Friday, December 9, 2011
Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon and Rays players and coaches will serve a traditional meal at South 717 tonight, Dec. 9.
Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon will host his sixth annual Thanksmas fundraiser event at 717 South restaurant Friday night, Dec. 9. Since 2006, Maddon and his team have cooked and served a traditional meal, which includes spaghetti, meatballs, salad, pierogies, sausage, Italian bread, and cake, to hundreds of needy folks around the Tampa Bay area between Thanksgiving and Christmas, hence the name Thanksmas. This is the second year in a row that Maddon will host a fundraiser for Thanksmas at 717 South, 717 S Howard Ave. “We’re proud to be a part of Joe’s vision,” said restaurant owner Michael Stewart. “The holidays are a time for being together with loved ones, and for people who are homeless this is an especially hard time for them. We …
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
A local church provides a free hot breakfast, clothing and haircuts to those in need in the community.
Every Sunday morning, a crowd starts to gather outside the Hyde Park United Methodist Church, but the folks are not church-goers. Homeless men and women and other South Tampa needy residents come to the church located between West Azeele Street and South Magnolia Avenue for a free, hot meal and a chance to make connections with those who can help. The Open Arms Ministry at Hyde Park United Methodist Church started as a breakfast program over 15 years ago, when the minister’s wife began serving sandwiches in the parking lot to two handful of people. Now, a staff of about 20 church members and volunteers serve a full hot meal to anywhere from 170 to 270 men, women and children every Sunday morning. Because the meal is served on private …
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Hyde Park United Methodist Church
500 W Platt St, Tampa, FL
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Tampa Epoch is a new monthly newspaper that will be sold on street corners by homeless people.
Every night, Vincent Dettore sleeps “wherever” in Hyde Park. After losing his house four years ago, the unemployed 50-year-old man made an average of $30 to $60 a day soliciting on the streets of South Tampa, until a new city ordinance banning panhandling six days a week went into effect on Nov. 1. While the ban targets panhandling, it exempts newspaper vendors. Today, Dettore was among two handfuls of needy folks waiting to pick up the premiere copies of the Tampa Epoch at Public Storage on West Kennedy Boulevard. The Tampa Epoch is a newly launched street newspaper that focuses on homelessness and poverty. Starting Tuesday, Nov. 15, the monthly paper will be sold on Tampa street corners by indigent people for $1. Publisher Bill Sharpe …
Dwayne
6:13 am on Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Vincent Dettore Is good friend and a lot more of the people in Tampa are to you i lived in Tampa for some time and i head to stay on the the starts of Tampa for a little time and got to no a lot of them and all of the people that i got to no did not have a problems Drugs or Ala is that some do make money but can not a ford to keep a home or appointment so the steers become home for some people so… more ›