Ford of Ocala is part of a community involvement task force and organizes Initiatives for the benefit of the local community in the Ocala and Marion County area. The High Schools at Ocala usually got their senior portraits taken in the Schools' gymnasiums. After recent budget cuts, the schools no longer opened during the summer, leaving the seniors without a location to have their portraits taken. Ford of Ocala came up with a solution and offered to host the Senior Portraits for the local High Schools affected by the budget cuts at no cost to the school and students. The participating schools were North Marion High, Vanguard High, Trinity Catholic High, and Dunnellon High.

Steve Hollosi and the Ford of Ocala team were commended by the local community for allowing several hundred students to be photographed for senior portraits in their dealership over the last several weeks. Jeff Wilkinson from SWI Photographers was very grateful because he could not find a place which could accommodate this number of students anywhere in Marion County. We all know what an important milestone senior portraits represent, and it goes without saying that the students were very appreciative as well.

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Ford of Ocala is part of a community involvement task force and organizes Initiatives for the benefit of the local community in the Ocala and Marion County area. Ford of Ocala was instrumental in coordinating a blood donation drive in Florida during July. The drive was a success and the willingness of the donors to contribute towards saving lives was inspiring. The efforts of Ford of Ocala have always been greatly appreciated and their support of the community blood program will go a long way toward replenishing blood supplies and ultimately saving lives. Around 6 units of valuable blood were collected during this drive. Ford of Ocala hopes to further increase the contribution and ongoing support of the local community towards this important community program in the future and generally spread awareness about the significance of blood donation.

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