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Florida's quote of the day
"For people to give this much, they have to trust where their money is going."
Even to the woman who started it all, the news that more than $2 million had been raised in this year’s Season of Sharing campaign was stunning.
“I have always known that generosity is Sarasota’s core competency, but this exceeds any expectations I ever might have had,” said Diane McFarlin, dean of the College of Journalism at the University of Florida, who began the program as publisher of the Herald-Tribune in 2000. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think the community would raise so much money, year after year.”
Read more at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.