Tampa Metro Civitan Club


​Chartered on April 21, 1927, our service club is dedicated to helping individual and community needs in the greater Tampa Bay area, with special emphasis on helping people with developmental disabilities.

Just a few of our projects include Citizen of the Year, working with Special Olympics, Neighbor-to-Neighbor Christmas program, Angels Unaware group homes for the profoundly disables, Golden Heart award, Bakas Equestrian Horses for the Handicap and Jingle Bell Run.

UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA PRESIDENT, RONALD VAUGHN, NAMED OUTSTANDING CITIZEN
Feb 6, 2020
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Tampa, Fla. – Congratulations to our newest Outstanding Citizen of the Year, Mr. Ronald Vaughn. Here is an article from the Tampa Bay Times, Feb. 6, 2020 edition written by Dan Sullivan, Times Correspondent. 
TAMPA — He worked as a lifeguard and a barista as a young man and helped put himself through college by selling Sarah Coventry jewelry.
A longtime interest in marketing eventually put Ronald Vaughn in a job that business leaders recall was financially risky.
When Vaughn became the president of the University of Tampa in 1995, the student body numbered 1,500, school finances were shaky and the buildings on the small campus badly needed repair.
In the 25 years since, he has built the university into a bustling hub of 10,000 students who live and study in a collection of modern buildings as well as historic ones on a 110-acre campus and produce an economic impact of more than $1 billion per year.


It was for his leadership of the university along the Hillsborough River across from downtown Tampa that Vaughn received the Outstanding Citizen of the Year Award at the governor’s luncheon Thursday at the Florida State Fair.
Tampa Metro Civitan, a local volunteer service club, has given the award to a community leader annually since 1927.
The name of the recipient is kept secret until the luncheon. If the person’s identity gets out beforehand, the award is not given. That has only happened twice — in 1930 and 1938.
Vaughn, 73, attended the luncheon with his wife, Renee. He was surprised and seemed pleased.
“I’ve been coming for many years and normally I’d be sitting out there trying to guess who this is,” he said.
“I have to say we’re fortunate to live in this great community, this great state," Vaughn said. “I’m proud to be here. I’m happy to do whatever I can to help advance our community and of course the University of Tampa.”

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Civitan International

Civitan International is an organization of volunteer service clubs around the world, dedicated to helping people in their own communities. Civitans clubs hold a variety of projects throughout the year including Special Olympics, building wheelchair ramps, holding dances for people with disabilities and collecting food items for the homeless. Take a closer look at Civitan and see all the wonderful things we do to "make the world a better place".

Junior Civitan

The Tampa Metro Civitan Club sponsors five Junior Civitan Clubs in the Tampa area. They are Walker Middle JCC, Lutz Leopards JCC, Noble JCC at Robinson HS, Steinbrenner JCC, Leto JCC and Tampa Bay JCC, a community club. These clubs are part of the Junior Civitan Florida District and Junior Civitan International.

Join us for a meeting or project

Tampa Metro Civitan Club meets on the first Monday of each month at Perkins Restaurant, at 6:30pm and the third Monday we hold a social event, knowledge forum, or expedition, in addition to our monthly projects.
Tampa Metro Civitan Club
PO Box 47843
Tampa, FL 33646
​813-803-2484
tampametrocivitanclub@gmail.com
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