The need is greater than ever, Salvation Army officials say as they plead for last-minute donations to fill holiday food boxes and to place toys under the Christmas tree for needy children. ...more

December 12, 2009

The Wildlife Survival Sanctuary will hold their seventh annual Big Cat Christmas from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 at 18212 Booming Road. ...more

December 11, 2009

More than 125 homeless animals will spend Christmas in cages at the Humane Society of Highlands County. We are trying to make their Christmas special. Petco and Pet Supermarket are sponsoring a "Tree of Hope." ...more

December 11, 2009

Over 125 homeless animals will spend Christmas in cages at the Humane Society. We are trying to make their Christmas special. Petco and Pet Supermarket are sponsoring a Tree of Hope. We are asking people to pick a card off the tree with an animal's name on it and buy that animal a gift. Gifts can be left in donation boxes at each of the stores, or brought directly to the shelter. Monetary donations can be mailed to the shelter, Humane Society, 7321 Haywood Taylor Blvd., Sebring, FL. 33870. Location is on Haywood Taylor Boulevard, near the Sebring Airport. ...more

December 8, 2009

This holiday season in Pasco County, a number of businesses are seeking community donations for charity projects, hoping to provide the food, toiletries and even the books and toys needed to brighten the holidays of people in need. ...more

November 28, 2009

It was a good deed, indeed. Some 50 Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts fulfilled their daily mission to do a good deed as they helped launch the annual Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots campaign in west Pasco County on Friday. ...more

November 12, 2009

Some 50 Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts helped launch the annual Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots campaign in West Pasco on Friday. ...more

November 11, 2009

Dressed in colorful attire, mothers and daughters came together recently to have tea and help the Hope Children's Home. ...more

April 1, 2009

Nazdar, The annual Masaryktown community meeting was held last Sunday at the Community Hall. The slate of new community officers are President Jimmy Sikes, Vice-President Larry Dodson, Secretary Linda Lovelady and Treasurer Athena Sikes, along with board members Ann Hendrix, Angie Pruitt and Niki Levesque and bingo chairman Gene Richards. Big thank yous to the outgoing officers, and good luck to the incoming officers. ...more

January 25, 2009

Two community-minded women are friendly contenders for an annual award named for the late Sharon Carter, known until her death in 2007 as the face and the heart of the Seffner Chamber of Commerce. ...more

January 14, 2009