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UF Health and Shriners Hospitals for Children have forged a unique relationship that will have a meaningful impact for children with musculoskeletal problems. The two institutions announced in October that Shriners Hospitals for Children will create the Shriners professorship in pediatric orthopaedics, the Shriners fellowship in pediatric orthopaedics and funding for improvements at the pediatric...

The African American Accountability Alliance, Inc. (4As) will be hosting a Joint Town Hall Meeting with members of the Alachua County Commission and Gainesville City Commission regarding the “Future Development of East Gainesville/Alachua County.” The Town Hall Meeting will be held on Monday, November 18th, 6:00 pm inside the Thomas Coward Auditorium located inside the...

WellFlorida Council was selected as a winner in the 26th annual National Health Information Awards. This program recognizes the best consumer health information programs and materials. The HIV Care Programs website (HIVCarePrograms.org) and brochure received a Silver Award in the Total Health Information category. The marketing materials were designed and edited by Jill Dygert, WellFlorida’s...

The Education Foundation has awarded laptops to 20 students from their Take Stock in Children program thanks to the generosity of Cox Communications.  Students were surprised in the company of their school administrators, parents and Take Stock in Children mentors. “We want to encourage these students and reward them for their hard work in school,...

Alachua County has joined the “Age-Friendly Initiative,” a network of more than 847 cities and communities in 41 countries, working to improve their physical and social environments to become better places in which to grow old.  The designation, approved by AARP, makes Alachua County one of more than 384 Age-Friendly Communities across the United States....

For decades, chronic back pain dominated Felix Favicchio’s life. On most nights, sleep came fitfully. Simply lying in bed brought searing torment. His days weren’t much better. “On a good day, I would try to get up and do something. I would have to go back in the house. I couldn’t do anything because of...

Food Delivery App’s Holiday Food Drive is Under Way Bite Squad, the popular food delivery app, has launched its Share Thanksgiving food drive campaign. The goal is to help feed families in need by providing them with free Thanksgiving meals. Beginning today, when anyone orders from Bite Squad, the company will make a donation that...

The UF Medical Guild has awarded grant funding to 14 nonprofit organizations to support community-wide health and wellness projects, including one aimed at helping improve survival rates from sudden cardiac arrest in East Gainesville. The UF Health Chest Pain Center, in coordination with the UF Health PulsePoint task force, applied for the Medical Guild grant...

November is recognized as National Hunger Month in America. In 2008, a Strike Out Hunger community-wide food drive was held to benefit the Alachua county food bank and pantries.  Since then, the awareness events have grown with the collaboration of groups throughout our area.  The Long Foundation, Inc., The Martin Luther King, Jr, Commission of...

The City of Gainesville is hosting a series of public workshops to help inform the work of the newly created Gainesville Community Reinvestment Area (GCRA) over the course of the next ten years. The meetings will be held the week of November 4 in each of the four previous community redevelopment areas – Eastside, Fifth...