OLDSMAR - Four Tampa Bay area Olympians will help kick off the Upper Tampa Bay Relay for Life on Friday at Tampa Bay Downs. The event is a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society and will include 20 or more teams that are to keep at least one team member walking or running on a course around the paddock and parking lot area of the facility from 6 p.m. Friday until 10 a.m. Saturday. ...more

May 9, 2008

Every year the American Cancer Society invites cancer survivors to their "Relay For Life." I attended the one on April 26 in Sebring at Firemen's Field. This year all the volunteers and businesses outdid themselves. They must have put in long hours to do such a great job. ...more

May 8, 2008

When you're fighting cancer, you want to be armed with as much information as possible. ...more

May 2, 2008

Un grupo de jóvenes colombianos de la Bahía de Tampa está dando impulso a una manifestación contra las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), semejante a otras que tendrán lugar en más de un centenar de ciudades de todo el mundo. ...more

February 1, 2008

Bruno Giraldo and Carlos Castro met in January and formed a quick bond, connected by passion for their native Colombia and disgust for the rebels accused of terrorism and kidnappings there. ...more

January 31, 2008

Giving the gift of health doesn't have to mean buying someone a gym membership or a treadmill. One of my favorite gifts reduces stress and supports a good cause. ...more

December 21, 2007

When Doris Sidoti of Valrico, a board member for the Southeast Hillsborough Unit of the American Cancer Society, approached Lila Campanelli-Purifoy about being a model for the 2008 Calendar of Cancer Survivors, she said her old inhibitions about being photographed seemed petty. ...more

December 6, 2007

When it came to cameras, Valrico resident Lila Campanelli-Purifoy would just as soon be out of the picture. ...more

November 28, 2007

Teams all across America are gearing up for the 2008 American Cancer Society's Relay for Life campaign. ...more

October 31, 2007