Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate officials say a home is more than the largest financial investment you will make in your lifetime. It's also where you build a life, raise a family, participate in a community and create traditions that last a lifetime. ...more

December 30, 2007

AVON PARK — As a recovering alcoholic, Pastor Bill Breylinger, with Union Congregational Church, knows what it's like to have life restored. Twenty-two years ago, at the age of 37, he felt God gave him back his life. At the time he knew he was dying, and if he didn't tell someone his problem, he wouldn't make it. He then got honest with himself and went through a six-week treatment facility. Breylinger says God and lots of people forgave him and believed in him. "I owe God for the rest of my trip through life." Excited and dedicated, he especially enjoys ministering to hurting people, and his heart is in restoring lives. In 1987 he came to the church as a youth pastor. A year and a half later he became senior pastor. With a part-time secretary and janitor at that time, the church has grown and now has an assistant and associate minister, a music minister, a youth minister and an assistant youth minister. ...more

December 24, 2007

SEBRING — How did Roger Schoenstein, a retired Latin teacher from Colorado Springs, wind up volunteering to build new two houses on Shelton Street in DeSoto City? There's a newsletter that goes out to Habitat volunteers. And there's this group of RVers who picked sunny central Florida. "We're staying at Camp Cloverleaf," said Schoenstein. That's the 4-H facility on Lake Francis, near Lake Placid. Habitat for Humanity builds 22 houses a year in Highlands County. ...more

December 17, 2007

East Pasco Habitat for Humanity is helping the Ishmaku family dedicate a new home erected with the help of hundreds of local women. ...more

December 14, 2007

This may be the giving season, but for Tampa Bay charities helping others is a year-round task. ...more

December 8, 2007

Two women received their keys this month as Habitat for Humanity dedicated two new homes in Plant City. ...more

November 28, 2007

The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is going "greener" - with energy-saving lights replacing old-fashioned bulbs on the towering evergreen this year. ...more

November 23, 2007

The Plant City Garden Club and members of Plant City High School Key Club teamed up Oct. 27 to landscape two Habitat for Humanity homes on Drane Street. ...more

November 10, 2007

West Pasco Habitat for Humanity presented the Mills and Jenkins families with keys to their new homes at dedication ceremonies Oct. 27 in Moon Lake. ...more

October 30, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - During Red Ribbon Week each year, most school officials stage rallies and events aimed at explaining the dangers of drugs and encouraging students to 'just say no.' ...more

October 28, 2007