Program areas at WellBuilt Cities
Our Works of Mercy and Kinship Mobile Outreach program provided food, toiletries, clothes and the like to meet the needs of the community in various key locations throughout the Tampa Area. The organization distributed over 190,668 lbs of groceries to more than 12,077 neighbors at 24 distributions each month throughout the city. We partnered with other local organizations, churches, and residents for the volunteer teams that provide these services.
WellBuilt Cities is an incubator that exists to plant, grow, and support the many entities and programs that make up The Well's ecosystem. Be it leadership, coaching, financial analysis, graphics, or simply access to software and services, WellBuilt Cities is the program that helps create, sustain, and consult within the ecosystem we are developing.
Our WellBuilt Bikes social enterprise program celebrated its fifth year operating from a retail space. We are happy to report that we were able to divert 736+ bikes from the waste stream and provide over $22,607 in charitable distribution in '23 through EAB and SS repairs. The Earn-a-Bike program provided 70 bicycles to those who would otherwise not have reliable transportation in Tampa.
WellFed Community was developed as a program of the Well that seeks to utilize food education as a medium for building relationships. In practice, WellFed Community creates programming that emphasizes community, sustainability, and nutritional literacy through gardening, cooking classes, and aquaponic education.
Housing program operated facility for formerly homeless men who work closely with the community. Org housed three men for the duration of the year and several more for shorter stays.