Raking leaves became a love language on Friday for over a dozen volunteers from the University of Florida chapter of the National Student Speech Language and Hearing Association.
The College of Public Health students woke early to take on yard work at a group home for six intellectually disabled adults.
?Volunteers from @UF cleaned this landscape for one of @TheArcAlachua group homes for adults with intellectual disabilities. ⤵️Check out this before & after they raked leaves and filled 75 paper bags! ?Tune into ATC w/ @erikaclesi at 9 & 11 p.m. to hear the story. @WUFTNews pic.twitter.com/mxaBQZVDLS — Fareeha Abrar (@FareehaAbrar) February 18, 2022
The Arc of Alachua County has 17 group homes embedded in neighborhoods all over Gainesville, and they've provided housing to about 160 adults with developmental disabilities.
The homes are staffed with at least two employees and a house manager.