Small City Review Tracker

6-step review of one-pantry cities in Florida — going alphabetically, one city at a time.

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#1

Apollo Beach

Hillsborough County, FL
1 pantry at start→ 2 now
1 pantry (Bread of Life at SeaGlass Church). No duplicates. Nearby providers (Our Lady's Pantry-Wimauma, St. Anne's-Ruskin, ECHO-Riverview) already in DB and serve Apollo Beach area. Record already well-enriched. Hours discrepancy: church website says Mon 6-7pm, FindHelp says 5-7pm — documented in hours_text. No new providers to add. Lesson: small beach/bay communities often have 1 pantry; check neighboring cities for providers that serve the area before searching for new ones.
6/6
#2

Bardmoor

Pinellas County, FL
1 pantry at start→ 2 now
Completed in earlier review session
6/6
#3

Bear Creek

Pinellas County, FL
1 pantry at start
Completed in earlier review session
6/6
#4

Belleair Shore

Pinellas County, FL
0 pantrys at start
Completed in earlier review session
6/6
#5

Indian Shores

Pinellas County, FL
1 pantry at start→ 2 now
Completed in earlier review session
6/6
#6

Port Richey

Pasco County, FL
3 pantrys at start→ 0 now
Completed in earlier review session
6/6
#7

Redington Beach

Pinellas County, FL
1 pantry at start
Completed in earlier review session
6/6
#8

Redington Shores

Pinellas County, FL
1 pantry at start
Completed in earlier review session
6/6
#9

South Pasadena

Pinellas County, FL
1 pantry at start
Completed in earlier review session
6/6
#10

Oldsmar

Pinellas County, FL
2 pantrys at start→ 12 now
2 pantries (Oldsmar Cares + City of Oldsmar Local Assistance). No duplicates. Mattie Williams NFC (Safety Harbor) already in DB and serves Oldsmar 34677. Enriched Oldsmar Cares: added description, food_types, expanded service_types (utility_aid, dental, showers), added children/families target groups, detailed eligibility. Address 149 confirmed correct (MapQuest 163 is wrong). Lesson: volunteer-run nonprofits often have rich service portfolios beyond food — check org website for full services.
6/6
#11

Belleair

Pinellas County, FL
2 pantrys at start
2 records, neither is a direct food pantry. Belleair Garden Club = garden club donating to Hope Villages. Belleair Community Foundation = fundraising foundation supporting Interfaith Food Pantry Seminole. Both reclassified as partner. No food pantries found in Belleair (affluent town, nearest in Clearwater). Lesson: affluent small towns may have zero direct food pantries — civic orgs that support food access indirectly should be partners, not providers.
6/6
#12

Citrus Park

Hillsborough County, FL
1 pantry at start→ 3 now
2 records → 1 provider. Keystone UMC confirmed food pantry (Mon/Thu 1-3pm, photo ID required). First Baptist Church of Citrus Park reclassified as partner (no food pantry, physically in Carrollwood/Tampa 33625 not Citrus Park). Florida Food Force already in DB under Odessa. Lesson: church names referencing a CDP may actually be in a different CDP — verify by ZIP code, not by name.
6/6
#13

Indian Rocks Beach

Pinellas County, FL
1 pantry at start→ 3 now
2 records → 1 provider. BCFP (Calvary Episcopal) confirmed food pantry (Wed 10-12, Thu 5-7pm, open since 2008). City of IRB reclassified as partner (government referral office, no direct food distribution). No other food pantries in IRB — Indian Rocks Baptist is in Largo. Lesson: small beach towns often have one church-based pantry + a city referral office.
6/6
#14

Keystone

Hillsborough County, FL
0 pantrys at start
Both records were in wrong locations. Lake Area Ministries is in Keystone Heights, FL 32656 (Clay County, north FL) — city corrected from "Keystone" to "Keystone Heights". Keystone Opportunity Center is in Souderton, PA 18964 — NOT in Florida at all, deleted. No actual food pantries found in a "Keystone" city in Hillsborough County — the Keystone/Odessa area (33556) is already covered under Odessa and Citrus Park. Lesson: always verify ZIP codes against city names — "Keystone" in FL is ambiguous (Keystone Heights vs Keystone area of Hillsborough), and out-of-state records can sneak into the database.
6/6
#15

