ACTIONS FROM JUNE 1, 2023 – MAY 31, 2024Fourth Annual Impact Report

• Completed the annual competitive grants program and awarded a total of $103,200 to 13 Tampa Bay area non-profit organizations.

• Partnered with the Lightning Foundation, Florida Blue, The Positive Coaching Alliance, Tampa Bay Thrives, Directions for Living, and Hillsborough County Public Schools in planning the second annual “Strike the Stigma” mental health symposium for high school students. Approximately 200 students from 7 schools attended this full day event at the Amalie Arena.

• Continuing the partnership with Directions for Living, Inc., LIVL Director Stoney Dvornik taught her 100th Mental Health First Aid class.

• LIVL Advisory Council members volunteered at the October 2023 Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series race in downtown Clearwater and raised over $8,000 while sharing the mission of LIVL with race goers.

• Hosted 2 “Lunch and Learn Webinars” on the topics of mental health advice to veterans and their families, and resiliency factors for children post trauma.

• Increased our social media followers by 200%.

• LIVL Director, Stoney Dvornik, attended local events on mental health programming, innovations, and initiatives.

• Hosted two in-person community “salon” conversations, one featuring a personal testimony from host Janie Borell and LIVL Advisory Council member Dr. Eric Storch who spoke on the topic of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The second salon was focused on support for those with loved ones who live with substance use disorders.

• Hosted Reeling in Stigma IV, Vulnerability Unlocks Strength” at Dimmitt Chevrolet for approximately 250 guests who interacted with representatives from 10 community partner organizations and performances from members of the Art Conservancy for Teens. The keynote speaker was professional extreme snow skier Drew Petersen. Approximately $60,000 was raised. The presenting event sponsor was the Ruth and JO Stone Foundation.

• LIVL co-sponsored “The Nature of Healing: Author and Artist Talks” at The Factory St. Petersburg. Prior to the main event, featured speaker and author, Florence Williams spoke with students and faculty at Berkeley Preparatory School and facilitated a forest bathing experience with youth from the St. Petersburg Council of Girl Scouts.

• Granted a total of $137,200 in the fifth year of grantmaking.

• Granted a total of $679,125 over five years.

ACTIONS FROM JUNE 1, 2022 – MAY 31, 2023Fourth Annual Impact Report

• Completed the annual competitive grants program and awarded a total of $102,000 to 13 Tampa Bay area non-profit organizations.

• Partnered with the Lightning Foundation, Florida Blue, The Positive Coaching Alliance, Tampa Bay Thrives, Directions for Living, and Hillsborough County Public Schools in planning the “Strike the Stigma” mental health symposium for high school students. Approximately 150 students attended this full day event at the Amalie Arena. The keynote speaker was LIVL board member, Ian Lieberman.

• Sponsored Mental Health First Aid Instructor training for two additional teen instructors who will work with Directions for Living to continue providing the teen focused course to the students who attended “Strike the Stigma”. 5 classes were taught resulting in 78 certified teens.

• In partnership with Directions for Living and the Kate Spade Foundation NY, 45 MHFA classes were conducted this calendar year resulting in approximately 600 adults and teenagers becoming certified as Mental Health First Aiders.

• LIVL Director, Stoney Dvornik, attended local and state summits on mental health programming, innovations, and initiatives.

• Hosted 4 “Lunch and Learn Webinars” featuring local and nationally recognized mental health experts who spoke on topics such as the roll out of 988 emergency mental health telephone help line, the effects of the mental illness of a loved one on families, the psychiatric aspects of traumatic brain injury, and the state of child mental health post pandemic. This speaker’s series was underwritten by Crown Automotive Charities and the Hawkins Family Foundation.

• Hosted an in-person community “salon” conversation that featured LIVL board member Dr. Eric Storch.

• Hosted “Reeling in Stigma III” at Dimmitt Chevrolet for approximately 200 guests who interacted with representatives from 11 community partner organizations. Keynote speakers were former Tampa Bay Ray Brandon Gyer, professional extreme snow skier Drew Petersen, and Olympic medalist in swimming Brook Bennett. $90,000 was raised.

• Granted a total of $147,900 in the fourth year of grantmaking.

• Granted a total of $541,925 over four years.

ACTIONS FROM JUNE 1, 2021 – MAY 31, 2022Third Annual Impact Report

• Completed the second annual competitive grants program and awarded a total of $99,250 to 13 Tampa Bay area non-profit organizations.

• Funded the publication of teen mental health awareness journals, created by the Cameron H. Gallagher Foundation, (aka SpeakUp 5K Tampa) for distribution in area schools.

• Since September 2020, through Community Foundation Tampa Bay’s Mental Health First Aid Initiative and a partnership with Directions for Living, 138 MHFA classes have been conducted, resulting in 1,773 adults becoming certified as Mental Health First Aiders.

• Sponsored Mental Health First Aid instructor training for three native Spanish speakers who led 14 in-person adult and youth classes and certified 183 new Spanish speaking First Aiders.

• Contracted with the National Council for Mental Wellbeing to become a provider for the newest course: teen MHFA. Two Instructors were certified in May to begin offering Mental Health First Aid classes to 15-18 year old’s during the summer of 2022.

• Hosted 7 “Lunch and Learn Webinars” featuring local and nationally recognized mental health experts who spoke on topics such as suicidality research, resilience training, the effects of the pandemic on mental health, stigma, trans-magnetic brain stimulation, and the mental health experiences of veterans. This speakers series was underwritten by Humana Healthcare.

• Hosted the first in-person community “salon” conversation that featured a speaker with lived experience and a mental health professional.

• Members of the Board of Directors participated in two suicide prevention and awareness walks.

• The Lawrence H. Dimmitt IV Mental Health Initiative created by Directions for Living, Inc., which includes Spanish and teen MHFA delivered by LIVL Instructors, earned DFL the National Council of Mental Wellbeing’s “Mental Health First Aid Organization of the Year”!

• Partnered with the Lightning Foundation, Florida Blue, The Positive Coaching Alliance, Tampa Bay Thrives, and, Hillsborough County Public Schools in planning for the “Strike the Stigma” symposium for high school students.

• LIVL Director, Stoney Dvornik, attended national and state summits on mental health programming, innovations and initiatives.

• Granted a total of $155,550 in the third year of grantmaking.