AVON PARK — The name is all wrong, confesses Matt Bokor. Redlands Christian Migrant Association is no longer just in the Redlands migrant labor camps of Homestead. It's expanded beyond its Christian upbringing into secular education for 21 Florida counties. It's not just for migrants anymore; any low-income family is served. And it's a charitable non-profit corporation. "The Mennonites started us," said Bokor's boss, Barbara Mainster. "They're 'love thy neighbor' Christians, and we're still that kind of Christian." ...more

January 6, 2008

Merrill Pratt Thomas was a Christmas angel Dec. 21 when she handed a $200,000 check to Sister Rosalie Hennessey, Bob Mohr and Frank Koebrich of the Community Foundation of Greater Sun City Center. ...more

January 2, 2008

Things To Do is a list of some of the most interesting upcoming events. For a complete list of Tampa Bay area events, see this week's Friday Extra. ...more

December 26, 2007

Things To Do is a list of some of the most interesting upcoming events. For a complete list of Tampa Bay area events, see this week's Friday Extra. ...more

December 19, 2007

Barnes & Noble has donated millions of books to organizations as part of its annual Holiday Book Drive over the past decade. ...more

December 15, 2007

Christmas came a few weeks early this year for a group of children in Wimauma. ...more

December 10, 2007

Santa Claus will come early to Virginia Park. But it's not the receiving of gifts that has neighbors abuzz, it's the giving. ...more

December 1, 2007

Era un día especial para la Redlands Christian Migrant Association (RCMA) en Plant City, porque ese lunes se inauguraba una nueva área para atender a los hijos de los trabajadores migratorios agrícolas de la zona. ...more

November 26, 2007

The third annual Sun City Center United Methodist Church Golf Tournament on Oct. 10 attracted 120 golfers and 24 dining participants to Falcon Watch Golf Club. ...more

November 3, 2007

A group of students got a head start on the holiday season by helping design a batch of Christmas cards for charity. ...more

October 24, 2007