Northdale

Hillsborough County, FL
1 pantry at start→ 0 now
2 records → 1 provider (uncertain). Breath of Life: food pantry on Yelp but not on church website — flagged unconfirmed, removed deprecated child_family_services tag. Operation Lend a Hand: reclassified as partner (veteran home repair org, not food pantry — removed incorrect food_pantry/clothes_closet tags). Both city corrected from "Northdale" to "Tampa" with neighborhood "Northdale" (CDP). Lesson: Yelp food pantry listings can be user-generated and inaccurate — verify on org website. Also, home repair orgs for veterans get miscategorized as food pantries when they have "help" in their name.
6/6
#16

St. Pete Beach

Pinellas County, FL
0 pantrys at start→ 1 now
2 records → 0 providers in St. Pete Beach. Positive Impact ST. PETE: city corrected from "St. Pete Beach" to "St. Petersburg" (it is at 33712, south St. Pete, 5+ miles from the beach). City of SPB Public Services: reclassified as partner (government Public Works office, not a food pantry). Found a potential Feeding Tampa Bay drive-through at 155 Corey Ave (3-4:30pm weekly, partnership with Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber of Commerce) but could not confirm it is still active — all references are COVID-era (2020-2021). Needs on-the-ground verification before adding. Lesson: beach city names get confused with mainland city names (St. Pete Beach vs St. Petersburg); always verify ZIP code matches the city.
6/6
#17

University

Hillsborough County, FL
2 pantrys at start→ 0 now
4 records → 2 providers + 1 partner. UACDC: city corrected to Tampa (Lake Magdalene neighborhood, 33613), enriched with mobile pantry info (3rd Wed monthly at Harvest Hope Park), removed deprecated child_family_services. Knight Women Center: reclassified as partner (Catholic Charities pregnancy center, not food pantry), neighborhood corrected to University (33612). Family Promise of Jacksonville: DELETED (32211 is Jacksonville/Duval, not Tampa). Central Church of the Nazarene: DELETED (same Jacksonville address). ADDED: University Baptist Church food pantry (2121 E 131st Ave, Tuesdays 6:30-8:30pm, Feeding America partnership) — was missing. Lesson: "University" in the city field can mean the University CDP (Tampa 33612), University Blvd in Jacksonville (32211), or University Area CDC (33613). Always verify ZIP code — street names like "University Blvd" get confused with city names.
6/6
#18

Lake Magdalene

Hillsborough County, FL
1 pantry at start→ 0 now
3 records → 1 provider + 1 partner + 1 closed. Lake Magdalene Church (UMC): city corrected to Tampa (Carrollwood neighborhood, 33618), food bank hours verified (Mon-Thu 10:30-4, photo ID, once/month), alternate name added (Lake Magdalene UMC), removed peer_support. HC Children Services: reclassified as partner (government youth counseling office, not food pantry), neighborhood corrected to Carrollwood (33618). Acts 29 Foccus: city corrected to Tampa (Lake Magdalene neighborhood, 33613), marked permanently_closed — website no longer mentions food pantry, latest news 2017, Cybo says closed. Lesson: church names like "Lake Magdalene Church" do not indicate the CDP location — 33618 is Carrollwood not Lake Magdalene. Always verify by ZIP. Also: ministries may pivot away from food programs — check website recency.
6/6
#19

Gulfport

Pinellas County, FL
2 pantrys at start→ 7 now
6 records → 2 providers + 2 partners. Gulfport Multipurpose Senior Center: food pantry verified (Mon/Thu 1-3pm, Mon-Fri office 9:30-2:30), target_age corrected to seniors, removed deprecated senior_services, merged duplicate record (2401 53rd St S was wrong address for same center). Gulfport Freecycle: DELETED (online platform, not food pantry, wrong ZIP 34945). Gulfport Senior Center (2401 53rd St S): DELETED (duplicate of 5501 27th Ave S with wrong address). Funky Flamingo: kept as provider (food bank + clothing closet confirmed via Facebook), flagged possible relocation. Gulfport Fresh Market: reclassified as partner (weekly market, not food pantry). Paws for Cause: reclassified as partner (pet food, not human food). Lesson: senior centers often have food pantries with different hours than the center itself — verify both. Also: pet food pantries and freecycle groups get miscategorized as food_pantry — check the service description carefully.
6/6
#20

