A social services center is having a hard time finding 20 families to commit to trying to achieve self-sufficiency. ...more

March 25, 2009

It has been difficult for pastors and outreach organizers to get a grasp of how the economy is affecting donations. ...more

March 14, 2009

Twenty clients of the University Area Community Resource Center will be part of a pilot program to help people achieve self-sufficiency. ...more

February 25, 2009

Parkway Food Ministries in Sebring was providing food to about 50 families a month when it opened in October 2007. With the recession hitting people harder, the ministry now gives food to 300 families monthly. ...more

January 26, 2009

She sat patiently in her wheelchair, as scurrying volunteers gathered ham, a turkey, canned goods, bread, and bags of potatoes, apples and pungent onions in a storeroom with sporadic drafts of frigid air from outside. ...more

December 26, 2008

Nazdar, Time is getting close to "Tis the season to be jolly," and so the mood will be jolly from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 21 at the Masaryktown Community Center on Lincoln Avenue. ...more

December 7, 2008

For co-workers Kelly Popowski and Israel Martinez, who volunteered to deliver Thanksgiving food donations, Metropolitan Ministries' New Tampa Holiday Donation Center was a godsend. ...more

December 3, 2008

For co-workers Kelly Popowski and Israel Martinez, who volunteered to deliver Thanksgiving food donations, Metropolitan Ministries' New Tampa Holiday Donation Center was a godsend. ...more

December 2, 2008

Metropolitan Ministries' Tampa Palms site is the longest-running satellite donation center operated by the nonprofit group, which has provided food and shelter for the homeless in the Tampa Bay area for 36 years. ...more

November 26, 2008

Although Pasco County's shelters, food banks, churches and nonprofit organizations may serve different populations, one thing they have in common this time of year is a need for donations. ...more

November 15, 2008