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  • Tips to Keep Your Sleeping Infant Safe
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    Tips to Keep Your Sleeping Infant Safe

    ByTim Bennett September 25, 2024October 15, 2024

    Tampa Bay’s Morning Blend – September 25, 2024 Disclaimer: This is sponsored content. All opinions and views are of the advertiser and do not reflect the same of WFTS. Advertiser: Children’s Board of Hillsborough County In the last decade, 208 infants have died from unsafe sleep in Tampa Bay. These deaths affect all families, from…

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  • Tips to Keep Kids Safe Around Water with the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County
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    Tips to Keep Kids Safe Around Water with the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County

    ByTim Bennett September 20, 2024October 15, 2024

    ABC Action News WFTS – September 20, 2024 Disclaimer: This is sponsored content. All opinions and views are of the advertiser and do not reflect the same of WFTS. Advertiser: The Children’s Board of Hillsborough County Drowning is one of the leading causes of death for children under the age of five. According to the…

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  • Kiwanis Club Of SouthShore Oversees StoryWalk In Ruskin
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    Kiwanis Club Of SouthShore Oversees StoryWalk In Ruskin

    ByTim Bennett September 6, 2024October 15, 2024

    By Linda Chion – September 6, 2024 The second of two StoryWalk locations in Southeastern Hillsborough County held a celebratory ribbon-cutting in Ruskin in August, hosted by the Kiwanis Club of SouthShore. The August 10 ceremony, at the Ruskin Park & Recreation Center, heralded the grand opening of the fourth of five Hillsborough StoryWalk locations….

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  • Padres de Crianza supports Latino kinship caregivers in Hillsborough County
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    Padres de Crianza supports Latino kinship caregivers in Hillsborough County

    ByTim Bennett August 28, 2024October 15, 2024

    Philip Morgan | Wednesday, August 28, 2024 You’re the Latino uncle, grandmother or big sister who has taken over raising a relative’s children. You are new to this country, new to Hillsborough County, and you speak little or no English. How do you learn about the services available to help you? You contact Padres de Crianza, a…

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  • Kiwanis’ New ‘StoryWalk’ In Seffner Encourages Family Literacy And Exercise
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    Kiwanis’ New ‘StoryWalk’ In Seffner Encourages Family Literacy And Exercise

    ByTim Bennett July 15, 2024October 15, 2024

    By Linda Chion – July 15, 2024 Imagine a public library next to a 24-acre park that includes a walking trail lined with displays that bring to life a child’s book, then visit the Seffner Comm“UNITY” Park and Gardens for a ‘StoryWalk’ experience maintained by the Kiwanis Club of Greater Brandon. That’s where kids and…

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  • Summertime Brings Pool Safety Into Focus
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    Summertime Brings Pool Safety Into Focus

    ByTim Bennett May 31, 2024October 15, 2024

    By Kelly Wise Valdes – May 31, 2024 Now that summer is here, Hillsborough County launched Safe Pools Day Tampa Bay, which was aimed at educating families about practicing pool safety while they enjoy swimming this summer. Florida leads the nation in drowning deaths of children 4 years old or younger, and most of the…

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  • Hillsborough agencies work together to reduce child drowning deaths
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    Hillsborough agencies work together to reduce child drowning deaths

    ByTim Bennett May 22, 2024October 15, 2024

    Philip Morgann – Wednesday, May 22, 2024 May is National Water Safety Month, but it’s important for parents to keep this in mind every day of every month: it can take less than a minute for a child to drown. “I don’t think people really realize that drowning actually is silent,’’ says Sharon Finotti, director…

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  • Swim Safety, Secure Pools Save Lives
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    Swim Safety, Secure Pools Save Lives

    ByTim Bennett May 16, 2024May 16, 2024

    By Hillsborough County Florida Hillsborough County hosted Safe Pools Day on May 10 City of Tampa’s Loretta Ingraham Pool served as the starting point for the Second Annual Safe Pools Day Tampa Bay event, where Hillsborough County Code Enforcement staff discussed the importance of pool safety. The County teamed up with the cities of Tampa, Temple Terrace,…

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  • Take a StoryWalk in the park now in Carrollwood Village Park
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    Take a StoryWalk in the park now in Carrollwood Village Park

    ByTim Bennett May 14, 2024May 14, 2024

    The Kiwanis Club of Tampa has once again expanded its StoryWalk Project, now adding the page-by-page sign installation at Carrollwood Village Park By MIKE CAMUNAS, Tampa Beacon CARROLLWOOD — The park is the perfect place to relax and read a book. Now, visitors to Carrollwood Village Park don’t even need to bring one if they…

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Thank you to the Community Foundation Tampa Bay for recognizing The Children’s Board as a Thrive by Five Tampa Bay Family Friendly Business Platinum Designee! Congratulations to all the winners.

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A MESSAGE FROM
REBECCA BACON, 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Dear Community Partners,

As we welcome the fall season, we are inspired by community efforts to support food drives and share resources. Proper nutrition is important for all of us and for children, it is essential for their growth, development, and long-term health. Key nutrients are needed for children to be strong and healthy and to promote normal brain development, especially critical in the early years. Pregnant women also have increased nutritional needs and healthy eating during pregnancy establishes the foundation for growth and overall healthy newborns.

Unfortunately, too many families experience food insecurity on a regular basis and a slight change in circumstances can create a crisis. In fact, according to data from United Way Suncoast, nearly half of Hillsborough County families are either below the poverty level or the ALICE threshold – Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed.  The rising costs of household basics – including housing, childcare, food, transportation, and health care – are having adverse impacts on families in our community. 

The Children’s Board invests in several family support programs that engage with families to address basic needs and achieve self-sufficiency goals. Programs like the United Food Bank of Plant City’s FEED Program, Positive Spin’s EACH One, Metropolitan Ministries’ Pathways to Hope, and CDC of Tampa’s Wealth Builders are making great strides in improving families’ well-being. Through the ONEhillsborough initiative, the Children’s Board is partnering with United Way Suncoast, Career Source Tampa Bay, the Junior League of Tampa, and Vistra Communications to host From Surviving to Thriving, a cost-of-living workshop to identify additional solutions to improve the lives of working families.  

November is a perfect month to give thanks to our generous community for the resources invested in families to ensure that children thrive.

With gratitude,

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