Kenneth City

Pinellas County, FL
2 pantrys at start→ 9 now
4 records → 2 providers + 2 partners. Town of Kenneth City Govt Offices: reclassified as partner (government office, no food pantry). Northwest Presbyterian Church: address corrected to 6330 54th Ave N, city corrected to St. Petersburg (not Kenneth City), ZIP corrected to 33709 (was 33703), food pantry hours verified (6:30-7:45am + by appointment M-F 9-5), hot meals confirmed. Crossroads Community Church: reclassified as partner (no food program). Gateway Christian Center: reclassified as partner (mobile pantry refs were for a different Gateway church in Ohio). ADDED: Healing Tampa Bay food pantry at 4400 66th St N (Access Center of St. Petersburg), every Monday 10am-12pm — was missing. Lesson: churches with the same name in different states can create false food pantry attributions — always verify the specific location. Also: NW Presbyterian is in St. Petersburg (Lealman area 33709), not Kenneth City proper, despite being near Kenneth City.
6/6
#21

Safety Harbor

Pinellas County, FL
3 pantrys at start→ 19 now
7 records to 3 providers + 3 partners + 1 deleted. Harbor Dish kept (community cafe). 360 Eats reclassified partner (food rescue). Anchor Church kept (Heaven Pantry Sat 9-11am). First Presbyterian reclassified partner/niche (Celebrate Recovery). Rock Church DELETED (dup of Harbor Dish same phone+website). Mattie Williams kept (food pantry, removed deprecated tags). Mease Hospital reclassified partner. Lesson: duplicates can share phone+website when one uses org name and other uses venue name.
6/6
#22

Pebble Creek

Hillsborough County, FL
2 pantrys at start→ 3 now
5 records to 2 providers, 3 deleted. Food Pantry Program (1924 Cross Creek) DELETED - dup of St. Mark with wrong address. Emergency Food Assistance Program (1924 Cross Creek, Children Home Network) DELETED - dup with wrong address, wrong org name, wrong hours. Bay Chapel Food Pantry kept (Sat 9-11:30am confirmed, no docs required). St. Mark SVdP kept as canonical (hours corrected to 1st/3rd/5th Tue 1-4pm from church website, pre-filled bags, once/month, ID required, Publix bakery donations). FL Dept of Elder Affairs DELETED - Tallahassee state office, not a Pebble Creek pantry. Lesson: same phone number across multiple records signals duplicates even when addresses differ slightly (1924 vs 9724 Cross Creek). Always verify the actual church/org website for authoritative hours.
6/6
#23

East Lake-Orient Park

Hillsborough County, FL
3 pantrys at start→ 0 now
4 records to 3 providers (all reclassified to Tampa city), 1 deleted. Causeway Center (FTB): city fixed to Tampa/Progress Village, hours updated from ftb.org (Mon-Sat 8-4). Metro Market (Metropolitan Ministries): city fixed to Tampa/East Tampa, assessment requirement documented. Community Food Pantry (Manifestations Worldwide): city fixed to Tampa/East Tampa, merged duplicate, Saturday 12-2pm confirmed. Food Pantry/Center for Manifestation DELETED - dup of Community Food Pantry (same address 3102 East Lake Ave, same org). Lesson: East Lake-Orient Park CDP records were all listed as Tampa by external sources - the CDP name was incorrectly used as city. Also: Manifestations Worldwide and Center for Manifestation are the same org with different name variations.
6/6
#24

