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People dodge balls to save lives
By MELISSA QUINN | Dec. 8, 2009MONEY RAISED SUPPORTS CLINIC IN TANZANIA
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UF student collects toothbrushes for Kenyans
By MELISSA QUINN | Nov. 22, 2009When 12-year-old Hussein Muhammad felt pain in his molar, his mother knew how to fix it. She tied a piece of string to his tooth and yanked, hard. She couldn’t afford to take him to the dentist, so instead she performed the extraction herself.
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Bears for Cares program gives stuffed animals to cancer patients
By MELISSA QUINN | Nov. 15, 2009In the lobby of the Shands at UF cancer unit, a life-size teddy bear stares out at passers-by. The bear is one of thousands of stuffed animals distributed by the North Central Area of the American Cancer Society’s Bears for Cares program.
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UF receives federal grants to increase alcohol awareness
By MELISSA QUINN | Nov. 5, 2009UF is increasing alcohol awareness after receiving two grants from the U.S. Department of Education in July and October. The money will be used to create a new advertising campaign, which will debut in the spring.
