{"id":3867,"date":"2017-10-12T18:22:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T18:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloghostdev.spcollege.edu\/president\/?p=3867"},"modified":"2023-12-13T20:10:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T20:10:35","slug":"spc-supports-hungerfreestpete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/2017\/10\/12\/spc-supports-hungerfreestpete\/","title":{"rendered":"SPC supports #HungerFreeStPete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/about-the-president\/\">SPC President Tonjua Williams<\/a> was the keynote speaker at the St. Petersburg Free Clinic&#8217;s annual Hunger Free event on Oct. 6 at The Coliseum. The #HungerFreeStPete is an event where local leaders and community members gather to bring awareness of hunger in Pinellas County. For Williams, the cause is close to her heart.<\/p>\n<p>As a child growing up in poverty, Williams recounted how various people, whom she called \u201cgap-fillers,\u201d had invested in her life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore we leave this world, you will invest in something,\u201d said Williams. \u201cLet us invest in the underdog; let\u2019s invest in hope; and let\u2019s make a difference. Some people are hidden figures who need us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the luncheon, the clinic raised a record-breaking $105,000. This will provide 420 families with food pantry visits for a year.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/stpetersburgfreeclinic.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Petersburg Free Clinic<\/a> is a multi-service, independent, not-for-profit human services agency providing community neighbors assistance with food, shelter and healthcare. Since 1970, the organization has cared for under-served people facing temporary emergency needs throughout Pinellas County. The clinic provides eight programs, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Community Kitchen<\/li>\n<li>Food Bank<\/li>\n<li>We Help Services<\/li>\n<li>Beacon House (men\u2019s residence)<\/li>\n<li>Family Residence<\/li>\n<li>Women\u2019s Residence<\/li>\n<li>Dental Clinic<\/li>\n<li>Health Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4041\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4041\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2017\/12\/hunger-free-group.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4041\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2017\/12\/hunger-free-group-1024x707.jpg\" alt=\"Officials gather at the St. Petersburg Free Clinic\u2019s annual Hunger Free event on Oct. 6\" width=\"640\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2017\/12\/hunger-free-group.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2017\/12\/hunger-free-group-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2017\/12\/hunger-free-group-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2017\/12\/hunger-free-group-400x276.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Officials gather at the St. Petersburg Free Clinic\u2019s annual #HungerFreeStPete event on Oct. 6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPC President Tonjua Williams was the keynote speaker at the St. Petersburg Free Clinic&#8217;s annual Hunger Free event on Oct. 6 at The Coliseum, where local leaders and community members gathered to bring awareness of hunger in Pinellas County. For Williams, the cause is close to her heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":4040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spc-inspires"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3867"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5450,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3867\/revisions\/5450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}