Categoría: Noticias

Ricquesha Fuller’s life changed permanently on June 13, 2023, when her son took his life at the age of 21. Looking to find meaning in her loss, and prevent others from experiencing similar tragedy and heartache, she started Keshawn’s Korner to support for people facing mental health challenges by providing a safe network of resources […]

A Decade of Making a Difference Through the Foundation’s decade of impact, we’ve helped produce and fund more than a dozen research reports on topics ranging from education, to the access and utilization of medical care, to economic opportunity. One of the most notable reports we helped produce for our community is An Equity Profile […]

Roughly two decades ago, reeling from personal struggles connected to her daughter’s health, Vicki Sokolik reached out to her local school district looking for a way to give back and be of service. Soon after, she started mentoring and supporting a homeless high school student who found herself outside the boundaries of the foster care […]

On the evening of April 9, after busy workdays ended, more than 70 local clinicians gathered in the Foundation’s Center for Health Equity to hear from Dr. Uché Blackstock about where health and racism intersect – and what they, as clinicians, can do to improve patient outcomes. “We wanted to create a space for our […]

By Dr. Stephanie Rosado, Senior Research, Evaluation and Learning Associate On February 26th, 2025, the Foundation hosted a data walk, an innovative engagement strategy designed to share the research findings from our recent The South St. Pete Health Equity Profile with local community members. This interactive event featured five distinct data stations, each allowing community […]

A Decade of Making a Difference In 2018, the Foundation awarded a transformative grant of just more than $1 million to fund a unique collaboration designed to improve patient health and outcomes by connecting medical and legal services. The Pinellas County Medical-Legal Partnership Project worked to integrate legal professionals into a health care setting at […]

A Decade of Making a Difference Crisis calls for rapid adaptation and, in 2020, the Foundation board, partners, and community rose to meet the challenge. Early in the pandemic, we opened our Center for Health Equity to community partner 211, who used the space to process $1.5 million in federal financial assistance for people in […]

A Decade of Making a Difference In December 2017, the Foundation was the first funder of a new initiative designed to unite different sectors of the community around a common goal: to increase the percentage of Pinellas County children ready to succeed in kindergarten. Today, more than seven years after that initial grant, Thrive by […]

Para publicación inmediata Barbara Green barbara@healthystpete.foundation (727) 440-7963 Un nuevo informe de investigación ofrece una mirada hiperlocal a los resultados de salud en el sur de San Petersburgo, revelando marcadas disparidades geográficas y raciales en medio de fuertes lazos sociales (San Petersburgo, Florida) - La Fundación para un San Petersburgo Saludable publicó su último informe de investigación la semana pasada, ofreciendo una [...]

La Fundación acaba de conceder 25.000 dólares para financiar la producción de Razed, un documental sobre el barrio de Gas Plant. La película cuenta la historia de una comunidad muy unida, rica en árboles frutales y negocios propiedad de negros, que fue demolida para construir un estadio de béisbol. Razed nos permite escuchar directamente a antiguos residentes, que comparten sus historias [...].