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Mortgage paid for a year for Gainesville man

Sisters Viridiana Hernandez, left, and Sofia Ramirez, 13, are all smiles during Monday's Georgia Wealth Gives Back event at America's Home Place. Georgia Wealth Advisors awarded the Ramirez family with a year’s worth of house payments.

1122RAMIREZ4 — Sisters Viridiana Hernandez, left, and Sofia Ramirez, 13, are all smiles during Monday's Georgia Wealth Gives Back event at America's Home Place. Georgia Wealth Advisors awarded the Ramirez family with a year’s worth of house payments.

For two decades, Tomas Ramirez helped put a roof over the heads of Gainesville’s homeless. On Monday, members of the community helped in part to return the favor. Ramirez, who ran the Good News at Noon shelter on Davis Street for more than 20 years, was surprised with 12 months of mortgage payments and hundreds of dollars in gift cards.