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Sebring area nonprofit receives funding from Winn-Dixie Foundation

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Special to Highlands Today

Published: August 23, 2009

SEBRING - Heartland Rural Health Network received a $5,000 gift from the Winn-Dixie Foundation earlier this month.

"We realize the importance of giving back to the communities we serve, and it is even more critical in this challenging economy," said Frank Steele, district manager for the Tampa division of Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. "We are honored to support these worthy organizations that make such a positive difference in the lives of so many."

At a presentation held at a newly remodeled Winn-Dixie store in Sebring, Steele presented the oversized check to a representative from the Heartland Rural Health Network Inc., an organization that provides health care to rural residents.

The money will be used to supplement the salary of the two community health workers as well as bring in a part-time employee, according to Kathy MacNeill, associate director of the diabetes master clinician program.

The not-for-profit Winn-Dixie Foundation was created in 1944 and makes grants to local nonprofit organizations focused on hunger, women and children, education, and health. It is funded each year by The Winn-Dixie Charity Classic presented by Wachovia.

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