks and sit on tops and Standup Paddle Boards. Following the 5 mile race there is a two mile family fun paddle for anyone who just wants to get out on the water, have fun, see downtown Tampa, try a kayak or paddleboard and help BEAT CANCER WITH A PADDLE
The agency was established in 1953 by parent volunteers who met that January, seeking an alternative to the institutionalization of children with developmental disabilities. In an era where the prevailing practice of the medical community was to advise families to institutionalize children with developmental disabilities, these parents began asking how they could positively impact the future for all people living with developmental disabilities. Each of these caregivers saw the potential of their child, despite a medical profession that downplayed the ability for people with mental retardation to grow and develop... >>>
Alpha house of Tampa is a non-profit organization founded in 1981 to serve pregnant women in crisis and their families.
Mission is to empower pregnant and parenting women in crisis to realize their ability to break the cycles of poverty and abuse and create promising lives.
Residential maternity and transitional home for women in crisis.
Serve women of all ages, races and backgrounds by providing safe housing, parenting classes, counseling, life skills, vocational training, and assistance and spiritual support.
Offer hope and encouragement to all who enter our doors.
Be The Match Foundation® raises funds to help patients who need a bone marrow or umbilical cord blood transplant find a donor and receive treatment.
Every year, 10,000 patients need a marrow transplant from an unrelated donor, but only half receive one. Half is not enough. Every Patient Counts!
Foundation of Courage in cooperation with 1 Voice Foundation puts on the Badge Bowl annually. Each year a special family is selected to be the primary recipient of funds raised to aid them with household expenses and give them the opportunity to take off of work and care for their child.
The Badge Bowl is a flag football game between Tampa Fire Fighters and Tampa Police. Prior to the football game there is a carnival atmosphere with food, games, a raffle and a silent auction with incredible prizes.
CASA's vision is a community without violence so that home is a safe place.
Our mission is to raise our voices against violence through advocacy, empowerment, and social change.
1977 - The Free Clinic Spouse Abuse Shelter was created by Sr. Margaret Freeman as a service of the St. Petersburg Free Clinic to serve battered women. The shelter capacity was eight and the budget minimal. The shelter was staffed by part-time workers and volunteers.... >>>
Gulf Coast Dental Outreach's mission is to provide low-cost access to dental care through education, prevention and treatment of disease, focusing on Pinellas, Pasco and Hillsborough counties in Florida. Achieving these goals has never been more important than now.
More than 257,000 individuals live below 200 percent of the Federal poverty level in Pinellas. Of this group, only 5 percent of adults have access to dental care.