Our Mission

Positive Impact's mission is to meet the immediate need for food while ensuring equitable access to healthy, nutritious food for everyone—regardless of income—while restoring dignity, sharing hope, and empowering our neighbors to recognize their value and thrive.

Positive Impact Ministries is a faith-based non-profit organization dedicated to combating food insecurity in St. Petersburg, Florida. We provide immediate relief to our most vulnerable neighbors through a large-scale drive-through grocery distribution held every Saturday at Tangerine Plaza in South St. Petersburg, serving nearly 1000 families each week.

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1 in 5 Kids are Hungry

Thousands of hard-working families struggle to make ends meet just to put food on the table.

According to the Pinellas Community Foundation, as many as 36,000 children in Pinellas County are food insecure; 7000 children are chronically hungry.

According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, low-income households tend to rely on cheap and convenient foods that are often low in nutrients, and this has significant long-term health implications.

With your help, we can ensure that children and their families have access to nutritious food and that no child in our city is at risk of chronic diseases in adulthood due to inadequate nutrition.

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Childhood Hunger and Inadequate Nutrition Implications

Positive Impact Ministries: Three Strategic Pillars

Hunger Relief & Food Access

Health Equity & Whole-Food Nutrition

We meet the immediate need of hunger by providing consistent, reliable access to groceries for food-insecure neighbors. Through large-scale weekly distribution, we ensure families have food on the table today—because no one can thrive without first having their basic needs met.

What this looks like in action:

• Weekly Saturday drive-through grocery distribution

• Serving nearly 1000 families each week

• Rapid response to food insecurity and crisis situations

Health Equity & Whole-Food Nutrition

We advance health equity by ensuring access to healthy, nutritious, whole foods—regardless of income. We believe nutritious food is a fundamental right, not a privilege, and that long-term health outcomes are directly tied to what families are able to eat.

What this looks like in action:

• Prioritizing fresh, whole, and nutrient-dense foods

• Education and exposure to healthier food options

• Reducing diet-related illness and long-term health disparities

Dignity, Hope & Empowerment

Health Equity & Whole-Food Nutrition

Dignity, Hope & Empowerment

We serve in a way that restores dignity, shares hope, and empowers neighbors to recognize their value and potential. By offering choice, respect, and encouragement, we help foster a mindset shift—from survival to stability, and from need to possibility.

What this looks like in action:

• Dignified, choice-based food distribution

• Relationship-driven engagement, not transactional service

• Encouraging personal confidence, ownership, and forward momentum

Real People. Real Impact.

See How Your Donations Help Our Neighbors

John R. Jr.

Receiving free groceries from Positive Impact every week at Tangerine Plaza means a great deal to me. It helps me and my neighbors who don't have transportation, and it helps with my grocery bill.

Kathleen A.

John R. Jr.

Positive Impact always goes above and beyond. This past Christmas, they not only provided my family with a Christmas ham but they also ensured that my three-year-old son had gifts under the Christmas tree.

Felicity J.

John R. Jr.

Felicity J.

I'm a single mom, a student at SPC, and a volunteer at Positive Impact, which is an amazing organization. Whenever I say my grace, I thank Positive Impact Ministries because it's where my food comes from.

Vincent D.

Felicity J.

I'm 19 years old. I grew up in the foster care system and group homes. I feel like God brought me to Positive Impact. I love to serve at the grocery distribution event every Saturday and give back to the community; it feels good and gives me a sense of belonging.

Jean S.

Vincent D.

Jean S.

I pick up food for myself and my daughter, who has a family of 8. We've been through a lot of trials over the past two years. Karalynne Brubaker has prayed for us; she has become like a sister to me. I love her so much. She and this place is a blessing to us.

Paul M.

Vincent D.

Jean S.

I was incarcerated for 10 ½ months last year. I knew that I needed to turn my life around, or I'd be in prison or dead. Positive Impact is helping me change my life and get back on my feet again. They pray for me and give me food to eat. I'm not sure what I would do without their help.

Everybody deserves to have access to good, healthy, nutritious food.

Learn how Positive Impact is re-imagining hunger relief in ST. PETE and how you can get involved.

OUR VISION

Love One Another

Give to One Another

Serve One Another

"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this, everyone will know that you are my disciples if you love one another."

John 13:34-35

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Serve One Another

Give to One Another

Serve One Another

"The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'"

Matthew 25:40

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Give to One Another

Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

2 Corinthians 9:7

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Positive Impact Worldwide Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. EIN: 59-3651301.

Positive Impact Ministries Inc.

P.O. Box 531111, St. Petersburg, FL 33711

(727) 865-8292

Our Mission

1 in 5 Kids are Hungry

Childhood Hunger and Inadequate Nutrition Implications

Positive Impact Ministries: Three Strategic Pillars

Hunger Relief & Food Access

Health Equity & Whole-Food Nutrition

Health Equity & Whole-Food Nutrition

Health Equity & Whole-Food Nutrition

Health Equity & Whole-Food Nutrition

Health Equity & Whole-Food Nutrition

Dignity, Hope & Empowerment

Health Equity & Whole-Food Nutrition

Dignity, Hope & Empowerment

How You Can Help

Real People. Real Impact.

See How Your Donations Help Our Neighbors

John R. Jr.

John R. Jr.

John R. Jr.

Kathleen A.

John R. Jr.

John R. Jr.

Felicity J.

John R. Jr.

Felicity J.

Vincent D.

Vincent D.

Felicity J.

Jean S.

Vincent D.

Jean S.

Paul M.

Vincent D.

Jean S.

Everybody deserves to have access to good, healthy, nutritious food.

Love One Another

Give to One Another

Serve One Another

Serve One Another

Give to One Another

Serve One Another

Give to One Another

Give to One Another

Give to One Another

STAY IN THE KNOW

Be the first to receive the latest Positive Impact news.

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