The cupboard is far from bare at the local Salvation Army and since toy donations are on track, the spaces beneath the trees of some 300 local needy families will be filled this year. ...more

December 14, 2008

The first of thousands of needy families began picking up meals and toys today at Metropolitan Ministries' annual Holiday Center. ...more

December 13, 2008

The lure of $50 gift cards drew early birds to the Lakeland Police Department's first Gun Buy-Back this morning. ...more

December 13, 2008

Kim Levell is an exterior decorator: She creates outdoor living spaces "with something beautiful to look at everywhere your eyes fall." ...more

December 7, 2008

Rather than shopping exclusively at Orlando or Lake Wales malls, more Highlands County Christmas shoppers are buying gifts locally than they did last year. ...more

December 6, 2008

With hundreds of teens in foster care throughout Hillsborough County, the pressure is on a local charity to make sure each of them receives a holiday gift this year. ...more

December 3, 2008

With hundreds of teens in foster care throughout Hillsborough County, the pressure is on a local charity to make sure each of them receives a holiday gift this year. ...more

December 3, 2008

With hundreds of teens in foster care throughout Hillsborough County, the pressure is on a local charity to make sure each of them receives a holiday gift this year. ...more

December 2, 2008

By now millions of people have received one of those e-mails floating around warning about gift cards this holiday season. ...more

December 1, 2008

Christmas isn't just for young children. It's also for teens, including the hundreds in foster care throughout Hillsborough County - some of whom arrived at their temporary homes with nothing more than the clothes they were wearing when they left abusive or neglectful homes. ...more

November 30, 2008