Metropolitan Ministries, as part of its effort to curb homelessness, is reaching out to contemporary Christian music artist Amy Grant. ...more

May 6, 2009

Sweetbay Supermarket celebrated Earth Day by participating in a canvas bag conversion with Macfarlane Park Elementary School. Sweetbay donated 400 canvas fold-away bags in exchange for more than 10,000 plastic bags the school collected between February and May. ...more

May 6, 2009

One hundred days. One hundred service opportunities. "This 100 Days plan has nothing to do with money," said Aaliyah Mitchell, assistant principal at Macfarlane Park Elementary School. "It's about giving time and giving your heart." ...more

April 1, 2009

A perfect 300 score from the Department of Education for a Pre-K program offered by a homeless ministry? ...more

April 1, 2009

Employees at Beef O' Brady's restaurant on State Road 60 in Valrico will be flipping flapjacks today to raise funds for the 7-month-old daughter of one of their co-workers. ...more

March 28, 2009

Daniel Bernard Romain, a hip-hop violinist from New York City, worked with children at Metropolitan Ministries Academy on March 10 as an outreach of the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center's Patel Conservatory. Romain also performed in concert at the conservatory's TECO Theater on March 12. ...more

March 25, 2009

The fashion show season is in full swing, with groups planning events to showcase spring collections and raise money for the charities. ...more

March 25, 2009

Establishing a traveling theater group at Tampa Preparatory long had been a dream of teacher Scott Warfel. ...more

March 18, 2009

Establishing a traveling theater group at Tampa Preparatory long had been a dream of teacher Scott Warfel. ...more

March 18, 2009

Establishing a travelling theater group at Tampa Preparatory long had been a dream of teacher Scott Warfel. ...more

March 18, 2009