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Santa Fe College and members of the Gainesville community send care packages to Florida soldiers serving in Iraq and Kuwait every month. As Erica Cordell reports, on Wednesday “Operation Care Pak” sent more than 18 packages to show support for the troops. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/3carepak.mp3]

Alachua County Veterans Services invites the Gainesville community to a special Memorial Day ceremony. The ceremony and barbeque will honor a unique group of Gainesville veterans. WUFT’s Erica Cordell talked with retired Alachua County Veterans Services Director, Jim Lynch about the 20,000 veterans in Gainesville. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/5lynch2.mp3]

The man who has helped veterans in Alachua County for more than two decades is retiring. The veteran community in Gainesville consists of 20,000 people. Jim Lynch has helped secure benefits for many of them. WUFT’s Erica Cordell sat down with Lynch on the eve of his retirement to talk …

Alachua County residents lined 39th avenue to welcome home Marine, Lance Corporal Phillip Paul Clark on Thursday (May 27th). The motorcade started in Jacksonville and ended up at Williams Thomas Funeral Home in Jonesville. WUFT’s Andrea Gazmuri talked with some of the people who turned out to show their respect …

Nicknamed the “Greatest Generation,” American World War II veterans are getting older and older. In fact, experts estimate about 1,000 of them die each day. And as these men and women pass away, their great American stories often perish with them. Vic Micolucci spoke with a North Central Florida veteran …

Teenagers in Marion County are working for a good cause to try and staying out of jail. Jessica Gable spoke with Marion County Sheriff’s Spokesman Judge Cochran on how the “Work in Lieu of Arrest” program is giving troubled teens a chance to learn new lessons in work ethic. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/Wila.mp3]

In light of Women’s History Month, Santa Fe Community College is honoring local leaders as “Women Of Distinction.” Since 1987, the college has recognized five prominent women in Alachua and Bradford Counties each year. SFC also chooses a “Woman Of Promise” for outstanding service to the community. UF student, Stephanie …

More than 750,000 people find themselves homeless every day in America. While shelters and organizations provide meals for those in need daily, still hundreds of thousands of people go hungry on a daily basis. No where is the issue more controversial than Gainesville where homeless advocates say current restrictions keep …

Workers bend over in a bean field in Homestead, Florida right outside of the Everglades the day after Thanksgiving. The migrant worker’s story, like so many groups who live in poverty, is often a forgotten one. Many young migrants have now made an effort to come together and use new, …

Twenty-two year old farm worker and student Veronica Lopez takes a break from picking beans on a windy day after Thanksgiving in Homestead, Florida. A day of hard labor in the fields for a migrant worker yields about 30 dollars on a good day. A hard day in the classroom …