TOWN 'N COUNTRY - The Children's Home and the Sweetwater Organic Community Farm have been chosen as finalists for the Tampa Bay Business Journal's third annual Nonprofit of the Year award. ...more

May 28, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - The Children's Home and the Sweetwater Organic Community Farm have been chosen as finalists for the Tampa Bay Business Journal's third annual Nonprofit of the Year award. ...more

May 28, 2008

What do O'Brien's Irish Pub, Walden Lake Golf and Country Club, the Plant City Boys & Girls Club and University of South Florida football have in common? ...more

May 28, 2008

SARASOTA - Jesse Knowlin, 24, was hired this year by Wilkinson Elementary School and abruptly resigned Tuesday -- saying in a letter to the principal and district officials that he "violated" two teenage boys he met at church. ...more

May 23, 2008

SARASOTA — Jesse Knowlin wanted to become a teacher's aide and seemed to be the perfect candidate. He was a youth minister at a Newtown church. He had part-time work at a summer camp. He helped children get ready for the FCAT at the Boys & Girls Club of Sarasota. And those who knew Knowlin raved about his honesty, his creativity and his patience with children. Knowlin, 24, was hired this year by Wilkinson Elementary School but he abruptly resigned on Tuesday — writing a letter to the principal and district officials that said he "violated" two teenage boys that he met at church. ...more

May 22, 2008

County bosses turn raises over to charities. ...more

February 15, 2008

Basketball season remains his favorite time of year. That's when former Florida State player Aubry Boyd perks up most, often cheering on the Noles from his motorized wheelchair at the Donald L. Tucker Center. ...more

January 25, 2008

Merrill Pratt Thomas was a Christmas angel Dec. 21 when she handed a $200,000 check to Sister Rosalie Hennessey, Bob Mohr and Frank Koebrich of the Community Foundation of Greater Sun City Center. ...more

January 2, 2008

Barnes & Noble has donated millions of books to organizations as part of its annual Holiday Book Drive over the past decade. ...more

December 15, 2007

This may be the giving season, but for Tampa Bay charities helping others is a year-round task. ...more

December 8, 2007