About Us
Hands Across the Bay’s mission is to support programs, organizations and individuals whose objectives and efforts are dedicated to improving the quality of life in Tampa Bay. Our goal is to touch the lives of as many Bay Area residents as possible.
Our nation has a long and rich tradition of people coming together to solve problems and enrich their communities. Realizing that non-profit organizations are a crucial part of our society, providing help to the needy, raising funds for good causes and those in need, Hands Across the Bay was formed to give us the ability to do just that and more!
Our efforts range from simple acts of kindness such as paying an electric bill to hosting signature Black Tie events which bring together many members of the community generating hundreds of thousands of dollars in support of local charities.
Additional community support comes through our in-kind donation program, “Gold and Diamond Source Gives Back.” A piece of jewelry and/or a designer gown from Entrada Couture is chosen that best suits the event maximizing funds raised for the benefiting organization. Through this program, the mission of 4 to 10 deserving charities each week are currently being supported, allowing Hands Across the Bay to make daily differences in lives across Tampa Bay.
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Interested in being a dancer?
Fill out the application today!
Dancers will be chosen by a committee and announce in June/July.
Do you know of a deserving organization that would like to be a beneficiary of this years event?
Several local organizations will be chosen to be presented with a check following the event in November.
If you are a 501 (c) 3 organization and would like to be considered, please fill out the application.
Need some additional information?
Please email melissa@handsacrossthebay.com with any questions.
Please email all applications to the above address as well.
Join us June 9, 2012:
Suicide is considered to be the second leading cause of death in college age students.
Youth younger than ever before are taking their own lives.
Click on the Ribbon for more information,
or email betsey@handsacrossthebay.com.
Tampa Bay’s Dancing with the Stars 2011 event was a huge success! The event was held on October 1st.
We’d like to congratulate the winners:
Grand Champion: Sarah Jon Porreca
2nd Place: Kelly Feldman
3rd Place: Jillian Thompson
People’s Choice: John Gliem
Best Male: Ken Lucci
Best Female: Katie Busciglio
Most Online Votes: Sarah Jon Porreca
Special thanks to Melissa Johnson and all who made this year’s event a success! We were able to raise over $150,000 for local charities!
View the 2011 event gallery here!
pictured left: Dancing with the Stars 2010 by Michael Blitch
We appreciate your help so that together we can help people in our community.
This is what we need right now:
*Thank you, Larry, from Rent-N-Roll for the generous tire donation!
Meet Logan Hooker ~ he is the bravest and
strongest one year old! While doctors fight to
diagnose his blood disorder, monthly blood transfusions are keeping him alive.
Logan’s mom is working full time but raising her two boys on her own.
Please help us help them by donating today!
Help Us Help this Family
Hands Across the Bay is still dedicated to providing support for the Coller family and 7 month old Baby Xavier (pictured above and left), who has already undergone multiple surgeries, including open heart surgery.
They are struggling to meet their basic needs and care for Xavier and are in desperate need of our help! If you have it in your heart to donate needed items from the list above or make any type of monetary donation, it would go a long way for this little guy!
You can read more about Baby Xavier here: Help us Help this Family!
ABC Action News’ Linda Hurtado recently covered a story about Baby Xavier and the Coller family. You can read that story here, or watch the video below:
Lissette Campos with ABC Action News recently did an update story on Audrey, her recovery so far, and where she’s at in her life.
Watch the video below or click here to read the entire story.
Julie Weintraub on Operation Warrior Wellness event May 7th:
“Hi all….I want to THANK all the volunteers and people who made the time to come out and support Operation Warrior Wellness. The troops and veterens we had there appreciated you taking your time to show them you care!”
Making a Difference:
If you’d like to help Julie Weintraub’s Hands Across the Bay make a difference in our community, visit our Volunteer page and fill out an application. Whether you’d like to volunteer for one event or several, everything makes a difference. People who truly care about this community and those who live in it make Tampa Bay a better place each and every day!
“There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.”
John Andrew Holmes, Jr.
“There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone’s life. “
Mary Rose McGeady
Read about Matt’s first baseball experience here!
