The children at Patricia J. Sullivan Partnership elementary school are just like children at other Hillsborough County schools. They love candy. They enjoy getting gifts. They like to play more than they like homework. You wouldn’t know they’ve been homeless, and that some of them still live at the Metropolitan Ministries shelter right across the street. Tampa Electric has played a been a community partner at the school for four…
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There’s no masking our commitment to the community – and especially to children in need
Think of the most terrifying Halloween horrors and they’re nothing compared to the kinds of fears experienced daily by people who share this community: the fear of not having enough food to eat, a place to live, a better life for their children…basic things that others might take for granted. TECO team members believe everyone should be free of these fears – especially children in need. And on Halloween, life should…
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“Best school in the universe” meets TECO volunteers with out-of-this-world community commitment
If the end of the school year is enough to send students’ spirits soaring, TECO volunteers at Metropolitan Ministries’ Patricia Sullivan Partnership School did their part to boost the excitement level into the stratosphere on May 25. And while summer break for some means saying goodbye for now to homework and books, the school is saying hello to TECO as its newest corporate sponsor. Sullivan Partnership School, on Metropolitan Ministries’…
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Sharing a culture of caring, TECO and Holland & Knight visit Metropolitan Ministries
When TECO team members partnered with their fellow Knights of shining stewardship – Holland & Knight Law Firm, with whom we share a founder in Peter O. Knight – Metropolitan Ministries was the destination and sharing time to help the community was the order of the day. And the verdict: it was a big success. TECO team members have a longstanding history of working with the nonprofit charity, including a…
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TECO team members are back at it with more donated school supplies for children in need
As another summer vacation packed itself away, TECO team members packed a pickup flatbed full of backpacks and school supplies for young students in need. Then they drove to Metropolitan Ministries in Tampa, and like one plus one equals two, low-income children would have new tools for school. Credit & Collections investigators Brandi Scott and Will Carrera coordinated the drive at TECO, where team members have a longstanding commitment to…
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