Members of Executive Women International, Tampa Bay Chapter, were in festive spirits at their Toys for Tots drive Dec. 10 at the University of Tampa. The chapter requested donations of unwrapped toys for the Marine Toys for Tots Program. At 7 p.m., Marines from the 4th Amphibious Assault Battalion, stationed in Tampa, arrived to collect more than 100 new toys. ...more

December 31, 2008 |

To say 2008 was a bad year is more than a blatant understatement, it's a downright lie. ...more

December 31, 2008 |

Officials at Farmworkers Self-Help Inc. will distribute toys and food baskets today to about 320 families served by the Tommytown-based agency. ...more

December 24, 2008 |

LAND O' LAKES - People were lined up outside the Land O' Lakes Community Center on U.S. 41 as early as 4 a.m. ...more

December 24, 2008 |

Officials at Farmworkers Self-Help Inc. will distribute toys and food baskets Wednesday to about 320 families served by the Tommytown-based agency. The organization will distribute the items Christmas Eve between 6 a.m. and noon at the Pasco County Fairgrounds on State Road 52 near Pasco High School. Farmworkers has administered the Christmas program for 25 years. Margarita Romo, executive director of the agency, said that all of the program's families will receive food today, but the food baskets aren't as full as in the past. ...more

December 23, 2008 |

Brittany May collected more than 1,000 items for troops stationed overseas. For the Hudson Middle School eighth-grader, it was a family affair. Her uncle, Joey Jarrel, is shipping out with the National Guard to Afghanistan after Christmas. ...more

December 21, 2008 |

With one more day left for people to donate in the Toys for Tots of East Pasco drive, coordinator Bob Loring is getting nervous. ...more

December 17, 2008 |

Judging by the number of toys stacked floor to ceiling, you'd never know the country's in a recession. ...more

December 17, 2008 |

For Bob Loring, the holiday party that he hosts each year for a select group of local elementary school students is an entirely selfish effort. ...more

December 14, 2008 |

Morning radio hosts Chadd and Kristi Thomas of WWRM, 94.9 FM are joining forces on Friday with the 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion to benefit Toys for Tots. The DJs will host a 14-hour marathon broadcast at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Oldsmar with Marines who have just returned from a seven-month tour in Iraq. ...more

December 11, 2008 |