Friday morning, the crowd started trickling into the food pantry at Dayspring Presbyterian Church in Spring Hill. ...more

August 24, 2008

People in need of a bed and a hot meal can still count on The Salvation Army of Tampa, says General Manager Steve Vick. ...more

August 19, 2008

The Kiwanis clubs of Brandon and Sun City Center kicked off their first "Stuff the Bus" campaigns by delivering boxes to area businesses for the collection of school supplies. ...more

July 28, 2008

An underused church will get re-invented tomorrow when it will be dedicated as Covenant House Bridge to Independence, a Christ-centered re-entry and recovery ministry and residency program for men wanting to break the chains of addiction, crime and incarceration. ...more

July 26, 2008

SEBRING — It's just a refrigerated trailer, but for one Desoto City civic group, it's a brand spanking-new humanitarian effort they're trying out in Florida. The Fraternal Order of Eagles' Disaster Relief Trailer, parked in front of the club's hall, already has several pallets full of emergency ration bars and water. Joe Waters of the Eagles in Sebring said this was one of two stationed in Florida, with the other one in the Ocala area. The trailer would go wherever the county's Emergency Operations Center tells them to go. "If they were in need of it ... we would take it anywhere they want," Waters said. ...more

May 19, 2008

The Tampa Bay area could soon have another TV station competing for local advertising money, run by the government. ...more

February 6, 2008

Hillsborough County Animal Services, 440 Falkenburg Road, has set up an Animal Angel Tree in its lobby for people to make donations to the shelter. ...more

December 15, 2007

PLANT CITY - a viewing for Jordan Hays, the 9-year-old boy who died in the Plant City Christmas Parade last week, is set for 5 to 8 p.m. tonight at Chas E. Davis Funeral Home, 3075 S. Florida Ave., Inverness. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Floral City United Methodist Church, 8480 E. Marvin St., in Floral City. ...more

December 13, 2007

Now in its fifth year, Metropolitan Ministries' New Tampa Holiday Donation Center almost qualifies as a holiday tradition. ...more

December 8, 2007

The Suncoast Harvest Food Bank and Pasco County 4-H are among organizations that will benefit from the Home and Community Educators fundraising yard sale that will take place in conjunction with the annual Pasco County Extension's Expo 2007 Florida Friendly event. ...more

November 30, 2007