St. Petersburg Free Clinic has completed renovations of its new Beacon House men’s residence as it helps area men rebuild their lives.

A mother who was severely abused in front of her child. A woman who was shot by her boyfriend twice in the head. A newborn who developed heart problems in the womb after his mother was in a severe car accident. These people were in these situations through no fault of their own.

Meet Adia Hollist, a Blake High School graduate who has studied dance since age 3. Adia now attends the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, with support of the Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture & the Arts Charlie Hounchell Art Stars Scholarship.

Becoming a new mother can be challenging, especially if you’re the one in seven women who experience postpartum depression or anxiety.

Stress can be hard for kids to handle, and when they don’t understand their emotions or how to manage them, they sometimes make bad choices. Frameworks helps kids cope, which leads to good decisions, even in stressful situations.

Seniors in Service volunteers mentor young students and make a big impact in low-performing schools. This year, volunteers will mentor over 3,000 children and tutor over 600 students in Hillsborough and Pinellas County, with a 95% success rate in improving literacy levels for the students they work with.

The way the Homeless Empowerment Program (HEP) sees it, there needs to be a comprehensive approach to fighting homelessness. That’s why the Clearwater-based nonprofit is more than just a soup kitchen or shelter. In addition to providing meals and a place to sleep, HEP provides such support as job training, childcare, mental health counseling and medical care.

Every year, an average of one in 68 American children is identified as having some level of autism. Unfortunately, many families struggle to help their kids due to the high cost of specialized educational programs.

For over 30 years, Bakas Horses for Handicapped in north Tampa has been a place where people with disabilities can feel happy, safe and encouraged through therapeutic horseback riding programs.

Last year, Give Day supporters helped Keep St. Pete Lit raise enough money to pay for eight students to attend the group’s first Creative Writing Summer Camp. Keep St. Pete Lit fosters a love of reading and writing through writing classes, poetry readings and storytelling open mics.

About 3,000 people are homeless on any given night in Hillsborough County. But here’s a way to help: support the Tampa 1st Service Platoon, part of a national nonprofit called The Mission Continues.

The Gracepoint Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Tampa Bay area’s leading provider of behavioral health solutions Gracepoint Inc., seeks to improve the lives of more than 22,000 individuals in the community each year.