St. Clements Episcopal Church People & Pets Ministry
Tampa, FL
About Us
Our People & Pets Ministry strives to keep people and their pets together in these challenging times.
St. Clement’s Episcopal Church has embraced animals for decades – through our annual Blessing of the Animals Celebrations, our facilitation of adoptions, our beautiful St. Francis Remembrance Garden, and, most recently, our Pet-Friendly worship services.
But we knew we needed to do more as we saw heartbroken families forced to surrender their pets because of rising costs of pet food. We formed our ministry in July 2022 and began free pet food distributions the following October. This past Hurricane season intensified an already urgent need, shelters were overflowing and could longer take...