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Earlier this year, First Federal Bank presented United Way of North Central Florida (UWNCFL) with a $10,000 check for their Home Sweet Home initiative.  The Home Sweet Home initiative aims to help find solutions to end childhood homelessness. Through partnerships with the school system, homeless service providers and other nonprofit organizations, this comprehensive approach helps...

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded approximately $240,000 in literacy grants to Florida nonprofit organizations. These grants are part of the Dollar General Literacy Foundation’s largest one-day grant announcement, which supports summer, family and adult literacy programs.  In total, the Foundation awarded more than $8.6 million to approximately 970 nonprofit organizations, libraries and schools...

United Way of North Central Florida (UWNCFL) has received 15,000 rolls of Cottonelle toilet paper from United Way of Marion County. This special delivery was a donation from United Way Worldwide (UWW), in partnership with Kimberly-Clark and Cottonelle to donate 1 million rolls to communities stressed to find necessary essentials during COVID-19. According to UWW’s...

University of Florida Health is rolling out plans for a rigorous “test-and-trace” program to support the staged reopening of the UF, an expansive data-driven effort that will allow students, faculty and staff to return to campus as safely as possible while minimizing the risk of infection from the novel coronavirus The program builds on UF...

The University of Florida’s iconic Century Tower is now awash in blue light as a tribute to the thousands of dedicated UF Health hospital workers and their colleagues worldwide. The 11-story tower on Newell Drive will remain bathed in blue light nightly through May 16. The special lighting coincides with National Nurses Week (May 6-12)...

The University of Florida Health Family Medical Group has opened in Starke, giving patients convenient access to primary care and pediatric services as well as the broader medical expertise of the UF Health system. The UF Health Family Medical Group – Starke is now caring for patients of Shands Starke Medical Group and accepting new...

Oragenics, Inc. has announced its acquisition of Noachis Terra Inc., following its entry into a stock purchase agreement to develop and commercialize TerraCoV2, a vaccine candidate which could provide specific immunity from the novel coronavirus (“SARS-CoV-2”), the root cause of coronavirus disease 2019. Noachis Terra Inc., holds a worldwide, nonexclusive license to the TerraCoV2 vaccine...

When COVID-19 hit, nearly 2.6 million Florida households were one emergency away from financial ruin — a 10-year record high — setting the stage for the unprecedented economic impact of the crisis, according to the state’s latest ALICE Report, released today by United Way of Florida, in partnership with United For ALICE. Across our six-county...

University of Florida Health is resuming all elective inpatient and outpatient surgeries and procedures at all its locations, recognizing the urgency of ramping up services for non-coronavirus patients whose medical conditions and illnesses require care even in the face of a global pandemic. This includes all UF Health hospitals in Gainesville, Jacksonville and Central Florida,...

United Way of North Central Florida (UWNCFL) has announced it received a $10,000 grant from Truist Financial Corporation for the United We Care Emergency Relief Fund. The grant is part of the financial services company’s Truist Cares initiative, a $25 million philanthropic pledge announced in March to support basic needs, medical supplies and financial hardship...