At Tampa Electric and Peoples Gas our employees are finding ways to “Inspire Hope” during the pandemic. And we’re proud to share stories of team members safely volunteering and inspiring hope in our communities, one day at a time. If you deliver the mail or pick up the trash at Monica Byrnes’ house, you’re in luck. The TECO employee – or her husband Steve – will likely greet you with…
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Inspiring hope just in time for school
At Tampa Electric and Peoples Gas our employees are finding ways to “Inspire Hope” during the pandemic. And we’re proud to share stories of team members safely volunteering and inspiring hope in our communities, one day at a time. Tampa Electric’s Brian Buckley recently got together with 14 members of his church to brainstorm an idea to serve their community during the pandemic. Their concept was to hold a drive-through that…
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TECO Team Members Virtually Raise Money for Feeding America
Amid the pandemic, we know more people than ever are struggling financially and there is an increasing need for access to healthy food. That’s why Tampa Electric and Peoples Gas organized a Virtual Food Bank Drive benefiting several Feeding America affiliates in Florida. Our team members blew us away with their generosity, raising more than $55,000 with a dollar-for-dollar match from our parent company Emera! Our donation will fund more…
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TECO team members help Tampa Bay families in need
About 17 percent of families in West Central Florida alone are food insecure, meaning they are not certain where their next meal will come from, according to Antoine Everette, volunteer supervisor at Feeding Tampa Bay in Tampa, Fla. These words hit home for the Corporate Communications team from TECO Services Inc. They had arrived at the organization’s warehouse on a mission to feed the hungry that sunny, fall afternoon of…
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A nice round number and feathery leaves everywhere
All around Tampa Bay, it’s undeniable — this place is growing. Downtowns are growing. Lakeland’s growing. Brandon’s growing. USF is growing. The Tampa campus is one community where you can fully appreciate the transformative power of trees; the power to turn a school that students largely drove to to one they wanted to immerse themselves in as residents. Can you believe Tampa is the best tree city in the world?…
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