Our Causes

The Unchained Gang adds a third ingredient in an effort to round out the “support local” circle. By incorporating a local cause into the Unchained Gang equation, we hope to, every chance we get, bring focus to and give back to those groups that make it their mission to support and provide for the needs of our local community.

	Creative Pinellas Creative Pinellas is a nonprofit organization created in 2011 to connect and fuel the creative impulses that make Pinellas County a great community.
	St Petersburg Preservation In 1977, when Saint Petersburg Preservation (SPP) was organized as a charitable nonprofit corporation, we chose as our mission: educating the public about local historic architectural resources, landmarking or assisting in the landmarking of deserving sites and structures, and preserving sites and structures previously landmarked. Since then we’ve been working to secure the preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, maintenance, and/or acquisition of important natural, scenic, historic, and architectural sites and structures. In other words, SPP is a group of people who want to see important and significant places of St. Petersburg’s history be saved and preserved. We are not against development, but rather support thoughtful growth that honors our past. We accomplish this by working with the City, County, businesses, and individuals to identify historic districts and sites, landmark significant structures, and foster appreciation of St. Petersburg’s historic environment. And no matter what projects we undertake, the overarching goal is to instill in St. Pete’s citizens an appreciation of our shared heritage and culture and how this contributes to our quality of life and economic success. We believe preservation of our significant historic resources is fundamental to the quality of life in St. Petersburg and its economic success.
	Kind Mouse Productions Mission Statement: No one should ever go hungry. Vision Statement: Our mission is to assist families in transition and their chronically hungry children. No hardworking individual should ever feel despair due to economic hardships beyond their control. Everyone has a right to feel safe and secure in their own homes. And … No one should ever go hungry.
	Cousteau Divers Pierre Yves Cousteau, youngest son of late underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau, has named St Petersburg the North American headquarters of nonprofit Cousteau Divers and Canterbury has been selected as the first Cousteau Divers partner school in the world. This partnership enables Canterbury School of Florida students to participate in hands-on research of Tampa Bay. They will catalog and track biodiversity in the Gulf, create wildlife guidebooks and monitor water quality.
	Southeastern Guide Dog On behalf of American heroes who have sacrificed so much, Southeastern Guide Dogs presents Paws for Patriots: Guide Dogs Pairs highly trained guide dogs with visually impaired veterans. Veterans live and learn on campus, then receive lifetime follow-up and support. If you are a blinded veteran interested in learning more about how you may obtain a guide dog from Southeastern Guide Dogs, please contact them via their website. Veteran Assistance Dogs Trains and places exceptional dogs not suitable for guide work into careers benefitting veterans who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Gaining confidence from these dogs, veterans expand their lives, regain mobility and independence and re-integrate into their communities. Facility Dogs Places therapy dogs into military hospitals to spread cheer and encouragement and help wounded warriors heal from their injuries.
	Child Protection Team of Pinellas County Pinellas County’s designated Child Protection Team which provides specialized diagnostic assessments of allegedly abused and neglected children per legislative mandate. On behalf of the children we serve…THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS…for helping us stomp out child abuse.
	Answered Prayers Cross Answered Prayers Cross, Inc. is a full circle ministry created by women for women and their families. The goal of APC is threefold: to provide emotional support through shared stories of hope; to deepen faith through spiritual connection; and to provide financial assistance through small one-time grants given with love. Each of these goals is accomplished through the production and the sale of crosses made from clay.