Audrey and Chad Warren are Tampa residents – and everyday heroes – who recently donated $500 to help Tampa families pay their utility bills this holiday season. “I saw the story on the news about the man in Gulf Breeze who paid utility bills for people in his town. It inspired me,” says Audrey. “I told my husband I wanted to do something big, like that man.” Audrey is passionate about her reasons for giving. “We are so blessed. Neither of us lost our jobs or got furloughed because of COVID-19. We’re healthy. We don’t have…
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Working to make Tampa a better home for everyone
In a way, it’s practically math: We know the community so well at TECO because we’ve been here 120 years. That’s long enough to grow with Tampa and grow our company in some positive ways for everyone’s benefit – see what we’re doing with solar power, for example. But our legacy in Tampa adds up to something else too. In part because we know this area so well, we also…
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No money to pay for electricity and natural gas at home can be devastating – that’s why there’s Share
When it’s cold, you might share a coat or blanket with someone. When they’re down on their luck, you might share words of comfort and hope. When they can’t pay their electric or natural gas bills, it takes a little more to work to help them. That’s why there’s Share, a program from the Salvation Army co-sponsored by Tampa Electric and Peoples Gas. Since 1983, Share has helped Tampa Bay-area…
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Wave hello to a powerful (and surprise) partnership to help women
For 40 years, The Helen Gordon Davis Centre for Women has provided critical, day-to-day services for women in need through its counseling and wellness programs, employment services and more – and with those things comes confidence and empowerment for recipients that the help can inspire. At the 2017 Waves of Change Luncheon earlier this year, a $20,000 contribution from TECO – the Centre’s longest-serving corporate supporter – inspired business-world powerhouse…
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Lisa’s story: Why it’s so valuable to help people in desperate need through Share
TECO is reposting this story in support of Give Day Tampa Bay on May 2 – an annual communitywide drive to help those in need. We make it easy for you to help through our Share program. An accident, illness or lost job: the reasons a neighbor in your community might be in desperate need of help are many. And even though Tampa Electric’s rates are well below the national average –…
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