When Elijah Kallett selected a community service project for his bar mitzvah, he decided to combine his love for the arts with a desire to lend a helping hand to children of migrants. ...more

October 1, 2008

It felt as if many years had passed since a group of Brandon churches and faith organizations began talking about opening a soup kitchen for the homeless in the area, said Vince Ferraro, president of the Greater Brandon Ecumenical Ministries. ...more

September 3, 2008

A two-year effort to open a soup kitchen to help the area's homeless will pay off Sept. 8, when a cafe-style eatery opens in a former cluster of Sunday school classrooms. ...more

August 30, 2008

Rev. Billy J. Dickerson has been pastor at First Baptist Church of Mango for 40 years. The number may represent half his life, but the energetic octogenarian shows no signs of slowing down. ...more

July 30, 2008

A nonprofit organization hoping to open a soup kitchen to feed the Brandon area's homeless finally has a home for its I Am Hope Cafe. ...more

June 25, 2008

Award-winning singer Steven Curtis Chapman will bring not only his Christian music but also his passion to encourage families to adopt needy children to New Port Richey next week. His 50-city tour, "Live in This Moment," is being presented in conjunction with the release of Chapman's new album "This Moment," his 16th release on Sparrow Records. ...more

April 9, 2008

TAMPA - A sign hanging outside the meeting center in the Indian village of Cuddalore offers words of inspiration to residents who had little to motivate them three years ago. ...more

December 25, 2007

With no luck finding a location for a soup kitchen to feed Brandon's homeless, Project HOPE is living up to its name. It's hoping good fortune comes its way. ...more

September 24, 2007