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Category: Comprehensive Basic Needs

Comprehensive Basic Needs • Events • Good Health and Well-being • Volunteerism
MLK Day of Service 2026 brings 400+ volunteers together across Northeast Florida

  Jan. 17, 2026 was a beautiful day to serve! While the morning of United Way of Northeast Florida’s MLK Day of Service was colder…

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Comprehensive Basic Needs • Good Health and Well-being • Volunteerism
Community in action: Coats, meals and holiday joy in late 2025

  2025 might be over, but we’re not done celebrating the season of giving! From a coat drive organized by one of our former Stein…

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Comprehensive Basic Needs • Financial Security • Good Health and Well-being • Success Stories • Volunteerism
From asking for help to inspiring others: Dana’s full-circle journey

      When Jacksonville mom Dana first called 211, she never imagined how deeply that one phone call would transform her life and, later, the…

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Comprehensive Basic Needs • Financial Security • Success Stories
RealSense helps local chef with money-saving review of tax return

  As the young executive chef of a local wine bar and restaurant, Peter Gil is no stranger to stressful and complex situations. He regularly…

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Comprehensive Basic Needs • Success Stories
Local Veteran Goes from Needing Help to Assisting Other Veterans

by Jeremy Ruffner   My name is Jeremy Ruffner. I’m a 39-year-old Marine Veteran, a single father of two amazing children, and I suffer from…

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