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The Community Foundation of Tampa Bay helps area nonprofits get much-needed support, in turn raising awareness of their positive impact on our community.

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.

After Tracy, 17, was removed from her home because of abuse, she didn’t have a bed or blanket of her own. But the Guardian ad Litem Foundation stepped in, finding her safe housing and providing items for her new room like bedding and a laptop.

Florida Wildlife Corridor embarks on a one-week “Heartland to Headwaters” expedition this month to examine how Florida’s wildlife can more safely travel between its habitats.

When you’re trying to convey an important point, take a breath. This is always good advice, but it comes in especially handy if you are speaking in public or doing a TV interview.

The authoritative management style is fading.

As #MeToo has uncovered the depth and breadth of workplace sexual harassment, many employers are shoring up policies and procedures to protect their businesses and employees.

Yeoman’s Cask & Lion, a downtown Tampa favorite, is expanding this year and opening its second and third locations. It will bring its pub grub to St. Petersburg this spring, and to Hamlin, a master-planned community near Orlando, this fall.

Enterprising Latinas, Inc., a nonprofit that provides pathways to financial stability for women and families in south Hillsborough County, is addressing a major challenge – lack of public transportation in that area.

Being late isn’t fashionable anymore (if it ever was). Habitual tardiness says a lot about you, none of it good.

When determining a content marketing strategy, more isn’t always better. There’s an endless stream of content available as you scroll through various platforms, and that’s a whole lot of noise to break through.

More than 2,500 of Florida’s brightest people will hear from over 75 industry-leading speakers at the Synapse Innovation Summit, March 28-29 at Amalie Arena, including:

Traveling for business can be quite an energy-zapping, creativity-stealing ordeal. Just ask Lee Arnold, executive chairman of Colliers International Florida, who travels for work on a regular basis.

Should a “mental health day” count as a paid sick day? Last year, a viral tweet from a CEO showing support for taking mental health days put this topic in the spotlight.

You have probably walked past it a million times in the Capitol. A wall with the pictures of women who have been inducted into the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame.

Is your business getting the most out of its sites, apps and channels? Are you engaging with customers to the best of your ability? If you aren’t using a digital analytics program such as Google Analytics, then chances are you aren’t.

The recent changes on Instagram make it harder for marketers to engage their audiences. Rather than listed chronologically, posts are now based on the number of likes, comments, views, shares, saves and direct messages. High engagement signals to Instagram that the content is what people want to see.

An investigative series by Tampa Bay Times reporters Mark Puente and Zachary Sampson on questionable operations at CareerSource Pinellas and CareerSource Tampa Bay underscores the importance of journalism in holding public officials accountable.

In nine years, former teacher Erin Meagher has built Beneficial Blends into a food manufacturing company that projects $20 million in revenue in 2018 and employs 35 people.