Valrico

Hillsborough County, FL
2 pantrys at start→ 9 now
6 records to 2 providers + 3 partners, 1 city-corrected. SVdP (9715 N 56th St): city fixed to Tampa/Temple Terrace (was Valrico - 33617 is Temple Terrace ZIP, serves 33617/33637). Small But Mighty Heroes: reclassified partner (pediatric cancer family support, not food pantry). Jesus Islamic Center/Deen Center: reclassified partner (mosque, no confirmed food pantry). CHOICE: reclassified partner (boys with disabilities 12-16, not food pantry). La Esperanza: kept provider (Wed 6-8pm, Sun 10-12pm, serves homeless). St. Stephen SVdP: kept provider (Fri 10:30-12:30, residency+SSN required). No new providers found - Reach City Church is in Riverview not Valrico, United Food Bank is in Plant City. Lesson: 3 of 6 records were not food pantries (pediatric cancer, disability, mosque) - need stricter food_pantry verification before importing. Also: SVdP at 9715 N 56th St was incorrectly tagged as Valrico when 33617 is Temple Terrace/Tampa.
6/6
#25

Bloomingdale

Hillsborough County, FL
0 pantrys at start
4 records to 0 providers in Bloomingdale (all moved to Brandon or deleted), 1 deleted. ECHO: address corrected from 710 Bloomingdale Ave to 507 N Parsons Ave (actual address per echofl.org), city fixed to Brandon. Seeds of Hope: city fixed to Brandon (at Presbyterian Church of Bloomingdale, 710 E Bloomingdale Ave, Thu 5:30-7pm). St. Andrews UMC: city fixed to Brandon (3315 S Bryan Rd, Wed 9-11am, registration required). First Baptist Church Bloomingdale DELETED - wrong state (Bloomingdale, GEORGIA 31302, not Florida). No remaining providers in Bloomingdale CDP - all organizations list Brandon as city. Bloomingdale is an unincorporated community within Brandon. Lesson: 1) Always verify the state - 'Bloomingdale' exists in both FL and GA. 2) ECHO's address was completely wrong (710 Bloomingdale Ave is the Presbyterian Church, not ECHO's office at 507 N Parsons Ave). 3) Bloomingdale CDP records should use Brandon as city since that's what USPS and organizations use.
6/6
#26

Progress Village

Hillsborough County, FL
5 pantrys at start→ 0 now
5 records to 4 providers + 1 partner, 1 new provider added. Progress Village Civic Council: reclassified partner (civic org, not food). Hillsborough County Social Services: city fixed to Tampa/Progress Village, multi-service center confirmed. Senior Nutrition Center: city fixed to Tampa, target_age fixed to seniors, niche access. Bible Based Fellowship: kept provider, city fixed to Tampa, Wed/Thu/Sat 10-12 confirmed. First Baptist Church: updated to food_pantry, hours corrected from ECHO listing (Tue/Thu 9-noon, Sat/Sun 12:30-1pm - was Sunday service hours only). NEW: The Foodtique (Grow My Giving) added - client-choice boutique pantry, 2nd/4th Thursday, by appointment, founded by Twanda Bradley, address 4802 S 79th St (needs confirmation). Lesson: 1) Church service hours ≠ pantry hours - always verify with food bank listings. 2) Civic councils are community orgs, not food pantries. 3) New pantries may not yet appear in findhelp.org - news articles are a discovery source.
6/6
#27

Riverview

Hillsborough County, FL
9 pantrys at start→ 15 now
9 records to 8 providers. Deleted 1 ECHO duplicate (7807 Capitano St = old address; current is 10509 Riverview Dr per echofl.org). All 8 are providers (no partners). Enriched all with food_types and descriptions. Fixed Redeemer Church missing hours: 1st Thu 9-11am, 3rd Thu 5-7pm. St. Stephen has 2 records (SVdP food pantry Fri + Meals on Wheels home delivery Thu) — kept both as different programs at same church. No new providers found (Seeds of Hope is in Brandon, not Riverview). Lesson: organizations that move leave old-address duplicates in directories — verify current address via official website before deleting.
6/6
#28

Dover

Hillsborough County, FL
8 pantrys at start
8 records to 7 providers. Deleted 1 duplicate: Catholic Charities (3202 San Diego Ln) = San Jose Mission Clinic (13571 San Juan Diego Way, confirmed by ccdosp.org). Same phone/website/hours. Dover Elementary: reclassified niche (summer meals children/youth). San Jose Mission: enriched, correct address. Suncoast CHC: enriched (FQHC). Nativity Food Bank: enriched. Dover Advent Christian: enriched (3rd Sat monthly). Boys & Girls Club: fixed wrong zip (33852→33527), niche access (youth 5-18), hours corrected to mobile pantry 4th Tue 4:30-6pm (was Mon-Fri 12-1pm which was club hours not pantry). Manna on Wheels: fixed website from 'Not available' to mannaonwheels.org. 3 medical/health providers kept (San Jose Mission, Suncoast CHC) — valid free resources. No new providers found. Lesson: youth clubs' general operating hours ≠ food pantry distribution hours — verify with food bank directories.
6/6
#29

