The food pantry, backed by community partners and spearheaded by the city’s housing authority, will be open to residents of the Legacy at Jordan Park every Thursday afternoon.

A pair of local philanthropists have made a transformative gift to help locals in need – and now they’re challenging fellow St. Petians to do the same.

Here in Pinellas County, Donna McGill, executive director of the Lealman and Asian Neighborhood Family Center, gets calls every day asking for help to pay electric and water bills.