Looking Ahead
The Impact Center
A Community Impact Campus Where Food, Health, Opportunity & Hope Come Together
The Idea Behind the Impact Center
Food Opens the Door.
Relationships Build Trust.
Hope Creates Possibility.
Two decades of service taught us one truth:
"Food insecurity is rarely just about food."
Behind every grocery need are often deeper challenges — healthcare, housing, employment, mental health, and more.
Rooted in Christian faith, our vision is to help neighbors meet immediate needs while discovering their worth, strengthening their confidence, and moving toward greater stability and purpose.
The Vision
One Campus. Connected Solutions.
Neighborhood Market
Healthy Food. Choice. Dignity.
A welcoming, choice-based market where neighbors can select nutritious foods that meet their household's needs in an environment designed to feel more like shopping than receiving assistance.
Food Rx & Wellness
Food as Medicine.
Working alongside healthcare and nutrition partners to connect healthy food, education, preventive health resources, and Food Rx initiatives that support better health outcomes.
Teaching Kitchen + Community Café
Learning and Belonging Around the Table.
Hands-on nutrition and cooking education paired with a welcoming gathering space where food becomes a catalyst for relationships, learning, mentoring, and community.
Culinary Arts & Hospitality Training
Preparing Future Chefs and Hospitality Professionals.
Connected with the Teaching Kitchen and Community Café, this program will help participants develop culinary skills, kitchen safety, customer service, teamwork, and workplace readiness.
Community Resource Collaboration
Trusted Partners. Connected Support.
The Impact Center will bring qualified community partners together through workshops, scheduled office hours, referrals, and coordinated access to specialized services. By building relationships and providing personal guidance and follow-through, we will help neighbors connect with the right resources and take meaningful steps toward greater stability.
Life Skills & Personal Development
Building Confidence. Discovering Purpose.
Through mentoring, practical life-skills education, and the Made for Impact curriculum, participants will have opportunities to strengthen their confidence, develop healthy relationships, set meaningful goals, and discover their gifts and purpose. Faith-based programs will offer encouragement around identity, God-given worth, resilience, and hope.
Faith & Encouragement
Helping Every Neighbor Feel Seen, Valued & Loved.
Faith-based programs will offer encouragement around identity, God-given worth, resilience, and hope. Prayer, spiritual encouragement, Bible studies, and faith-based mentoring will be available for those who desire them. Food and assistance will remain available without requiring participation in any faith activity.
Volunteer & Community Engagement
Mobilizing People Who Care.
A place where individuals, churches, businesses, schools, civic groups, and organizations can serve together and become part of strengthening our community. Through meaningful service opportunities, volunteers will build relationships, share their gifts, and help neighbors feel seen, supported, and connected.
a different approach
We Don't Have to Do Everything. We Have to Bring the Right People Together.
No single organization can meet every need facing a household—and we don't believe one should try.
Positive Impact's role is to build relationships, identify needs, and connect neighbors with organizations already doing exceptional work throughout our community.
potential Resource Areas
Food & Nutrition
Health & Wellness
Healthcare & Insurance
Housing & Homelessness Support
Transportation Assistance
Legal Services
Education, Workforce Development & Employment
Financial Literacy & Economic Stability
Veteran Services
Mental Health, Counseling & Recovery Support
Family, Community & Life Empowerment Services
Disaster Response & Recovery
the Journey
One Visit Can Open the Door to So Much More.
What begins as a search for food can become a pathway toward health, stability, opportunity, and hope.
Our Foundation
We're Not Starting From Scratch.
20+
Years
Serving St. Petersburg
~1,000
Households
Served each Saturday
2M+
Meals
Provided annually
2,000+
Volunteers
Engaged in our mission
The Impact Center builds upon this foundation—transforming the relationships, trust, partnerships, volunteers, and community presence already established through Positive Impact into an even greater platform for lasting change.
The Campus
More Than a Building.
The Impact Center isn't simply a facility.
It is the infrastructure that will allow food access, healthcare partnerships, resource navigation, personal development, nutrition education, volunteer engagement, faith and encouragement, and community collaboration to work together.
A place designed not simply to respond to need—but to help create what's possible next.
Conceptual rendering illustrating the vision for The Impact Center. Final location, design, and campus configuration are subject to change.
Our Vision for the Future
"A thriving community where individuals and households have access to nutritious food, meaningful relationships, trusted resources, and opportunities to flourish."
Nourishing Lives. Restoring Hope. Empowering Futures.
Get Involved
It Will Take a Community to Build It.
The Impact Center will be built through the generosity, expertise, relationships, and commitment of people and organizations who believe stronger communities are created when we work together.
There is a place for you in this vision.
Financial Partners
Help provide the financial foundation necessary to build and sustain the mission.
Community Resource Partners
Bring trusted services, expertise, education, and resources directly to our neighbors.
Corporate & Community Partners
Invest financial resources, volunteers, expertise, and community leadership.
Healthcare Partners
Help advance Food Rx, nutrition, preventive health, and health-equity initiatives.
Church & Faith Partners
Serve alongside us through volunteers, financial support, prayer, relationships, and encouragement.
Volunteers
Become part of the community that makes everything we do possible.
"Our mission has never been simply to provide food. It's to share the love of Christ, restore hope, and remind every person that they are seen, valued, and created with purpose."
— Dr. Karalynne Brubaker, Founder