In a gruesome budget year, who's first in line for the few spare dollars available - Florida's schoolchildren or its poorest and frailest residents? ...more

March 27, 2009

With hundreds of teens in foster care throughout Hillsborough County, the pressure is on a local charity to make sure each of them receives a holiday gift this year. ...more

December 3, 2008

With hundreds of teens in foster care throughout Hillsborough County, the pressure is on a local charity to make sure each of them receives a holiday gift this year. ...more

December 3, 2008

With hundreds of teens in foster care throughout Hillsborough County, the pressure is on a local charity to make sure each of them receives a holiday gift this year. ...more

December 2, 2008

Christmas isn't just for young children. It's also for teens, including the hundreds in foster care throughout Hillsborough County - some of whom arrived at their temporary homes with nothing more than the clothes they were wearing when they left abusive or neglectful homes. ...more

November 30, 2008

When Hillary Stewart and her husband, Michael, head home from their jobs each day, they have four foster kids waiting for them - only these are not the two-legged variety. ...more

June 11, 2008

Bowls are filled, pets have toys, and foster kids received Christmas surprises thanks to a growing group of students at Lake Magdalene Elementary. ...more

December 17, 2007