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Alternative Christmas Market meets charitable needs at home and abroad

More than a dozen local, regional and international not-profit organizations accept donations on behalf of friends and family on each shopper's gift list.

Grant looks to see if FAMU’s Historic Gibbs Cottage has a future

Florida A & M University is exploring the idea that it can save oldest wooden structures on campus from the ravages of time and nature. After years of mounting deterioration, FAMU is using recent funding to explore possible options to restore Gibb's Cottage.
The cottage was the home of Thomas Van Renssalaer Gibbs, a former state representative who was responsible for the legislative actions that led to the creation of FAMU. The cottage served as his residence while Gibbs was the university's first Vice President between 1887 and 1900.

A multi-million-dollar grant will greatly expand Big Bend Cares’ services for the unhoused

The regional organization's award was based on its successful efforts in recent years to serve the unhoused population.

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