ACORN celebrates 50 years – Dental clinic serves patients from 27 Florida counties

Two churches launched the Alachua County Organization for Rural Needs, Inc. in 1974 to provide home-based medical services and social services referrals to low-income families. Two years later, it established a medical clinic and, in 1987, began offering dental services.

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] North Central Florida’s sole nonprofit dental clinic celebrated its 50th anniversary with a fundraising dinner and continues the effort through November with a fund-a-thon. According to a news release by the Alachua County Organization for Rural Needs, Inc., two churches launched the nonprofit in 1974 to provide home-based medical services and…

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