{"id":10854,"date":"2024-08-30T17:47:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T17:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomasbruce.com\/website_1d889e57\/?page_id=10854"},"modified":"2025-07-28T19:56:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T19:56:17","slug":"community-involvement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thomasbruce.com\/website_1d889e57\/community-involvement\/","title":{"rendered":"Close to the Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Thomas Bruce Studio is proud to serve the community which supports us.<\/p>

Donating our time and talents to assist local non-profit organizations like All Children\u2019s Hospital, Faces of Courage, the Florida Orchestra, The Heart Gallery of Pinellas & Pasco, the Children\u2019s Cancer Center, Flashes of Hope, and Brookwood Florida, are truly donations \u2018from the heart\u2019.<\/p>

We are pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to these outstanding organizations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Unveiling Breast Cancer: A Demonstration of Strength, Courage & Conviction<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Faces of Courage is a local non-profit organization dedicated to providing life-enriching experiences for children and families touched by cancer.<\/p>

The Faces of Courage Breast Cancer Gallery is a group of 18 portraits of Breast Cancer Survivors. The women & man featured represent the thousands of women & men who have been touched by this horrible, disfiguring, and often deadly disease.<\/p>

They bare the battle scars that were earned in their fight against cancer, rejoicing in their victory. The Gallery images depict the many \u2018Faces of Courage\u2019 from young to old, black, white, Hispanic, Indian, female and male because breast cancer is a non-discriminatory offender.<\/p>

The intent of the Gallery is to present real life documentaries from women in our communities who are breast cancer survivors, to build public awareness and provide \u2018hope\u2019 and \u2018help\u2019 to those in need. There is life after losing a breast. This is a battle that can be conquered as long as you are aware. The Gallery is available on loan to groups or organizations that wish to help raise donations for Faces of Courage.<\/p>

For more information, please visit: www.facesofcourage.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Florida Orchestra<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Florida Orchestra Sessions were created exclusively to create public interest & awareness in support of the Orchestra.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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16 principle players and 2 conductors are featured in both the traveling Gallery and permanent display in the Florida Orchestra offices. Thomas Bruce Studio\u2019s work with the Florida Orchestra has been revered, and featured in several marketing campaigns.<\/p>

The Gallery is available on loan to donors and corporations that wish to help raise awareness in support of the Orchestra.<\/p>

Visit their website at https:\/\/floridaorchestra.org\/.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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The Heart Gallery of Pinellas & Pasco<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Heart Gallery of Pinellas and Pasco is a program of Gulf Coast JFCS that connects children in foster care with their forever families through adoption. <\/span><\/p>

The photographic exhibit was created specifically for higher-risk children who have had parental rights terminated and are particularly difficult to find permanent placements for due to factors of race, age, large sibling groups, as well as special needs children.<\/span><\/p>

Since the Heart Gallery of Pinellas & Pasco was created in 2006, they have helped find more than 400 adoptive families for our waiting children.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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For more information, please visit: https:\/\/gulfcoastjfcs.org\/heart-gallery-kids\/.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Flashes of Hope is a nonprofit organization that changes the way children with cancer and other life threatening illnesses see themselves through the gift of photography and raises money for pediatric cancer research.<\/p>

The portraits help children feel better about their changing appearance by celebrating it.<\/p>

For families of terminally ill children, it\u2019s especially important to have a portrait that preserves forever the beauty, grace and dignity of their child.<\/p>

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Helping children and families cope. That is the mission of the Children\u2019s Cancer Center, a local non-profit organization dedicated to serving Tampa Bay families of children with cancer or chronic blood disorders.<\/p>

Their mission is to provide these children and their families with the educational, emotional and financial relief necessary to copy with the illnesses which threaten to tear their lives apart.<\/p>

While other organizations are committed to finding a cure tomorrow, the CCC is committed to helping families cope today.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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For more information, please visit: www.childrenscancercenter.org.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A pillar in the Tampa Bay community, All Children\u2019s Hospital is dedicated to advancing treatment, education, research and advocacy in child health. Thomas Bruce Studio has been a proud supporter of ACH, covering every telethon and its many special events and hospital requests for over 30 years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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For more information, please visit: www.allkids.org.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Brookwood is dedicated to providing troubled adolescent girls with an alternative living environment and therapeutic program encompassing education, employability skills, independent living training and counseling that will prepare them for self-sufficiency or successful family reunification.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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For more information, please visit: www.brookwoodflorida.org.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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