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Rodney Long, president and CEO of The Long Foundation, Inc., acknowledged benefactors and beneficiaries, presented the collection's results and announced the 2013 food drive dates to the Alachua County Commission Tuesday morning.

One homeless woman in Alachua County speaks of her struggles, living environment and daily life.

Seven Gainesville area IHOPs are serving up free pancakes in exchange for suggested donations to the Children’s Miracle Network.

FIGHT and Gators for Free the Slaves are hosting 'Justice Week' to increase awareness about human trafficking on a global scale.

The goal was simple: blend all of the different flavors found in Latin America all under one roof, and make it accessible to the diverse people who call Gainesville home.

Armed with clipboards and food for participants, volunteers with the Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry collected information about this area's homeless people.

On what would have been Martin Luther King's 84th birthday, people around the nation are celebrating his life, as well as the second inauguration of President Barack Obama. The Martin Luther King Jr. Commission of Florida hosted a variety of events today to mark the occasion at the memorial gardens bearing his name in downtown Gainesville.

Hundreds attended Gainesville's Martin Luther King Jr. parade Monday in honor of the civil rights leader. The crowd marched down University Avenue as King and his followers marched for equality in Washington in 1963.

Many food banks in North Florida found their shelves emptied as they helped out people over Christmas.  Now, as Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM’s Forrest Smith reports, they are working to restock shelves, as well as bank accounts. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/news/files/2012/12/FOODBKWEB.mp3]    

The Holiday season is well underway and with Christmas around the corner, many people are scrambling to find the perfect gift for their friends and loved ones.