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<\/a>Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson<\/p>\nUnder the challenge, St. Petersburg is rallying support for the St. Pete Free Clinic, which runs one of Pinellas County\u2019s largest food banks and provides food and healthcare services across the region. <\/p>\n
Residents can make financial contributions online at stpete.org\/give<\/a> by selecting \u201cMayor\u2019s Challenge,\u201d or drop off items from the clinic\u2019s wish list into designated collection boxes across 25 city facilities.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Milwaukee is asking its residents to donate through United Way to support six local homeless shelters.<\/p>\n Alongside the charitable drives, both mayors agreed to exchange gift baskets highlighting local goods from their communities. Mayor Welch assembled items featuring St. Petersburg businesses, artists, and cultural institutions, including Beech Kombucha, The Dal\u00ed Museum, Ferg\u2019s Sports Bar & Grill, Firestone Grand Prix, Green Bench Brewing Company, Hogg Batch Coffee, racing driver Nikita Johnson, Kahwa Coffee, artists Chad Mize and Clancy Riehm, the SHINE Mural Festival, St. Pete Athletic, St. Pete Brewing Company, St. Pete Poet Laureate Denzel Johnson-Green, the St. Pete Chamber Store and Visitor\u2019s Center, 3 Daughters Brewing, Urban Stillhouse, the Woodson African American Museum of Florida, and Zen Glass Studio.<\/p>\n READ: Trophy Tug-Of-War: How Tampa And St. Petersburg Could Wrestle Over A Rays Victory Parade<\/a><\/p>\n Please make a small\u00a0donation to the Tampa Free Press to help sustain independent journalism<\/a>. Your contribution enables us to continue delivering high-quality, local, and national news coverage.<\/p>\n