On behalf of the Family Readiness Group of the Bravo Battery National Guard unit in Avon Park, and the group Touched By Angels, we would like to extend our gratitude to all of those who donated to our fundraiser yard sale which was held at the armory on Sept. 19. Many people within our community graciously donated items they no longer needed to help our soldiers during the upcoming Christmas holiday. Not only did we receive donations of goods for the yard sale, but also monetary donations as well. There were quite a few people who weren't aware of the situation our local guardsmen are in and were more than happy to donate to such a good cause. ...more

October 3, 2008

Residents of Westchase are opening their wallets and cleaning their closets to help people in need, and they are asking others in the county to do the same. ...more

September 24, 2008

Residents of Westchase are opening their wallets and cleaning their closets to help people in need, and they are asking others in the county to do the same. ...more

September 24, 2008

As Hurricane Gustav barrels toward the central Gulf Coast and evacuees flee south Louisiana and south Mississippi, The Salvation Army has responded to meet the physical and spiritual needs of evacuees and bus drivers. ...more

August 31, 2008

Friday morning, the crowd started trickling into the food pantry at Dayspring Presbyterian Church in Spring Hill. ...more

August 24, 2008

People in need of a bed and a hot meal can still count on The Salvation Army of Tampa, says General Manager Steve Vick. ...more

August 19, 2008

The Kiwanis clubs of Brandon and Sun City Center kicked off their first "Stuff the Bus" campaigns by delivering boxes to area businesses for the collection of school supplies. ...more

July 28, 2008

An underused church will get re-invented tomorrow when it will be dedicated as Covenant House Bridge to Independence, a Christ-centered re-entry and recovery ministry and residency program for men wanting to break the chains of addiction, crime and incarceration. ...more

July 26, 2008

SEBRING — It's just a refrigerated trailer, but for one Desoto City civic group, it's a brand spanking-new humanitarian effort they're trying out in Florida. The Fraternal Order of Eagles' Disaster Relief Trailer, parked in front of the club's hall, already has several pallets full of emergency ration bars and water. Joe Waters of the Eagles in Sebring said this was one of two stationed in Florida, with the other one in the Ocala area. The trailer would go wherever the county's Emergency Operations Center tells them to go. "If they were in need of it ... we would take it anywhere they want," Waters said. ...more

May 19, 2008

The Tampa Bay area could soon have another TV station competing for local advertising money, run by the government. ...more

February 6, 2008