Category: Press Release

For Immediate ReleaseFoundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg Contact: Barbara Green barbara@healthystpete.foundation (727) 440-7963   The funds will be shared by four local organizations providing food and emergency financial assistance to impacted residents (November 11, 2025, St. Petersburg, Fla.) – In response to financial hardships resulting from the government shutdown and the freezing of SNAP […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Tampa Bay Times and the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg bring together a panel of experts to discuss strategies for navigating difficult conversations ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Times, in partnership with the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg, will host a free community conversation on turning empathy […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Barbara Green barbara@healthystpete.foundation (727) 440-7963 Marking the first 10 years of impact, grants are intended to support and care for local nonprofit workers (St. Petersburg, Fla.) – In celebration of their first 10 years of impact, the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg (Foundation) is thrilled to award Care Grants to […]

Final Days of Registration for the City’s Newest 5K Run/Walk Celebrating South St. Petersburg We Run These Streets 5K, set for October 4th and hosted by the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg, aims to spark joy, movement, and community (St. Petersburg, July 31, 2025.) –  Registration will close next Thursday for the City’s newest […]

New York Times Magazine writer and Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Linda Villarosa will discuss the hidden toll of takes on individual and community health at this free event Dec. 10th   (St. Petersburg, Florida) – Join us for an extraordinary evening December 10th with acclaimed journalist and author Linda Villarosa, a contributor to the New York […]

(St. Petersburg, FL – September 15, 2023) Longtime community attorney Lisa Brody was honored with the Minoru Yasui Justice Award at her alma mater, the University of Oregon Law School, on September 22, 2023. Brody, who currently serves as the chief strategy officer for the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg, was selected for the […]

Foundation Leadership Team Member Named Next-Gen Trailblazer (St. Petersburg, FL – September 16, 2023) Marcus A. Brooks, a member of the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg’s leadership team and the executive director of the Foundation’s Center for Health Equity, was honored with the Next-Gen Trailblazers award at the St. Petersburg NAACP’s 82nd Annual Freedom […]

Hiring Event Connects Local Job Seekers to Employers Interviewing On Site  (St. Petersburg, FL – June 8, 2023) The St. Petersburg Anchor Institutions Initiative will host their #GetHiredStPete Career Fair on Thursday, June 15, 2023, at Pinellas Technical College. Anchor members, which include Bayfront Health, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, St. Anthony’s Hospital, HCA Florida […]

Bayfront Health will match the Foundation’s grant funding this year The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg and Bayfront Health have joined forces to significantly increase the local grant funding pool this year. Bayfront Health announced today that it will issue a dollar-for-dollar match of the Foundation’s 2023 grantmaking funds. That means that instead of […]

Extensive community input helped shape the selection of a local, seasoned leader.  Today the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg (FHSP) announced the appointment of Dr. Kanika Tomalin as its next President and Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Tomalin, whose local leadership has crossed public and private sectors, was instrumental in the creation of the conversion […]