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Published May 28IBD advocate Stephanie A. Wynn leads education efforts on digestive disease
IBD advocate Stephanie A. Wynn leads education efforts during Digestive Disease Awareness Month Tampa Bay, FL – Following the successful release of her book Navigating Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Six-Week Blueprint for Better Gut Health, Stephanie A. Wynn continues her mission…
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Published May 15Partnership and Progress
DR. KANIKA TOMALIN | President and CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg Spring is often a time of rebirth and new opportunities. At the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg, last month was no exception to that rule. We started April, which is National Minority…
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Published May 13S.T.O.R.Y. 727’s vision for changing St. Pete’s trajectory
By J.A. Jones, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG – Gary Gaines, Erinn Green, Eric Jackson, and Stevmoney Medaries founded S.T.O.R.Y. 727 in 2021. The acronym stands for Stringing Together Obviously Remarkable Youth; and for four years the organization has focused on healing St. Pete…
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Published April 10Kymbriell Finch brings water safety and swimming skills to local families
By J.A. Jones, Staff Writer ST. PETE and TAMPA BAY – While lifeguard instructor and water safety advocate Kymbriell Finch was born in Decatur, GA, “South St. Petersburg is my home,” she states unequivocally. Finch travels throughout the Greater Tampa Bay Area as Swim with Kym,…
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Published April 10S.T.O.R.Y. 727 continues positive impact on St. Pete youth and community
By J.A. Jones, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG – S.T.O.R.Y. (Stringing Together Obviously Remarkable Youth) 727’s impact is growing throughout St. Pete and Pinellas County. Founded in 2021, the founders — Gary Gaines, Erinn Green, Eric Jackson, and Stevmoney Medaries – have developed…
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Published April 04Changing Systems, Changing Lives
A new grant will support multi-sector collaborations that advance systemic changes in the factors that shape our community’s health DR. KANIKA TOMALIN | President and CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg At the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg, we often call…