Sun City Center

Hillsborough County, FL
5 pantrys at start
5 records to 2 providers + 1 partner. Deleted 2 duplicates: 1) Community Cupboard/Our Lady's Pantry — already exists in Wimauma at 16650 US Hwy 301 (this record had no street address, wrong city, mixed-up name). 2) SCC UMC Samaritan Fund Inc — duplicate of Samaritan Services (same phone 813-634-9283, same sccsam.org, same eligibility). Samaritan Services: corrected address to 1207 N Pebble Beach Blvd (per sccsam.org, was 916 N Pebble Beach), combined service types (home_delivery, hot_meals, transportation, social_activities), niche access (seniors only, 55+ retirement community). Salvation Army: kept provider, enriched, noted thrift store on site, food pantry hours need verification. Meet Me In The Street: reclassified partner (street ministry, residential address, no walk-in, no phone, no hours — connected to Lighthouse Gospel Mission). No new providers found. Lessons: 1) Pantries that serve an area but are located in a different city create cross-city duplicates — verify physical address. 2) Senior retirement communities (Sun City Center) have niche-access senior service orgs, not general public pantries. 3) Street ministries with residential addresses and no walk-in locations should be partners, not providers.
6/6
#30

Balm

Hillsborough County, FL
4 pantrys at start→ 1 now
4 records to 1 niche provider. Deleted 3 duplicates: 1) Calvary Lutheran Church/Community Cupboard — address is in Ruskin (1250 College Ave), already exists in Ruskin as Community Cupboard (1480 E College Ave, id 6a8fb88e). 2) Our Lady's Pantry — same org at 16650 US Hwy 301, already exists in Wimauma (id 6a8fabb4). 3) Food Pantry (Our Lady's Pantry) — same org, same address, same phone, also duplicate of Wimauma record. RCMA Balm Child Development Center: reclassified as niche (child care center for farmworker families, Head Start meals for enrolled children only, not a walk-in pantry). Balm is a tiny unincorporated community — residents are served by Our Lady's Pantry in Wimauma and Community Cupboard in Ruskin. No new providers found. Lessons: 1) Cross-city duplicates are very common in rural unincorporated areas — pantries in neighboring cities get misassigned to the small community they serve. 2) Child development centers with Head Start meals are niche, not public food pantries. 3) When a small community has no physical pantry, check if it's served by pantries in neighboring cities before adding new records.
6/6
#31

Palm River-Clair Mel

Hillsborough County, FL
5 pantrys at start→ 3 now
5 records to 2 providers + 1 partner. Deleted 2 duplicates already in Tampa: 1) Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church — same address as Community Service Center Inc. (id 6a8fb9ba, Tampa, 7001 S 12th Ave, neighborhood Progress Village). 2) Bible Based Fellowship TT — same address as Bible Based Fellowship (id 6a8fa829, Tampa, 9280 Bay Plaza Blvd, neighborhood Progress Village). Waves of Joy Church: corrected name typo (Ways→Waves), set neighborhood Palm River-Clair Mel, enriched. 78th Street Community Library: reclassified partner (library, no food pantry service). Clair-Mel Assembly of God: enriched, set neighborhood. All records have city Tampa (parent city) with neighborhood Palm River-Clair Mel (CDP in 33619 ZIP). Note: 33619 ZIP covers both Palm River-Clair Mel and Progress Village CDPs — existing Tampa duplicates had Progress Village neighborhood, kept those as keepers. No new providers found. Lessons: 1) When records have city=Tampa but are reviewed under a CDP name, check Tampa for duplicates that already have the neighborhood set. 2) Libraries without food pantry service types should be partners. 3) Name typos (Ways vs Waves) are common — verify against official website.
6/6