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Alachua County approves $5,000 reimbursement for Strike Out Hunger Thanksgiving giveaway
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners voted 4–1 to reimburse the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission $5,000 for the Strike Out Hunger Thanksgiving basket giveaway, amid debate about whether such awards should be one-time grants or budgeted recurring items.
The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners voted 4–1 on Feb. 9 to reimburse the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission $5,000 for its Strike Out Hunger Thanksgiving basket giveaway.
Pastor Gloria Hutchinson, grants writer for the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, told the board the program distributed more than 900 Thanksgiving baskets last year and coordinated donations of thousands of pounds of food. "The Thanksgiving basket giveaway program…
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