{"id":298128,"date":"2026-06-06T04:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T04:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/298128\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T04:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T04:59:10","slug":"five-ways-to-give-back-and-get-involved-in-your-community-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/298128\/","title":{"rendered":"Five ways to give back and get involved in your community"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re searching for ways to give back, the Catalyst\u2019s Impact Connector<\/a> is here to help. Each week, we feature five organizations in the Tampa Bay area that need your input, whether that\u2019s time, talent, items, funding or simply awareness. We\u2019re certain you\u2019ll find something here that matches your interests and will positively impact the community.\"\"<\/p>\n

Volunteer with the Marine Exploration Center<\/p>\n

St. Petersburg\u2019s Marine Exploration Center partners with local businesses, schools and nonprofit organizations to educate Tampa Bay residents and students about the marine habitats in the region.<\/p>\n

Serving St. Petersburg for over 30 years, the organization provides aquarium consultation, design, installation and maintenance services to support education goals. It also offers a mobile aquarium that bring hands-on marine science and environmental education to public and private events, school groups, summer camps and more.<\/p>\n

Volunteers are needed to assist aquarist staff with daily and weekly food preparation, feeding marine animals, working at education programs onsite and at mobile aquarium events, and cleaning and maintaining aquarium systems.<\/p>\n

Opportunities are available both weekdays and weekends, and volunteers are asked to work approximately three hours per week. Participants must be 16 years or older, agree to a background check and attend an orientation.<\/p>\n

Click here for more information<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nHero To A Child seeks volunteers for teen conference<\/p>\n

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Hero To A Child works to transform the lives of children and youth in the child welfare system through strong partnerships with service providers throughout the community.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, June 18 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., the organization is presenting the 3rd annual Adulting 101 Teen Conference for teens 14 years and older in the child welfare system, along with their foster parents, caregivers and guardians. With the help of nonprofits and other support agencies, the conference helps to connect teens with resources and services available to them as they age out of the foster care system.<\/p>\n

On June 16 (two days before the conference), from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., volunteers are needed to help prepare for the event, with tasks such as stuffing attendee bags, laminating materials, preparing game materials and general event prep and assembly. Click to learn more about this volunteer opportunity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On June 18, from 8 until 11 a.m., a registration team is needed to greet attendees and caregivers, check in registered participants, assist vendors, distribute conference materials and bags, and hand out raffle tickets. Click to learn more about this volunteer opportunity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On June 18, from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m., an afternoon support team is needed to help with lunch service, assist speakers and panelists, distribute resources and giveaways at the teen table, and help with event breakdown and cleanup at the conclusion of the conference. Click to learn more about this volunteer opportunity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All volunteers must be 16 and older.<\/p>\n

The conference takes place at the SPC Epicenter, 13805 58th Street N., Clearwater.<\/p>\n

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Pilates for a Purpose<\/p>\n

On Saturday, June 20 at 12 p.m., FS8 St. Petersburg, a Pilates, tone and yoga studio, will be offering a one-hour donation-based Pilates class to benefit CASA (Community Action Stops Abuse).<\/p>\n

CASA is the official domestic violence center for Pinellas County and has been providing lifesaving services for over 40 years to women, children and men living with domestic violence.<\/p>\n

The cost for the class is $20. All fees will be donated to support CASA\u2019s services, including legal advocacy, counseling, housing and more.<\/p>\n

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Beginning at 10 a.m., the studio is also hosting a vendor pop-up and donation drive for CASA\u2019s Thrift Boutique. The store accepts men\u2019s, women\u2019s and children\u2019s clothing, household items such as small appliances, cookware, dishes and flatware, and like-new furniture. Anyone donating items will automatically be entered into a raffle to win a prize basket.<\/p>\n

FS8 is located at 2541 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n

To register for the Pilates class, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the CASA Thrift Boutique, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nVolunteer training for Largo Public Library ELL program<\/p>\n

The Largo Public Library is holding a training and orientation workshop on Saturday, June 27 from 2 to 4 p.m. for those interested in volunteering for the library\u2019s English Language Learning (ELL) program.<\/p>\n

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Participants will learn about the program\u2019s policies and procedures, receive an in-depth tour of the library and meet current ELL volunteers.<\/p>\n

Opportunities include providing behind-the-scenes administrative support, and developing four to six-week program courses with a partner or small team.<\/p>\n

Volunteers are asked to work a minimum of six months. The workshop will be held in the Largo Public Library\u2019s ELL Seminar Room at 120 Central Park Drive, Largo.<\/p>\n

To register or learn more, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Dinner and Duds for the Homeless<\/p>\n

Dinner and Duds for the Homeless provides hot meals, clean clothing and toiletries to those in need in Pinellas County.<\/p>\n

Every Saturday, beginning at 2 p.m., dinner is served in the picnic area of 100 Mirror Lake Drive and then at St. Vincent DePaul Cares at 401 15th Street N. Volunteers are always needed to help serve food and pass out toiletries and clothing.<\/p>\n

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While much of the food is donated, many items have to be purchased, such as paper products, condiments, staples (eggs, milk, butter, sugar, flour) and first aid supplies. Cash donations help offset these costs.<\/p>\n

Another way to support the organization is by purchasing much needed items on its Amazon wish list.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the organization and to donate, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Amazon wish list can be found here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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By engaging in these five impactful ways to give back, we can empower our communities and contribute to a more compassionate society. If your organization is seeking volunteers, donations or awareness, click here<\/a>\u00a0to submit your opportunity. We\u2019ll get the word out to our readers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re searching for ways to give back, the Catalyst\u2019s Impact Connector is here to help. Each week,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-298128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}