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For children and teens living in foster care, lots can feel uncertain. That is why creating a sense of “normalcy” for the children who reside at A Kid’s Place is at the heart of everything we do. Normalcy means giving kids regular, everyday childhood experiences. True healing can begin with those comforting, everyday moments. Our campus features 7 homes designed to feel like real family houses, allowing brothers and sisters living in foster care to stay together under one roof. Every evening, our House Parents...READ MORE!

Read: The Heart of The House
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Life at A Kid's Place

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Sponsor a Child for Halloween!

Help make Halloween extra special for a child at A Kid’s Place! We’ve created a Signup Genius where you can choose to sponsor a child and help provide them with a Halloween costume they’ll love! We also have an Amazon Wishlist with some of our kids’ favorite costume styles and themes. You do not have to shop on Amazon—feel free to purchase items anywhere!

 

Please have all the costumes in by October 21st.

Drop-Off: 1715 Lithia Pinecrest Rd., Brandon, FL 33511

Click to View Our Halloween Signup Genius!
Click to Shop Our Amazon Wishlist!
 
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Take 5 with Michelle Cardamone!

Take 5 is our quick interview series where we talk with AKP Kids, staff, volunteers and inspiring people in our community to share their stories and experiences. Meet Michelle Cardamone, the Director of Sales at the Hampton Inn & Suites Tampa Riverview Brandon, who generously supports A Kid's Place by providing meeting spaces and special items for our events!

 

What brought you to A Kid’s Place and when did you get involved?

I am friends with Terry Curry who is on the board at A Kid’s Place. Listening to her talk about A Kid’s Place and the passion for...READ MORE!

Read: Take 5 with Michelle Cardamone

 

Building a Brighter Future:
The MacKinnon Family Activity Center 

A Kid’s Place of Tampa Bay opened in 2009 with a vision of providing a safe, nurturing, and loving environment to children in foster care, with a focus on keeping sibling groups together. Our population was young, with many infants and toddlers coming into the system then. We had nurseries and toddler playrooms, a playground for them to encourage healthy outdoor play, and hands on attention which was age appropriate for our population.

But things change.

Almost two decades later....READ MORE!

Read: Building a Brighter Future Today
Sign Up to Tour Tour The MacKinnon Family Activity Center! 
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Please reach out to Samantha Mellen at [email protected] or 813-381-3839 to discuss giving options or remaining naming opportunities.

Ways to Get Involved at A Kid's Place

 

Costume Music Bingo at Bullfrog Creek Brewing:

October 27

 

Shop A Kid's Place:

All Season Long

Shop our merchandise created by AKP Volunteers and kids living at A Kid's Place!  We partnered with Seventh Avenue Apothecary to create two custom scents and our kids did the artwork!  We also have blank notecards and merchandise created by our teens.  The perfect gift that gives back!

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(813) 381-3839

1715 Lithia Pinecrest Road Brandon, FL 33511

 

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