Category: Press Release

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 […]

For Immediate Release      Media Contact: Danielle Weitlauf     Danielle@healthystpete.foundation     (727) 686-8565  Sole surviving member of St. Petersburg’s Courageous 12 reflects on historic actions of 1965 (St. Petersburg, FL – April 18, 2023) Mr. Leon Jackson, St. Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway, and former St. Petersburg Police Chief Goliath Davis will join with the community at the Center for […]

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Danielle Weitlauf Danielle@healthystpete.foundation (727) 686-8565 Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg Selects Executive Search Firm   (St. Petersburg, FL – February 6, 2023) – The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg (Foundation) selected Winner Partners as the executive search firm to identify a new President & CEO to carry forward the important […]

For Immediate Release      Media Contact: Danielle Weitlauf     Danielle@healthystpete.foundation     (727) 686-8565    The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg Announces the Reopening of the Center for Health Equity  (St. Petersburg, FL – January 12, 2023) – The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg (Foundation) is set to reopen the Center for Health Equity (Center) on January 20th. […]

For Immediate Release     Media Contact: Danielle Weitlauf    Danielle@healthystpete.foundation    (727) 686-8565    Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg Leadership Update  (St. Petersburg, FL – January 5, 2023) – The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg (Foundation), which acts as a connector, a listener, and a source of fuel that accelerates the powerful work already being done to achieve […]

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release March 14, 2022 Contact: Shannon Kalahar Director of Strategic Communications 727-741-5440 (call or text) shannon@healthystpete.foundation Racism Costs Everyone: Economic Expert Makes Cents of Equity for White and Residents of Color at Free Event ST. PETERSBURG, Florida – Heather McGhee, renowned economist and NY Times best selling author, will give a […]

DECEMBER 15, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Shannon Kalahar Senior Manager of Strategic Communications Shannon@healthystpete.foundation 727-741-5440 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg (FHSP) is pleased to announce that its President and CEO Randall H. Russell has been elected to the Board of Directors for Grantmakers in Health (GIH), a Washington D.C. […]

For immediate release: DECEMBER 08, 2021 CONTACT Shannon Kalahar Senior Manager of Strategic Communications Shannon@healthystpete.foundation 727-741-5440 The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg Announces New Board Leadership and Welcomes Four New Trustees St. Petersburg, FL – The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg has announced a new board chair, officers and four new board members who […]