ST. PETERSBURG | Watermark’s bi-monthly Tampa Bay social Watermark Wednesday benefited Empath Partners in Care (EPIC) Jan. 15 at Postcard Inn on the Beach, also serving as the 2020 Remarkable People Reunion.
EPIC is a member of Empath Health, a nonprofit integrated network of care supporting those challenged by chronic and advanced illnesses. They offer support to help clients maintain healthy, self-sufficient lives and provide HIV testing and education throughout Tampa Bay.
ST. PETERSBURG | Watermark’s bi-monthly Tampa Bay social Watermark Wednesday benefited PFLAG Tampa and PFLAG St. Pete at Sirata Beach Resort Sept. 18.
PFLAG is the nation’s first and largest organization dedicated to uniting the LGBTQ community, their families and supporters. It has more than 400 chapters, including Tampa’s which formed in 2011 and St. Petersburg’s which followed in 2017.
ST. PETERSBURG | Watermark’s bi-monthly Tampa Bay social networking event Watermark Wednesday benefited SPCA Tampa Bay at The Woodhouse Day Spa Jan. 16.
SPCA Tampa Bay is the only nonprofit animal welfare agency that runs an open-admission animal shelter, pet training facility and public veterinary center in Pinellas County. Founded in St. Petersburg in 1940, the organization has cared for homeless pets throughout the area for over 75 years.
TAMPA | Watermark’s bi-monthly Tampa Bay social networking event Watermark Wednesday benefited area nonprofit Project No Labels (PNL) at The Franklin Manor Nov. 14.
PNL exists to unite all LGBTQ+ supporters in Tampa Bay through positive activities and events, Development Director Jonathan Soots shared with attendees. The organization promotes volunteerism and activism for a fulfilling LGBTQ+ lifestyle.
Watermark has long had a footprint in Tampa Bay, but we recently decided to open a more permanent space in the area. It is only fitting then that for our bi-monthly Watermark Wednesday in May, we decided to host it at our brand-spanking new offices at Clear Labs in St. Petersburg. Our friends and clients turned out to mingle, enjoy the impressive new digs, feast on the delicious spread and raise money for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay.
For those of you who couldn’t make it, but would still like to support Big Brothers Big Sisters, they will have a Pride Bowl at Dunedin Lanes on June 9. More pictures of the fun had at Watermark Wednesday after the jump.
Debbie joined the Watermark team earlier this year to handle advertising sales for the Tampa Bay region. As with all our employees, her job description extends way beyond her title. She doubles as a marketing team and events coordinator and is hugely responsible for the resurrection of Watermark Wednesday, a bi-monthly social and networking event for Watermark’s readers and advertiser.
“I saw the job opening as an opportunity to familiarize myself with the LGBTQIA community in my new home city,” Debbie responded when asked why she took the job at Watermark. “Working for Watermark is like one big family support when you need and the push to the direction for success.”
Another great Watermark Wednesday! October 16 at City Side Lounge in Tampa. Photos by Paul Kinchen of TinkerFluff.com.
Find them Somebody to love, really
We love Crescendo: The Tampa Bay Women’s Chorus. So imagine our excitement when we got a chance to hear them do a surprise number not just once – but twice this month! The fabulous ladies first appeared at the start of the Metro Tampa Bay Gala when a “fight” broke out between two women, gaining the attention of the entire crowd within the Garden Club on Sept. 19. But soon, it was evident it was staged as women throughout the crowd took turns singing portions of the Queen hit “Somebody to Love.” By the time the song wrapped, the women, who had been stationed around the large room, were all together, near one end of the room belting out the mega-hit. It grabbed everyone’s attention and was a fabulous way to announce that the evening’s festivities were underway.
Just a week later at the launch party for the Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, another “fight” broke out near the bar, grabbing the attention of everyone at the Tampa Museum of Art on Sept. 19. But once again, the familiar song started and the members of Crescendo appeared throughout the crowded museum, with one member belting out some impressive notes from atop the stairway. And yes, even though we had seen it a week before, the performance still surprised us, and delighted the entire room.
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