Tampa East Sertoma Club takes great pride in the fact that 100% of fund raising proceeds go to charity. The cost of the club operation is funded separately.

The Sertoma organization was founded in 1912; currently with approximately 500 clubs and 13,000 members in the US and Canada. Learn more about Sertoma.org:  ​

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the happy faces of the recipients reminds me of why I joined this club.  I get more personal reward from this event than any other.” said Tampa East Sertoma club president, Jim Weiss.

​Over time, the SALFAB program has grown with the help of Publix Super Markets. Tampa East Sertoma Club and Publix Supermarkets have been partnering on this program for nearly 10 years.  Beginning in 2021, Tampa East Sertoma Club began applying for and receiving grants from Sertoma, Inc., the national organization over local Sertoma civic service clubs.   Sertoma, Inc. established the Sertoma Club Grant program to help further clubs’ efforts to support community charitable programs and organizations.   With these $2,000 grants, we have been able to increase the number of families included in our food distribution.  This years’ donations totaled approximately $4,500 providing $150 worth of groceries for each of our 29 families.

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This year, 29 families associated with Sunrise Children's Services and the Temple Terrace Boys and Girls Club received food donations from our SALFAB Program.

Tampa East Sertoma Club is a non-profit, 501(c)3 charitable organization, and we are proud to say that since our founding, we have raised more than $2.5 million for local organizations and have given more than 800,000 volunteer hours to our community. Organizations served include: Sunrise Children’s Services, Temple Terrace Boys and Girls Club, Sertoma Speech and Hearing Foundation, Lopez Autism Program, Sertoma Camp Endeavor, Self Reliance Inc, Early Childhood Council, American Legion Boys State, Support the Troops, USF Audiology Scholarship, Baycare Kids, and others

Day at the Races at Tampa Bay Downs

Hosted by Tampa East Sertoma Club

February 10th, 2024

Tampa East Sertoma Club’s Traditional

SALFAB Program Feeds Local Families 

"Sertomans have a long history of strengthening communities through their volunteerism, stewardship, and leadership”, said Jason Camis, Sertoma Executive Director.  “This grant will help Tampa East Sertoma Club continue to grow this Service to Mankind mission in the Tampa Bay Community.”

“Giving families in need food for Christmas is one of my favorite Sertoma Club activities.  The joy of the holiday season expressed in

Tampa East Sertoma Club and Temple Terrace Boys and Girls Club members after delivering the grocery donations. In front (LR): Carl Brown, Tampa East Sertoma Club Chairman of the Board, Jim Weiss, Club President. In rear (LR): Don Leggett, Zarrian Brinson, Noah Bryant, Sheldon Wind, Hugh Prince and Jan Brown. 

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The Publix Super Market located in Carrollwood provided in-kind food donations as well as considerable employee time to put the food bags together.  Store Manager Jennifer Redmond and several of her employees worked hard to organize the groceries based on family sizes and to do “thrifty” shopping to try to select “Buy One, Get One” (BOGO) products to make our donations go even farther. 

Sertoma stands for SERvice TO MAnkind, which is a perfect description of the group's mission.  Tampa East Sertoma Club was founded in 1965 and is one of the area’s oldest civic organizations, serving the Tampa Bay community for nearly 60 years.  

Sertoma, Inc., founded in 1912 and headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit national service organization whose mission is to improve the quality of life today for those at risk or impacted by hearing loss through education and support. 

To learn more about Tampa East Sertoma Club, please visit www.TampaEastSertomaClub.org, our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/TampaEastSertomaClub/, or contact our club president, Jim Weiss at 813.431.3058.  For more information about Sertoma, Inc. and its community of clubs, please call 816.333.8300 or visit: www.Sertoma.org.

This long-standing tradition of donating holiday groceries was started by Tampa East Sertoma founding club member Honorable Judge Jack Griffin, who championed the event to expand the Sertoma tradition of “Giving Back” to those in need.  Griffin grew up during the Great Depression and knew firsthand what it was like to go hungry, and he wanted younger club members to become aware of the implications of hunger that could come from skipping meals. Thus, the tradition of ‘skipping a lunch to feed a bunch’ became the SALFAB program.  For more than 35 years, the members of Tampa East have personally supported the SALFAB initiative, which lives on as a legacy to our beloved former founding club member.

Food insecurity is a growing problem in the Tampa Bay area with an increasing number of families and children identified as being food insecure in Hillsborough County.  Recent economic inflation, jobless rates and the impacts from the Covid-19 epidemic have only increased this need for so many families.  The SALFAB program brings good food and holiday cheer during this special time of year.

For more than 35 years, Tampa East Sertoma Club has delivered holiday meals to local families to make their Christmas a little more special, under a program called SALFAB.  The acronym means Skip-A-Lunch, Feed-A- Bunch, where club members skip a lunch and donate those funds to feed families during the holidays. 

Bags of groceries at Publix Super Market wait to be delivered by Tampa East Sertoma Club members.

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