Blog – Pepin Family Foundation

Pepin Academies Students Serve Up a Meal and Hope at Ronald McDonald House

A Meal, a Moment, and a Lasting Impact at Ronald McDonald House

April 10, 2026

For families staying at the Ronald McDonald House near Tampa General Hospital, a warm meal can mean more than just dinner. It can offer a moment of comfort during an incredibly difficult time. Pepin Academies students recently stepped into the…

Pepin Academies Named 2025 Yass Prize Contender for Innovation in Learning for Students with Disabilities

October 20, 2025

The Tampa Bay schools are among just 23 organizations nationwide competing for $1 million award Pepin Academies, a network of public charter schools dedicated to serving students with learning disabilities, has been named a 2025 Yass Prize Contender—one of only…

Graduates designed a custom challenge coin that reads First to Respond, Last to Ask for Help (Front) & We Fight as a Family, You Are Never Alone (Back). Each coin includes a QR code linking to a current list of vetted mental health resources.

Protecting Those Who Protect Us: St. Pete Police Officers Receive Mental Health Challenge Coins

October 10, 2025

As Officer Suicides Climb, Graduates Take Steps to Save Lives and Change the Future of Policing On World Mental Health Day, a new kind of badge of honor was handed out to St. Petersburg Police officers at this morning’s briefing—custom…

Group from left to right: Donna Wright, The Able Trust; Tina Pepin, Pepin Family Foundation; Alexis Dempsey Doyle, Saddlebrook Resort; Allison Chase, The Able Trust

Tina Pepin Awarded the Champion of Opportunity Award by The Able Trust

August 27, 2025

The Able Trust awarded the Champion of Opportunity Award to Tina Pepin, Executive Director of the Pepin Family Foundation. The award, presented during a celebration luncheon at Saddlebrook Resort, recognizes an individual who has demonstrated exceptional leadership, compassion, and commitment to expanding…

Officers Graduate from Groundbreaking Mental Health Program

July 28, 2025

As Officer Suicides Climb, Graduates Take Steps to Save Lives and Change the Future of Policing More police officers die by suicide than in the line of duty. Behind the badge, many carry invisible wounds—and far too often, they suffer…

Pepin Family USF Nursing Pathway Summer Program

Inspiring the Next Generation of Nurses to Help Ease the Sustained Shortage

June 26, 2025

Local High School Students Scrub In for Real-World Experience Through USF & Pepin Family Foundation While many teens spent the start of summer break relaxing, 50 local students suited up in scrubs to explore one of the most in-demand and…

Pepin Academies Expands “Zen Dens” to Support Student Mental Health

May 28, 2025

For many students with learning disabilities, the school day can feel overwhelming. The noise, the schedule changes, the social pressures – it can all add up quickly. That’s why Pepin Academies is expanding its “Zen Den” initiative, creating more calming…

Pepin Family Foundation supports new St. Petersburg College mental health course program for law enforcement

September 12, 2023

Pepin Family Foundation sponsors Advent Health’s 2023 Starlight Gala

July 18, 2023

Pepin Family Foundation partners with USF College of Nursing to establish a summer pathway to nursing program

July 17, 2023

Pepin partners with Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office for Mental Health for Heroes organization

April 6, 2023

Grant given for Pepin Academies to build new school in Wesley Chapel

April 6, 2023

Pepin Family Foundation helps launch free mental health program for first responders

April 6, 2023

Pepin Academies arts program helps students overcome obstacles

June 10, 2021

Recent Stories Tales from the Heart Performing arts program at Pepin Academies helps students overcome obstacles Fox 13 News coverage of the Pepin Academies Arts program. https://www.fox13news.com/news/performing-arts-program-at-pepin-academies-helps-students-overcome-obstacles

Pepin Academies opening new Pasco campus

February 10, 2021

World-Class Artist Creates ‘Heart Art’

September 24, 2018

We are a family-led foundation focused on education, health care, transportation, and mental health wellness services for professionals on the front line.