RHS Community Outreach

Project Hero Pinellas (PHP) is the local chapter of Project Hero, a groundbreaking national non-profit organization dedicated to helping Veterans and First Responders affected by PTSD, TBI and injury achieve rehabilitation, recovery and resilience in their daily lives.

PHP is located on the Clearwater campus of St Petersburg College, and provides several rehabilitative weekly rides around Tampa Bay for veterans, injured veterans and helping civilian citizens – anyone is welcome to ride.

Additionally, upright and adaptive bike repairs, as well as indoor spinning is offered in the cycling center. Student veterans staff the center via scholarships awarded each semester. Funds donated to RHS on behalf of PHP, assist with funding scholarships, bicycles, repair parts, and local and national level Challenge Rides.

As part of the recently launched RHS Community Outreach Program this year, we are looking forward to working together in helping those local warriors. All funds impact local heroes through the collaboration of RHS and PHP.

The mission of the Jackson in Action 83 Foundation is to provide support to military families, focusing on the educational, emotional, and physical health of the children.

The foundation operates several annual programs, and other events or programs are semi-annual. The Jackson in Action 83 Foundation’s standard is to be as resolute in our mission to help military families as those families’ soldiers are to protect our freedoms. We pledge to be the best possible stewards of the generous contributions made by our donors and supporters.

Honor Flight West Central Florida is a 501-c-3 and a Hub (branch) of the national Honor Flight Network. Our Hub was Founded in 2010. Honoring War-era Veterans with all-expenses-paid “Honor Flights” to visit their memorials in Washington, D.C.

Current emphasis is on WWII and terminally ill veterans, with plans to expand the program to Korean and Viet Nam veterans in the future. We have completed 28 one day Missions (flights) and taken 2,107 War Veterans on 100% FREE trips to Washington, D. C. We have also conducted 6 Honor Flights at Home for 306 War Veterans physically unable to Fly.

Please reach out to all WWII and Korean War Veterans you know, or meet, and encourage them to apply to go on an Honor Flight!

HEAVENDROPT was conceived during a visit to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. Evergreen CEO, Sue Buchholtz was invited to the base by John Stross, co-founder of Remember Honor Support, a nonprofit that supports active military, veterans, first responders and families of the fallen. Co-founder, Jo Brower continues the mission of RHS and partners with Evergreen/HEAVENDROPT in many ways

During the visit to MacDill AFB, Sue was shown the careful examination of used parachutes prior to them being cleared for use by the military for additional jumps. Sue saw the potential to develop products from the parachutes that could not be used again. Sue’s vision was to develop a social enterprise that included employing people with disabilities, giving back to veteran organizations and recycling. This started the development of a business plan and process to make this vision a reality.

HEAVENDROPT would not exist without that visit to MacDill AFB where John introduced Sue to the parachutes at MacDill. Even though Sue is considered the founder of HEAVENDROPt, John was instrumental in its startup and stood by our side throughout the process and implementation. HEAVENDROPT was also founded with strong backing from business professionals who serve on the Advisory Board of the social enterprise, Doug Towne and Nancy Giles, who were key to strategizing and building the business plan and operations and Corey Shadd for the attention to marketing and social media who saw the vision.

The City of Madeira Beach Fire Department is committed to providing high-quality, responsive services that promote the health, welfare, and safety of all who reside, work in, or visit our area of service. Our members, using safe and effective methods, strive to reduce the loss of life and property, through emergency medical services, education, fire prevention, marine operations and suppression. We shall serve the public with courtesy and respect, holding dedication to duty above personal comfort and convenience, whenever our skills and talents are needed.

Public Trust - We believe that honesty and integrity are the foundation of all constructive relationships and the basis of public trust. We will ensure that there is thorough ethical behavior and decision making.

Safety - We value safety by promoting a healthy environment, infrastructure, and lifestyle for the community.

Transparency - We will protect and preserve open and honest governance to maintain the public's trust and confidence.

Teamwork - We are committed to working together, embracing diversity and inclusion to best serve one another and the public.

Accountability - We define accountability as taking ownership and responsibility for the outcomes of our decisions, actions, and management of our resources.

Professionalism - Professionalism is dedication to excellence through integrity, requiring careful analysis of issues, free of personal biases, with a commitment to the organization and the community.

Respect - We value all viewpoints and opinions and treat each other with courtesy and respect.

Camaraderie Foundation’s mission is to provide healing for invisible wounds of war through counseling, emotional and spiritual support for all branches of Post-9/11 Veterans, Service members and their families.

We provide access to mental health counseling services, at no expense, to Post-9/11 Veterans, Service Members and their families. These warriors and their families experience Post Traumatic Stress, Traumatic Brain Injury, Military Sexual Trauma, divorce, substance abuse, spousal abuse, child abuse and other issues.

The mission of the Heroes of the St. Pete Police and Fire, Inc. is to honor St. Petersburg police officers and firefighters who have lost their lives in the line of duty and to provide financial support to assist police officers, firefighters and their families during a crisis or tragedy.

There have been 15 police officers and 3 firefighters down in the line of duty from the St. Pete Police and Fire Rescue forces. We have completed a Fallen Police Officer Memorial. We are working to honor our fallen firemen with a monument to show our appreciation. And we have established a fund to support police officers, firefighters and their families.

Project Transition USA is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to helping transitioning military veterans & their families find meaningful and rewarding civilian careers. The training enables them to utilize the powerful networking & job search technology of LinkedIn in support of this goal.

Project Transition USA was the first to conduct a LinkedIn Job Search Workshop on a U.S. military base (MacDill Air Force Base, Home of U.S. Central Command — Nov. 16, 2012). They have been conducting free monthly workshops on MacDill ever since.

Warrior Sailing provides maritime education and outreach for wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans. We do so by facilitating opportunities for skill development and building partnerships between the military and marine communities. Using sailing as a platform, Warrior Sailing positively impacts the participant’s physical and mental health while reconnecting them with the camaraderie and teamwork previously found in military service.

RISE will be a monument that serves as a symbol of America’s resiliency and will be dedicated to 9/11 community heroes, first responders,and all who have been affected by the events of that day. At the heart of the monument, RISE will feature one of the last pieces of World Trade Center steel to be recovered from ‘ground zero’ in New York City. The beam was unearthed during site preparations for America’s Response Monument ‘Horse Soldier Statue’ at the National September 11th Memorial Museum in New York City and given to the owners of American Freedom Distillery. This piece of steel was donated to the Warehouse Arts District Association by the Port Authority of New York in conjunction with the American Freedom Distillery who hired Sculptor Mark Aeling to design and build the monument.