TAMPA, Fla. — A new activities center for kids celebrated its groundbreaking Tuesday morning in Tampa.
“A Kid’s Place” is designed to help youths currently in foster care or aging out of foster care. The non-profit provides services that help meet social, educational, medical and psychological needs of children and young adults between 18 and 22 years old.
The organization aims to keep siblings together until a more permanent home can be provided.
This new activities center has nearly 13,000 square feet of multipurpose space, including classrooms, a computer lab, and areas for focusing on independent living skills and mentoring. It will also provide spaces for birthday parties and other celebrations.
Since 2009, A Kid’s Place has served more than 1,700 foster children in Tampa Bay.
'Cruise lights' on Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office patrol cars raise questions, confusion among drivers
Every driver knows that when you see red and blue flashing lights on a patrol car, you slow down, pull over, or get out of the way.
But in Hillsborough County, drivers will also now see deputies with their lights on, but not flashing. They're called "cruise lights," and the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) recently implemented their use on all patrol vehicles.
