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Children offer treats to 6-year-old therapy horse Gracie the Clydesdale at the “Meet A Clydesdale” event at the Newberry branch of the Alachua County Library. The horse's owner, 22-year-old UF veterinary student Kim Fiore, says Gracie weighs 1,400 pounds and eats an average of 50 pounds of food each day.

Donation boxes pop up throughout the county when December rolls around, and events such as on-site toy drives begin lining calendars. Here are a few organizations operating toy drives in Alachua this year.

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Holiday Toy Drive

By Henry A. Moore | 10:46am

Donation boxes pop up throughout the county when December rolls around, and events such as on-site toy drives begin lining calendars. Here are a few organizations operating toy drives in Alachua this year.

Protestors of the death penalty sit outside Florida State Prison and pray in opposition to the execution of Mark Allen Geralds. Geralds was executed in Raiford on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.

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By Bayden Armstrong | Dec. 9

Protestors of the death penalty sit outside Florida State Prison and pray in opposition to the execution of Mark Allen Geralds. Geralds was executed in Raiford on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.

Reverend Phillip Egitto speaks with Abraham Bonowitz outside Florida State Prison in opposition to the execution of Mark Allen Geralds. Geralds was executed in Raiford on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.

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By Bayden Armstrong | Dec. 9

Reverend Phillip Egitto speaks with Abraham Bonowitz outside Florida State Prison in opposition to the execution of Mark Allen Geralds. Geralds was executed in Raiford on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.

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