Will you help our volunteers help our community?
We all hear the stories of tremendous, unimaginable hardships brought on by the pandemic. With your help, our volunteers can serve others while staying healthy and safe. Our volunteers need PPE for 2021. And you can help provide it. A 1-month supply of hand sanitizer, masks, gloves and face shields is only $25 – to get our volunteers serving
Think $25 won't make a difference? Meet Angelina.
Angelina is 83-years-old, frail and blind. Her Senior Companion volunteer is her only connection to the outside world. For the past 4 years Angelina’s Senior Companion has visited her regularly at home, sharing friendly conversation and memories, serving her meals, taking walks, and reading her mail to her. But for months now, Angelina hasn’t had friendly visits from her Senior Companion. Imagine being elderly, blind and alone – cut off from the world during these unprecedented times. Without the routine, simple ability to read her mail, she may not be able to continue to live independently.
Help Senior Companions help others like Angelina with just $25. Or ensure Angelina gets visits EVERY MONTH in 2021 by pledging $25 per month.
A Celebration of Literacy Heroes: “Kids Need Us More Than Ever” Dinner
We hosted the “Kids Need Us More Than Ever” Dinner on April 10 to shine light on how Classroom Grandparent volunteers are teaching struggling students to read every day. City of Tampa Mayor Jane Castor and Hillsborough County Public Schools Superintendent Van Ayres...