A retired Pasco teacher, Glenn Kelm, recently earned the Points of Light Award from Gov. Charlie Crist for Kelm's service to local soup kitchens and food banks. ...more

September 6, 2008

It felt as if many years had passed since a group of Brandon churches and faith organizations began talking about opening a soup kitchen for the homeless in the area, said Vince Ferraro, president of the Greater Brandon Ecumenical Ministries. ...more

September 3, 2008

A two-year effort to open a soup kitchen to help the area's homeless will pay off Sept. 8, when a cafe-style eatery opens in a former cluster of Sunday school classrooms. ...more

August 30, 2008

Starting Sept. 8, I Am Hope Café will serve hot meals four days a week to anyone in need. ...more

August 22, 2008

Rev. Billy J. Dickerson has been pastor at First Baptist Church of Mango for 40 years. The number may represent half his life, but the energetic octogenarian shows no signs of slowing down. ...more

July 30, 2008

A nonprofit organization hoping to open a soup kitchen to feed the Brandon area's homeless finally has a home for its I Am Hope Cafe. ...more

June 25, 2008

This is no ordinary soup kitchen. For starters, it doesn't serve soup. ...more

June 14, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG -- A homeless man has been arrested after he got into a fight this morning that left another homeless man on life support, officials said. ...more

February 25, 2008

From a command post on her sister's living room floor, Becky Hall urgently coordinated volunteers contacting every church soup kitchen and homeless advocacy group in the region on Monday. ...more

February 12, 2008

They struck before daybreak, roaming through pastures, abandoned buildings and narrow alleys. ...more

January 31, 2008