ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — After providing a holiday tent assistance program in Tampa more than 40 years, Metropolitan Ministries is expanding its outreach and opening a tent in Pinellas County this season.

What You Need To Know • Metropolitan Ministries expands iconic holiday tent site to Pinellas County • The St. Petersburg location at Holy Cross Catholic Church is expected to serve more than 5,000 families • Organization hiring for seasonal staff to help support holiday outreach efforts

“We’ve done distributions out of the back of a truck and giving people food but this is more relational,” said Tim Marks, Chief Strategy Advisor and Former CEO of Metropolitan Ministries. “My role is to take what we’ve done in Tampa (and) make sure we do our best here in Pinellas to serve.”

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