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Teens, adults serve elderly and disabled for a week in Gainesville

Carleigh Odell, 13, holds a board as Ricky Smith marks a measurement Friday morning at a Gainesville Aid ramp project on Cooley Drive. The group builds wheelchair ramps, mow lawns, make home repairs, and provide other services for the elderly and disabled.

0610GAP1 — Carleigh Odell, 13, holds a board as Ricky Smith marks a measurement Friday morning at a Gainesville Aid ramp project on Cooley Drive. The group builds wheelchair ramps, mow lawns, make home repairs, and provide other services for the elderly and disabled.

For one week each summer for seven years, Jacob Frier committed himself to helping others. He accomplished that through the Gainesville Aid Project, a nonprofit organization that completes various service projects for the elderly and disabled. But this year, Frier was concerned he could not join the workforce.