Making a "featured content" link go to a specific part of a page.

I want to make the first column of featured content point to a specific part of my homepage. To be a bit more precise, in html it would be extremely simple with an "anchor":

<a name="section"></a>
and
<a href="#section">Go to section</a>

I don't know php, but I know a bit of html and java, so if I can be pointed in the right direction I may be able to figure it out. My main problem is that I can't find where I'm supposed to edit.