The Nativity Outreach Food Pantry is collecting new, unwrapped toys in shopping carts in the social hall of Nativity Catholic Church, 705 E. Brandon Blvd., after all Masses. ...more

December 10, 2007

A local nonprofit agency wants to fill 60 backpacks with supplies for the homeless this holiday season. ...more

November 26, 2007

Kids were in the spotlight Nov. 10 when the Emergency Care Help Organization hosted its fifth annual Kids Helping Kids children's fashion show and luncheon to benefit the nonprofit organization to help feed and clothe needy residents facing emergencies. ...more

November 13, 2007

SPOTLIGHTING: The Volunteer Way, a New Port Richey-based charity that's helping 17,000 families throughout Central Florida and 5,500 families in Pasco County with food to supplement what they can afford to buy. The nonprofit group also assists low-income seniors who are homebound, the Pasco Pregnancy Center, a domestic violence shelter, people with mental disabilities and most other charities in the county. ...more

November 10, 2007

New officers at the Safety Harbor Neighborhood Family Center want to make the organization that provides support services to families and individuals, more of a household name. The center recently named Margo Adams its executive director and Dick Perrier program director. ...more

November 10, 2007

Members of Sanctuary of Light Metaphysical Chapel are collecting teddy bears and instilling them with love and faith for children in need. ...more

November 10, 2007

The First Baptist Church of Brandon held its annual fall festival Oct. 31, Noah's Arkcade. ...more

November 7, 2007

AVON PARK –– Some people dream of sailing off into the sunset upon retirement, but only a few actually try it. Bill Stephenson spent 40 years in Vermont with his own agency as a manufacturer's representative selling agricultural and industrial machinery. His wife Mildred, affectionately known as Midge, had been his office manager. Upon retirement in 1995, they set sail. While on the Intracoastal, they lost an engine in Cocoa Beach. Some friends owned property at Lily Lake in Frostproof and invited them to stay there while their boat was being repaired that summer. "During that hiatus, we agreed that our age was beyond our ability to sail and then we got involved with the Union Congregation Church," Stephenson said. ...more

November 5, 2007

If Elvis were here today, he might say, "Thank you, thank you very much" for the 17 years that an odd Missouri outpost has been making the case that the King never died. ...more

November 4, 2007

TAMPA - Sunday afternoon, the situation at Metropolitan Ministries was dire: There was only a day's worth of food remaining at the Florida Avenue food pantry. ...more

October 9, 2007