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

This is no ordinary soup kitchen. For starters, it doesn't serve soup. ...more

June 14, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG -- A homeless man has been arrested after he got into a fight this morning that left another homeless man on life support, officials said. ...more

February 25, 2008

From a command post on her sister's living room floor, Becky Hall urgently coordinated volunteers contacting every church soup kitchen and homeless advocacy group in the region on Monday. ...more

February 12, 2008

They struck before daybreak, roaming through pastures, abandoned buildings and narrow alleys. ...more

January 31, 2008

Brandon's homeless residents may be dining at the I Am Hope Cafe by the end of February. ...more

January 26, 2008

City Councilman Luis Lopez ended his 32-day hunger strike Thursday with a few bites of a simple boxed lunch from East Pasco Meals on Wheels. ...more

January 4, 2008

ZEPHYRHILLS – City Councilman Luis Lopez ended his 32-day fast today, eating a few bites of lunch at East Pasco Meals on Wheels. ...more

January 3, 2008

It has been a tough year for Bill Vanderhoof of Gibsonton. Vanderhoof, a self-described "old carny," spends six months of the year traveling across the country with a carnival. ...more

November 29, 2007

A new organization whose mission is to help the homeless is looking for a permanent home, and it's a step closer to its goal now that it has bylaws and articles of incorporation. This achievement came with help from Brandon lawyer Thomas Gill and accountant Vince Ferraro, also of Brandon. ...more

October 22, 2007