TAMPA - Folks walking by Lykes Gaslight Square in downtown Tampa today might do a double take as they pass thousands of cans illuminated by the sun and neatly lined up in the grass. The 15,000 Campbell's soup cans are part of Metropolitan Ministries' Food for Thought, a campaign to raise the profile of Bay area people in need. ...more

December 11, 2007

Jeff and Diana Kerr fell in love with the Guatemalan baby girl the moment they saw her photograph. The Minnesota couple decorated her pink and white nursery with pictures of flowers and butterflies, but now they don't know whether the 8-month-old will ever become their daughter. ...more

November 23, 2007

The American Farm Bureau Federation must be grocery shopping on another planet because it estimates you can feed Thanksgiving dinner to a family of 10 for $42.26. ...more

November 22, 2007

The U.S. House has passed legislation authorizing the creation of a national catastrophe fund that would help ensure American families are able to rebuild and recover in the aftermath of massive natural disasters. ...more

November 16, 2007

One of our greatest joys is volunteering as facilitators of a weekly caregiver support group. Every Thursday at 1 p.m., we meet with a number of Highlands County residents who care for loved ones with dementia. Since October 2000, Crown Pointe Assisted Living Facility has donated its activity room, coffee and cookies. At present, the majority of caregivers in our group are spousal caregivers - they take care of their husbands or wives. Most of them don't work outside the home and a daytime meeting works best for them. However, there's also a growing need in the county for an evening group. Many adult children with daytime jobs care for elderly parents. Some spousal caregivers may prefer to attend an evening meeting. ...more

September 21, 2007

Years ago, before she became the youngest player on the U.S. women's national team and a starter in this month's World Cup, Stephanie Lopez was visiting Mexico, her paternal grandparents' birthplace, when she decided to join the local boys on the soccer field. ...more

September 17, 2007