Deputy Michelle Branscomb has organized the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office's District III toy drive for 13 years. And on Dec. 20 she was able to give toys to 310 children, many delivered by her personally to their homes. ...more

December 31, 2008

Deputy Michelle Branscomb has organized the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office's District III toy drive for 13 years. And on Dec. 20 she was able to give toys to 310 children, many delivered by her personally to their homes. ...more

December 31, 2008

A trust fund has been established to help the 7-year-old son of an Avon Park police officer who died while on duty Christmas Day. ...more

December 31, 2008

Members of Executive Women International, Tampa Bay Chapter, were in festive spirits at their Toys for Tots drive Dec. 10 at the University of Tampa. The chapter requested donations of unwrapped toys for the Marine Toys for Tots Program. At 7 p.m., Marines from the 4th Amphibious Assault Battalion, stationed in Tampa, arrived to collect more than 100 new toys. ...more

December 31, 2008

Alya Schwieterman, 2, opens one of the gifts. ...more

December 24, 2008

SOUTH TAMPA It was a memorable night of music performed by young artists at the second annual Christmas concert to benefit Foster Angels of Hillsborough County, held Dec. 10 at The Grand Beauty Spa on Kennedy Boulevard. ...more

December 24, 2008

Thanks to the donation by Home Depot, families that can't afford a Christmas tree can pick one up free at the Highlands County Family YMCA. ...more

December 20, 2008

Some 200 families walked away from Metropolitan Ministries on Tuesday empty-handed and hungry. ...more

December 19, 2008

A day after The Salvation Army turned to the community for 500 turkeys, the agency received enough birds and donations to feed its 5,300 families and then some. ...more

December 17, 2008

A day after The Salvation Army turned to the community for 500 turkeys, the agency received enough birds and donations to feed its 5,300 families and then some. ...more

December 16, 2008