Project Link does many events and projects for the financially challenged communities and single mom families in Tampa, Florida. They get back packs and supplies donated EVERY year. They do trainings for both adults and youth. Right now at Edison Elementary they are teaching our youth how to run a campaign and vote. Two years running they supported and wrote and received a grant for JAZZFEST right IN a low income area so families could experience what other families experience, including free bounce houses. This was a fundraiser for after school enrichment programs called SeedfolKids which are free for children and their families. The after school and in school enrichment program is a generous partnership where ProjectLink works with another group in Tampa providing free violin lessons, acting lessons, drum lessons, chess, yoga, gardening, entrepreneurship lessons, field trips, free summer programs, vocabulary games, science with magic boxes and so much more. Together two groups provide surrogate parents watching children’s behavior, grades and helping guide children and parents while partnering with teachers and school administration. The goal is to help our youth focus, understand they are responsible for bringing up their grades and the schools grade as well as becoming a good citizen. It is an incredible program involving 400 youth and 70 school personnel.
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- EIN 59-2976029
- info@project-link.org
- (813) 276-5671
- 1315 W Spruce Street Just Full Service Center Tampa FL 33607 USA
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Human Service Organizations, Human Services
Mission: Project LINK's mission is to provide supportive services and advocacy for children and their families. We are a community based, organization dedicated to promoting academic achievement, advocating for equity education, and expanding access to health providers focusing on sustainability for parents with school-aged children that reside in the Tampa bay area.
Results: Since 1989, Project LINK have served over 37,000 bay area families; contributing to the awareness of healthier lifestyle choices, increasing access points to improve the quality of life for the entire family unit, ensuring children met medical requirements to attend school, and provided soft skills training opportunities for parents; as well as executed strategies to collaborate with community stake holders to keep Tampa Bay healthy, productive, and moving forward.
Target demographics: Children and their families
Direct beneficiaries per year: Over 1,800 students and their families were provided access to health services, school supplies, school uniforms, housing placement assistance for homeless students, empowerment workshops to gain self sufficiency, and student enrichment activities. As a result, we have increased on-time school enrollment, healthier student outcomes, reduced public outbreaks by providing a platform for health screenings, health awareness activities, health-related parent workshops, thereby serving over 5000 families annually.
Geographic areas served: Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties, Florida
Programs: Encouraging early immunization practices by coordinating free health outreach clinic events that provide immunization,school enrollment physicals, dental, hearing, and vision screenings, initiating school readiness practices, and promoting childhood vaccinations targeting uninsured, under-insured and new Florida residents with school-aged children.