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More than 300 cardboard cutouts lining Gainesville streets represent kids helped by Edmondson-Telford
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Signs representing the approximately 325 children served by the Edmondson-Telford Center for Children in 2015 are being displayed along Washington and Green streets in downtown Gainesville in celebration of the the organization’s 20th anniversary. Pictured with two of the signs, from left, are Bella Dunagan; Brooke Gordon, who chairs the anniversary committee; and Sandra Reed, administrative assistant for the center. - photo by Norm Cannada
More than 300 signs depicting children started appearing alongside two Gainesville streets Wednesday as part of a local organization’s effort to celebrate its anniversary. Some of the approximately 325 signs began showing up on Washington Street during the day Wednesday, and more were being added on Green Street Wednesday night, according to Jane Carpenter, program director for the Edmondson-Telford Center for Children. The center is celebrating its 20th anniversary Thursday.