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Dressed to kill, aimed to heal: Hope and Healing gala funds family service needs
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Sam Shoemaker, executive director, speaks to guests Saturday night during the ninth annual Gala for Hope and Healing at the Chattahoochee Country Club in Gainesville. Some 175 to 200 people attended the fundraiser for the Children’s Center for Hope and Healing. - photo by Erin O. Smith
The ninth annual Gala for Hope and Healing benefitting the Children’s Center for Hope and Healing was a scene straight from the Roaring ’20s era. Women with feathers in their hair and fringe on the end of their dresses and men snazzed up in suits and ties came out to show their support for the center. Sam Shoemaker, executive director of the center, had a mission for the event.
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Gainesville’s Ukrainian refugees fearful of future under Trump administration
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Ukrainian war refugees gather at Open Heaven Church Wednesday, March 13, 2025, to discuss their current plight in the U.S. and the possibility of their Temporary Protected Status being removed. - photo by Scott Rogers
When Yehor Kuznietsov speaks about the war, he stares pensively into the distance as if recounting a terrible dream.
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