TAMPA The Academies, a not-for-profit public charter school for students with learning-related disabilities, hosted its second annual Family Abilities Information Rally on Oct. 17. Yes! of America United co-hosted the event along with Hillsborough County. ...more

November 25, 2009

As news spread of a Plant High teacher's battle with leukemia, students present and past quickly signed up to help through a Facebook page, "We Love Mrs. Phillips.'' Within 24 hours in August, Tamara Phillips went from thinking she had an infection to learning she had Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Phillips immediately started chemotherapy and blood transfusions at Moffitt Cancer Center. ...more

October 30, 2009

Cash isn't the only thing drying up in this economy. The historically steady flow of blood to the Tampa Bay area's primary blood bank is dwindling, the victim of layoffs at a number of major companies. Some businesses have seen donations drop 10 percent to 20 percent; others have canceled bloodmobile visits altogether. ...more

February 22, 2009

Cash isn't the only thing drying up in this economy. The historically steady flow of blood to the Tampa Bay area's primary blood bank is dwindling, the victim of layoffs at a number of major local companies. Some companies have seen donations drop 10 percent to 20 percent; others have canceled bloodmobile visits all together. ...more

February 17, 2009

The students at Riverview High School know how to turn a blood drive into a party. ...more

February 15, 2009

Katherine Evans said she was frustrated with her English teacher for ignoring her pleas for help with assignments and a brusque reproach when she missed class to attend a blood drive. ...more

February 8, 2009

PUTTING SUPER BOWL INTO PERSPECTIVE Steelers DE Aaron Smith learned three months ago that his 5-year-old son, Elijah, has lymphoblastic leukemia, a form of cancer that attacks the white blood cells. ...more

January 30, 2009

It is a known fact that during the holiday season, blood donations slow down because people focus on getting through the holidays, regular donors are traveling; there are many different reasons. Approximately four and a half million American lives are saved each year because of lifesaving blood transfusions made possible by blood donors around the nation. ...more

December 12, 2008

You can tell we're getting to that time of year when the air temperature is more tolerable because it seems there is a plethora of outdoor activities. And one of those is the Family Fun Day event that Keller Williams Realty South Shore is sponsoring from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at 6488 U.S. 41 N. ...more

October 17, 2008

TAMPA - U.S. troops in Iraq will be among the people benefiting from a blood drive today and Wednesday at University Community Hospital, according to the hospital. ...more

July 8, 2008