Events

2025 Family Friendly Business Awards

Oct 29, 2025 |

Family Friendly Tampa Bay is a business engagement initiative of Thrive by Five, rooted in the belief that companies that prioritize employee retention and productivity by employing family-friendly policies such as paid leave, healthcare plans, flexible schedules, corporate volunteerism, and competitive wages deserve to be celebrated. 
Thank you to the over 125 attendees who participated this year, making it our biggest event to date! We had a total of 64 Family Friendly Businesses impacting 148,317 employees.  A special thank you to our keynote speaker, Superintendent Kevin Hendrick. A shoutout to our 14 total awardees, and notable new designees: Tampa General Hospital, Suncoast Credit Union, and Power Design.
A huge congratulations to Power Design, a new business that has joined Family Friendly Tampa Bay, and was awarded the Family Friendly Business of the Year!

Family Friendly Businesses Network Event- Summer 2025

Jul 23, 2025 |

Thrive by Five’s Business Engagement work group held their summer Family Friendly Tampa Bay networking event hosted by Yeoman’s TopGolf Swing Suite. Businesses learned more about paid parental leave from Gretchen Whalen, Managing Partner at CliftonLarsonAllen, Adriana Generallo, President of Big Sea, and Terri Arias, Health and Wellness Manager at Hillsborough County. Thank you to our sponsor, Neal Communities, for providing drinks and light bites for our event.

Thrive by Five Reads!

Jun 17, 2025 |

Dr. Diana Santangelo, Senior Director of Thrive by Five Tampa Bay, had the opportunity to read to young ones at Largo Public Library and to share our Early Literacy Guide and information on Thrive by Five Connects with local parents. Thank you to our public libraries for your partnership!

 

Early Literacy Guide-St. Pete Launch

May 22, 2025 |

Thrive by Five’s Early Literacy Guide- St. Pete launch was held in partnership with the City of St. Petersburg and West St. Petersburg Library. Thank you to Mayor Welch and his team for prioritizing literacy and access to free resources and supports for families.

Family Friendly Businesses Network Event – Spring 2025

Mar 26, 2025 |

Thrive by Five’s Business Engagement work group hosted their Family Friendly Business Networking event at Voodoo Brewery. Thank you to Makayla Buchanan, Director of Early Learning and Literacy at the Florida Chamber Foundation, for speaking about Florida’s child care tax credit opportunity for our local businesses.

Thrive by Five Tampa Bay’s 2024 Holiday Party

Dec 17, 2024 |

Thank you to our 70+ partners who make up Thrive by Five Tampa Bay! We continue to build our network and support families as we strive to achieve together a Tampa Bay where all of our children are ready for school and that their families are supported. Happy Holidays to all!

 

2024 Family Friendly Business Awards

Oct 24, 2024 |

Thrive by Five’s Business Engagement work group hosted their annual Family Friendly Business Awards, celebrating 34 Tampa Bay businesses for putting their employees first. Congratulations to Pinellas County Schools for winning Family Friendly Business of the Year and thank you to Synovus Bank for sponsoring our annual celebration of Family Friendly Workplaces!

 

Family Friendly Businesses Network Event- Summer 2024

Jul 18, 2024 |

Thank you to the Tampa Bay Lightning and Yard House for sponsoring our first Family Friendly Businesses Network event in downtown Tampa! What an incredible turnout of folks from all sectors coming together to build connections and address how early learning deeply impacts our future workforce!

 

Family Friendly Businesses Network Event- Spring 2024

Mar 20, 2024 |

Thrive by Five’s Business Engagement work group held their first Family Friendly Businesses Network event, sponsored by 3 Daughters Brewing, where we learned from Dustin Becker, Client and Community Relations Manager, about how PNC Bank is a leader in corporate philanthropy and a shining example for our community!