Kia T. Shaw, a 12-year-old from Land O' Lakes, is the newly crowned Miss Pre-Teen National Teenager 2010. Today, she'll visit pediatric patients at Tampa General Hospital's Children's Medical Center. ...more

August 13, 2009

Corey Neil and his wife, April, a speech language pathologist at Tampa General Hospital, recently brought dozens of gifts and gift cards to the Childlife Therapy program at the hospital. The Neils donated the gifts on behalf of The L.V. Thompson Family Foundation, for which Corey Neil serves as a member of the board of directors. ...more

March 25, 2009

Brain cancer isn't the only thing Bob Gibbs and his family want to defeat. ...more

March 18, 2009

Tampa Bay Lightning players Adam Hall and Mark Recchi recently visited the Children's Medical Center at Tampa General Hospital. The players signed autographs and chatted with pediatric patients. ...more

February 25, 2009

The venture was a team effort from start to finish. A partnership forged between University Community Hospital and the Tampa Bay Lightning Foundation created a book intended to ease the fears of pediatric patients. ...more

February 17, 2009

Clowns from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus juggled their schedules to visit pediatric patients in Tampa General Hospital's Children's Medical Center on Jan. 8. The clowns stopped by for a few hours before performing at the TGH Foundation's annual "Night at the Circus" fundraiser, which benefited the NICU. ...more

January 28, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - When Scott Paton's son, Nick, was born three and a half years ago, everything seemed perfect. The fairy tale almost ended, however, when the newborn had trouble breathing. A breathing problem put him in the Intensive Care Unit, where doctors scrambled to diagnose and fix the problem. ...more

November 16, 2008

Surgeons are not the only ones with knives at the hospital. Staff members from about two dozen departments at Tampa General Hospital displayed their ghoulish handiwork; carving up pumpkins and putting them out for patients to see Friday. ...more

November 1, 2008

Bob Gibbs is moving his battle against brain cancer to two wheels. ...more

September 13, 2008

More than 100 children were honored Dec. 5 during the 11th annual Kids are Heroes awards ceremony, including Hannah Douglas, a preschool student at Bayshore Christian School. ...more

January 9, 2008