With more than three decades of experience, Brad Sparkman is a professional investigator specializing in investigating civil and criminal cases from his base in Tampa, Florida. In addition to his professional activities, Brad Sparkman is committed to giving back to the community, and since 2011 has been working with local ministries supporting people in need.
Florida ranks fourth among states in the United States in family hunger, with roughly 16.4 percent of the people in Hillsborough County, or 204,240 individuals, facing food insecurity. Members of the community, businesses, and faith-based institutions can all make an impact on hunger in and around Tampa, Florida. Here are three easy ways to help people in need in the greater Tampa area. 1. Buy home goods and other products on AmazonSmile, which features all the same items as Amazon.com, but also donates 0.5 percent of the price of the purchase on qualifying goods to charities of the buyer's choosing, and direct this donation to a Tampa food-based charity. 2. Volunteer at organizations dedicated to ending hunger. For instance, Feeding Tampa Bay has regular openings for volunteers, and needs people to stock shelves, fill pallets, and sort nonperishable goods. 3. Host a community food drive. Organizations like Feeding Tampa Bay provide tips and materials for hosting both traditional and virtual food drives.
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Brad Sparkman leads the Brad Sparkman Corporation, a full-service investigation company based in Florida, as president. He has held this position for more than two decades, overseeing the investigation of more than 14,000 cases. Outside of work, Brad Sparkman stays active by going to the gym. Figuring out how often you should workout at the gym largely depends on your current fitness level and your goals. If you aren’t very active, one day a week is often enough for you to see results. However, this won’t be enough to make progress if you are already in reasonably good physical shape. Still, this doesn’t mean you should be working out at the gym every day. In truth, it’s best to exercise at the gym a maximum of five days a week. This gives your body plenty of time to rest, while still ensuring you have enough time to focus on all the different parts of your body. The reason you don’t want to work out too often at the gym is because too much strain will hinder your improvement. When you work out, your muscles begin at a baseline level. Over the course of training, your muscles are damaged and fall below baseline. Fortunately, you body repairs the muscles thanks to a muscle-repairing signal that is sent from the brain over the next 48 to 72 hours. When your muscles incur too much damage, your body does not have enough time to repair them completely before the signal fades. This either keeps the muscles at baseline or lower, thus resulting in little if any progress regardless of how and how much you work out. To avoid this issue, have at least two rest days each week. During these days, focus on actively recovering by participating in mild physical activities, such as hiking or biking. These types of activities keep your heart rate high during rest days without straining the muscles. Drawing upon 30 years of criminal and civil investigation experience, Brad Sparkman is the president of Florida's Progressive Research, through which he and his team manage hundreds of cases each year. An avid sports fan, Brad Sparkman counts the Tampa Bay Lightning as his favorite National Hockey League (NHL) team. As of December 19, the Lightning sat in first place in the NHL, and a major reason why has been the play of Brayden Point. Regarded as a potential candidate for the Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player, Point registered 44 points through his first 35 games, which was good enough for eighth in the league and second on his team behind Nikita Kucherov. Moreover, his 21 goals was tied for fifth with five other players. However, it hasn't just been his offensive production that put Point into the Hart Trophy conversation. The 22 year old is considered one of the best defensive forwards on his team and is often called upon to go up against the opposing team's top line. Much of his improvement is attributed to former Olympic pairs figure skater Barb Underhill, who has worked regularly with Point on his skating in recent years. Point is well on pace to break his career-best 66 points and now has 150 points in 185 career regular season games. A professional investigator with more than two decades of experience working with civil and criminal cases across the nation, Brad Sparkman also serves as president of Progressive Life Coaching in Tampa, Florida. For the past seven years, Brad Sparkman has been involved with local homeless ministries. Tampa offers a diverse range of services to those who find themselves living on the street through a variety of nonprofit organizations. One such group, Metropolitan Ministries, provides assistance to families ranging from housing to education and job assistance. Homeless Helping Homeless, Inc. supplies emergency lodging without stringent entry requirements. As the city's only shelter run by individuals who have experienced homelessness, it encourages peer support. The shelter also just extended its services in 2018 to include a transitional housing facility and other support services to help people regain independence. The Alpha House of Tampa has 39 housing units to give shelter to pregnant women and young mothers with nowhere to go. In addition to providing these women with a temporary place to live, it also offers personal development programs and support to obtain community resources. Brad Sparkman draws upon more than 30 years of experience in his role as president of Nationwide Investigations and Consulting, through which he and his employees provide professional investigation services across the United States. An avid sports fan, Brad Sparkman counts the Tampa Bay Lightning as his favorite National Hockey League (NHL) team. Yanni Gourde has been one of the Lightning's best players this season, ranking third in team scoring through 20 games with eight goals and 12 assists. The 26-year-old native of Saint-Narcisse, Quebec, was rewarded for his impressive play earlier this season with a six-year, nearly $31 million contract extension that will see him earn more than $5 million per year through the 2024-25 season. Although he was never drafted, Gourde proved himself in the AHL, where he amassed 198 points through 298 regular season games. He played particularly well in his final two seasons in the league as he registered 44 and 48 points through 65 and 56 games respectively. He made his debut with the Lightning during the 2015-16 season and became a full-time member of the team in 2017-18, when he scored 25 goals and added 39 assists in 82 games. |
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February 2019
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