Good Stuff

The truck that sits in front of the Parrish Fire District's first home is a symbol of hard work. The district was formed by volunteers more than 30 years ago. Since then, it's operation has been a true community effort.

It was all laughter and smiles inside a Great Clips in South Tampa Tuesday night. You could hear the sound of clippers slicing off hundreds of thousands of strands of hair. Each will soon help make up a wig, which serves as a special layer of normality for girls like 3-year-old Trinity.

At 16 years old, Julie has spent a lifetime struggling with lung and breathing issues. This week, she lived out her dream when she connected with the person that has inspired her to keep fighting.

Jeremiah and his brother, Josh, were both diagnosed with cystic fibrosis as kids. Jeremiah has a love for Renaissance Fairs and Comic-Con, which fed into the birth of Pathway.

A simple act of kindness at a McDonald’s in Spring Hill, Florida ignited a chain reaction of giving Friday night. A little boy wearing worn-out, taped-up shoes now has a brand new pair, and much more, thanks to the kindness of strangers.

Christine Arians has a passion for helping the children who need it most, so when she and her family came to Tampa, she got to work, raising funds for the Arians Family Foundation.

Retired Air Force Sgt. Mark McDuffie, along with his wife and three children, received the keys to their new home in Riverview and got to go inside for the first time.

Before heading to class Thursday, dozens of students at Jesuit High School were up before 3 a.m., reporting to Metropolitan Ministries to assemble and package more than 7,000 meals for pickup during the Kiwanis Club of Tampa's biggest fundraiser of the year. 

A 5-year-old cancer survivor's lemonade stand got a major upgrade thanks to a couple of strangers who heard her story and wanted to help.

Before you see him, the putter of C. Ivan Stoltzfus' John Deere tractor catches your attention. 

It's a welcome home greeting 65 million years in the making!

He served his country for two decades, but during his last combat deployment, Anthony Kenworthy suffered severe injuries that left him a quadriplegic.

There's a new vending machine at Garden Elementary School in Venice and parents should be pretty happy about the treats inside: It's a book vending machine.

A woman in New Tampa is celebrating her 107th birthday.

Breast cancer was the diagnosis that turned Alisa Savoretti's world upside down.

Staff members at a Sarasota bar have taken nearly $15,000 in bills from the walls to help victims of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas.

A local organization's mission and operation is making sure those in the military know that they matter.

Blue skies and clear water; it couldn't have been a more perfect day to get out into Tampa Bay. With training camp behind them, that's exactly what the Lightning did today.