Nazdar, Al Anon meetings have started at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church on U.S. 41 and Ayers Road. Al Anon is a group meeting for families of alcoholics to help them with coping skills, support and encourage the individual in need of support. They meet Tuesday evenings at 6 p.m. in the Sunday School Room "A" in the educational wing. The AA Group meets at 7 p.m. on Mondays. For more information, call 796-4066. ...more

January 11, 2009

Larry Bunkley and Tina Henderson figured they had a couple more months before they had to find a new home, with foreclosure pending on the house they shared with their baby girl. ...more

January 9, 2009

Some 200 families walked away from Metropolitan Ministries on Tuesday empty-handed and hungry. And other Bay area charities say they, too, are having trouble meeting increasing demands on their resources. ...more

December 22, 2008

Normally Claudia Bishop would be doing her consumer lending and small business banking duties as a relationship manager at Riverside Bank, but Wednesday morning she had a different job - bagging groceries and handing out frozen turkeys at Manna Ministries. ...more

December 21, 2008

America's Second Harvest Purpose: Serves as a distribution point for food banks in 10-county area. A typical November brings in 650,000 pounds of food. This November there were 600,000 pounds of food. ...more

December 19, 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

The fourth annual "Rudolph Roundup," a toy drive for children living in foster or group homes due to neglect or abuse, continues through Thursday. ...more

December 10, 2008

The food was spread on the table for a Thanksgiving feast. But instead of serving it, members of the University Area Faith-Based Coalition packed canned goods, dry products and juice for others Thursday. ...more

November 26, 2008

After sitting for two games, LW Evgeny Artyukhin returned to the ice Wednesday against the Panthers. But it doesn't mean Artyukhin didn't use the time off to his benefit, other than resting up. ...more

November 13, 2008

Donna Johnson has made it her mission to send care packages to U.S. servicemen and women overseas since her son, David, was deployed to Kyrgyzstan with the Air Force for the first time four years ago. ...more

October 13, 2008