Thank you to the many organizations, groups, volunteers, etc. who helped make the 2019 Letter Carrier’s #StampOutHunger Food Drive a success! We couldn’t have done it without your support. From volunteering and organizing to providing trailers for food storage...
The summer months mean less work and more play for many families. For others, it means scrambling to find their next meal, since no free or reduced breakfast and lunch programs are provided when school is out. Children who...
For 25 years, Chris used drugs and alcohol as a coping mechanism and escape from reality. He struggled to hold a steady job and slept on friends’ couches – bouncing from one place to another. His life was a...
The Free Clinic has opened a second Health Center to better serve the needs of the St. Petersburg community. The South St. Petersburg Health Center provides better access for patients in south Pinellas County to address and manage a...
The Foundation for Sustainable Families has come up with an unusual arrangement. It’s growing fresh produce for the St. Petersburg Free Clinic’s food pantry in exchange for the Free Clinic’s scraps. The Foundation collects the Free Clinic’s scraps –...
The Free Clinic’s We Help Services Client Choice Pantry & Health Center are urgently looking for volunteers. Our volunteers make it possible for the Free Clinic to help local individuals and families who need assistance with food, shelter and...
On May 11, postal workers throughout the country will deliver mail while collecting nonperishable food donations as part of the annual National Association of Letter Carriers “Stamp Out Hunger” Food Drive. You can donate by leaving non-perishable food items...
Some local veterans have a new reason to smile. A dozen local veterans recently received full dentures or partial dentures from the St. Petersburg Free Clinic, thanks to a grant from the Saint Petersburg Chapter, National Society Daughter of...
Stanley Plaga began giving to St. Petersburg Free Clinic over 20 years ago. The Free Clinic only started keeping records in 1989, so we don’t know when his first gift was, but he gave moderately and rarely restricted his...
The Free Clinic purchased a 26’ Hino Refrigerated Toyota Truck with the generous support of Bonnie Hechtkopf, the Margaret Ewell Dickins Foundation and Jamie and Jane Egasti. The truck will expand the capacity of food donated to the Free...
Every year, Isla Del Sol Yacht and Country Club hosts its annual Play for Hunger charity event to help raise funds for the St. Petersburg Free Clinic and Daystar Life Center. In 2016, the GirlFriends, a women’s organization within...
The Dawson family never expected to be clients of the St. Petersburg Free Clinic. Both parents had stable jobs, they lived in a nice apartment in a good neighborhood, their three kids took part in regular activities, and they...
Generous gifts and dedicated volunteers made it possible for the Free Clinic to help local individuals and families who needed assistance with food, shelter and health care. Nearly 80 percent of funds to the Free Clinic comes from private...
Over the past year, the Free Clinic continued to expand the food assistance services provided to our hungry neighbors. The We Help Services food bank was renovated into the Client Choice Pantry. The Client Choice pantry allow clients to...
Last year the Free Clinic’s Prescription Drug Assistance Program provided prescription medicines worth more than $3.6 million in retail value to our Health Center clients. Without this assistance, clients would not be able to afford the much-needed medications to...
In May 2018, the Free Clinic opened its new Men’s Residence, which provides a safe, supportive and transitional shelter to single, homeless men working toward independent living. The facility serves 28 men who live in seven two-bedroom apartments, with...
It’s been a remarkable year for St. Petersburg Free Clinic. Supporters like you were generous in their support of our programs. Over the past year, the Free Clinic has distributed food to more than 55,000 people in our community,...
The government shutdown is impacting the lives of many federal workers in the Tampa Bay area who are not getting paid. For many this means they are struggling to afford basic needs like food and hygiene items. Here’s how...
In the holiday spirit of giving, a local company provided gifts to those in need of hope at the St. Petersburg Free Clinic’s Men’s and Family Residences. The local Southeast Giving Council of Nestor Sales, national tool and equipment...
The Free Clinic’s Health Center provides free primary health care for low-income, uninsured adults in Pinellas County who have little means to receive adequate health care. The Health Center provides more than 9,000 basic health and wellness services –...
As you’re shopping for friends and family this holiday season, consider giving a gift that will inspire hope. Shop for items from our holiday wishlist below, which includes requests from our eight programs. You can also send items directly...
Kristi has always been a runner. She liked the physical and mental health benefits of the sport, and used it as a way to process her emotions. Over time, her healthy habit diminished as she was abused and became...
A local brewer has found a way to turn trash to treasure. St. Petersburg-based 3 Daughters Brewing is selling a brewing byproduct – spent grain – to farmers and donating the proceeds to St. Petersburg Free Clinic’s food assistance...
David Glynn was a resident of St. Petersburg but summered in Bennington, NH. He actually was an author on the history of Bennington and one of the first charter members of the town’s historical society. David grew up in...
Greg Best and Gregg Poole were first introduced to St. Petersburg Free Clinic by their neighbors, one of whom is a former Free Clinic Board member. Greg and Gregg, or “The Gregs”, as they are called by the name...
Maxine has lived in St. Petersburg for decades, raising her family and working as a nurse. She has always loved living in St. Petersburg, but once the children moved out she was ready to begin traveling with her husband....
The St. Petersburg Free Clinic is accustomed to addressing the immediate and long-term needs of our community when impacted by natural disasters. In 2017, Hurricane Irma swept through the Tampa Bay area leaving many of our neighbors without power,...
WE HAVE MOVED! The Free Clinic Health Center is moving to provide additional medical services to uninsured residents in St. Petersburg. The new location will offer high-quality care, improved patient experience and expanded medical services. NEW ADDRESS (effective June...
St. Petersburg Free Clinic purchases building to expand Health Center Additional medical services will be available to low-income, uninsured residents in Pinellas County St. Petersburg Free Clinic has acquired a new location for its Health Center, which provides free...