School food drives typically get the Emergency Care Help Organization through the holiday season. ...more

November 25, 2009

It would be tough to tally up the hours Gene Hink has devoted to helping local nonprofit agencies and people in need. But Florida Blood Services has kept a careful count of the blood the Brandon man has donated over the years. To commemorate a lifetime donation total of 75 gallons - that's 600 pints - Hink was inducted into the Fenwal Blood Technologies' Donation Hall of Fame on Oct. 11 at the Kennedy Donation Center in Tampa. ...more

November 7, 2009

It would be tough to tally up the hours Gene Hink has devoted to helping local nonprofit agencies and people in need. But Florida Blood Services has kept a careful count of the blood the Brandon man has donated over the years. ...more

November 4, 2009

The federal stimulus package includes important provisions related to the administration of Florida's Medicaid program. The stimulus bill provides a temporary increase in the federal match of Medicaid costs, which means Florida will pay a lower share for Medicaid services. ...more

March 22, 2009

Taoist tai chi centers in 25 countries are staffed by volunteers on a mission to make tai chi as widely available as possible to people of all nationalities, ethnicities and religious affiliations. ...more

February 4, 2009

The Bay Pines Veterans Administration Hospital in St. Petersburg is unveiling its newly-expanded emergency room tomorrow. ...more

January 21, 2009

Offers of help are pouring in for a young couple burned out of their house when a pan of French fries caught fire in their kitchen Jan. 5. ...more

January 21, 2009

Offers of help are pouring in for a young couple burned out of their house when a pan of french fries caught fire in their kitchen Jan. 5. ...more

January 21, 2009

Standing outside their burned-out house wearing clothes donated by the Emergency Care Help Organization, Larry Bunkley and Tina Henderson wondered what the future will hold. ...more

January 14, 2009

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

January 12, 2009