People Helping People: Bake’n Babes’ Freak Shakes helped fight pediatric cancer
The Best of the Bay-winning bakery Bake’n Babes makes fantastical Freak Shakes with a different theme each month, with part of the proceeds from each $20 Shake going to a local non-profit. September’s beneficiary was the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation, and the bakery’s Instagram account featured sweet photos of young survivors alongside the Shake, a […]
People Helping People: The Planters Virtual Fall Luncheon
The annual luncheon went virtual this year, awarding 13 scholarships of $2,500 each to nursing students at the hospitals of Morton Plant Mease.
People Helping People: Pilot Bank Executive Forum with Astronaut Nicole Stott
On Aug. 13, Pilot Bank welcomed NASA astronaut and artist Nicole Stott to an Executive Forum event at the Museum of Science & Industry in Tampa, during which Pilot presented a check for $10,000 to MOSI. Stott shared her experience of living and working in space for 104 days and talked about Space for Art, an exhibition of artworks (including […]
Mask Appeal: Hal Freedman and Willi Rudowsky cover up in style
Now that face coverings have become so central to our health, we might as well wear them in style. In that regard there are few couples with a stronger mask game than Hal Freedman and Willi Rudowsky. A stylish pair no matter what the occasion, they’re longtime supporters of the local arts scene, particularly theater […]
People Helping People: The Thorn Collection keeps things safe
Realtor Martha Thorn knows that it’s important these days for everyone to feel safe during a property showing, whether they’re Realtors or prospective buyers. That’s why she and her team at The Thorn Collection | Coldwell Banker provide Safe Showing Kits, each one containing gloves, a mask and hand sanitizer. The color choice for these useful […]
People Helping People: Smith & Associates Gives Back
During these unprecedented times, Smith & Associates Real Estate is doing its part on multiple fronts to help those in need. Each office location is equipped with a food collection site which Smith team members fill. Every week the Realtors present donations to various organizations across Tampa Bay “to make our home and community a […]
V is for Volunteers: What they did for love
For the last several weeks, we’ve been teasing the content of this year’s A to Z Issue, a celebration of people and businesses who have been successfully riding the turbulent waves of change and offering service and hope to the community at large. The print edition is now arriving in local mailboxes, but if you can’t wait for […]
People Helping People: dRTB donates to the Morton Plant Mease Health Care Foundation
duPont Registry Tampa Bay publisher Tom duPont presented a check for $5,000 last month to the Morton Plant Mease Health Care Foundation for the benefit of its family help fund. dRTB remains committed to supporting our health care heroes by providing resources for them during this trying time.
People Helping People: The Love Walk
Titus O’Neil (Thaddeus Bullard) and Dave Bautista led a Love Walk June 27 that crossed the symbolic Fortune Taylor Bridge. Ms. Taylor, a former enslaved person, once owned 33 acres on the eastern bank of the Hillsborough River. In 1892, she allowed the construction of the bridge over her property; it was later seen as […]
People Helping People: From "Little Dresses" to Protective Masks
For years, a group of women from Hyde Park United Methodist Church in Tampa have come together to make simple cotton dresses for children in need. The “Little Dresses” group sends them to communities in need in the Tampa Bay area, other parts of the country and internationally. Not long ago, they were close to […]