Two area charities need people's help so they can help the needy in the community during the holidays. ...more

November 25, 2009

The economy is giving local charities a double dose of bad news this holiday season. Charity leaders say more people are seeking help with fewer people able to make donations. ...more

November 24, 2009

Metropolitan Ministries will begin distributing the fixings for a Thanksgiving dinner to the area's needy families Monday. ...more

November 21, 2009

More households across the country last year lacked enough money for food than any year since the federal government began tracking statistics in 1995. In 2008, 17 million, or nearly 15 percent of the nation's roughly 118 million households could not afford adequate food, a report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. ...more

November 17, 2009

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November 16, 2009

Hillsborough County's Head Start and Early Head Start got a jolt of federal stimulus money with a whopping $11.7 million grant over two years. ...more

October 23, 2009

Hillsborough County's Head Start and Early Head Start got a jolt of federal stimulus money with a whopping $11.7 million grant over two years. ...more

October 21, 2009

Gina Barbato, a senior at the Academy of the Holy Names, recently was honored with the Anne Frank Humanitarian Award, given by the Florida Holocaust Museum. ...more

July 22, 2009

A troubled Tampa charter school that serves homeless and at-risk children has asked the Hillsborough County School District to take over its operations. ...more

June 9, 2009

Somewhere there is a youngster with the talent and ambition to become the next Itzhak Perlman, a virtuoso on the violin. But he comes from a low-income home and doesn't have money for a violin or music lessons. He'll never know he has a gift for music because he'll never have the opportunity to discover it. "As a result, the world will miss out," Glen Schubert said. ...more

May 24, 2009