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Hillsborough county offers free online classes on financial management

Hillsborough county offers free online classes on financial management

Hillsborough, Florida -- Hillsborough County Extension Service, in association with with the University of Florida Extension and Okaloosa, Duval and Lake County Extension offices, is offering free live interactive online classes on financial management. 

The classes, dates and times are as follows:

Hillsborough celebrates St. Pat's with discounts on cats!

Hillsborough celebrates St. Pat's with discounts on cats!

HIllsborough County, Florida-- Celebrate St. Patricks Day by adopting a cat!

All during March, felines one-year and older are offered for the wee cost of just $20 --including spay/neuter surgery, vaccination, micro-chip, and license tag.

Hillsborough County Animal Services on Falkenburg Road is open daily from 10 a.m. until 7 a.m. for adoptions and lost pet searches.

Click here to visit their website.

Help available to pay your electric bill

Help available to pay your electric bill

Ruskin, Florida -- For the next several weeks, Hillsborough County has funds immediately available to assist low-income Ruskin residents with payments of their delinquent electric bills through its Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).

Qualifications:

FREE tax prep for select Hillsborough residents

FREE tax prep for select Hillsborough residents

Hillsborough Co., FL-- Extension Service is offering free tax preparation assistance for those who earned $57,000 or less in 2012. Tax filers will be able to access a self-guided tax preparation program and receive assistance, as needed, from an IRS trained and certified volunteer. This free service will be available by appointment only on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. starting Feb. 5 through April 9.

Humane Society to offer free shot clinic for pets Saturday

Humane Society to offer free shot clinic for pets Saturday

Hillsborough Co., FL-- The Humane Society of Tampa Bay will host a free vaccination clinic for dogs and cats for all Hillsborough County residents tomorrow. 

They will have standard vaccinations, like rabies shots, at no charge for the first 1,000 pets. In addition, Hillsborough County Animal Services will be on hand offering free licenses for those with proof of residence in the following zip codes: 

Fern Family Farm to give away free quarts of strawberries this weekend

Fern Family Farm to give away free quarts of strawberries this weekend

 

Riverview, FL-- The Fern Family Farms in Riverview will give out free quarts of strawberries to the public this Saturday and Sunday.

The farm's building is still under construction, but to ensure the berries don't go to waste, they're allowing anyone and everyone to pick up a free quart between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. both days this weekend.

Any additional berries after the free quart will be available at 50% off!

Directions provided by the farm are as follows:

Bicycle registation event in Hillsborough

Bicycle registation event in Hillsborough

Hillsborough Co., FL - On Saturday, January 19, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office will be holding bicycle registration events throughout the county.

Bicycle theft is growing problem in our community. By registering your bicycle, you are helping to prevent theft and increasing the chances of getting your bicycle returned, if it is ever reported lost or stolen.

Registering your bicycle is free and bike lights will be given away at the events while supplies last!