Hi Tammy

I'm new here too, but just browsing around, I can tell this be a pretty great place to be a part of. Glad you're here!

I don't know of anybody who gets their hosting for free, but I have found that on a lot of freelance contest sites (like designcontest.net or designoutpost.com), people offer free hosting instead of actual monetary prizes. Other than that I only know of hosting services that are really cheap, but good. Without blatently advertising services (like godaddy.com), you just have to look around...

Cya!