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house to feed them. Hitchcock’s Foodway is giving gift certificates to each host family to help with groceries. There are plenty of other opportunities to help. The organization is accepting food donations for special events, and also needs volunteers at the series to help with parking, concession/souvenir sales and other tasks. In the days leading up to the first game, the organization will also need help at Alachua Woman’s Club where the headquarters will be located. The 2010 series promises to be not only an economic boom, but an exercise in community bonding as well. “Babe Ruth loves to go in small communities because they love to see where the World Series is the thing for the week,” Brady said. “In a big city like Orlando or Houston it gets lost in the shuffle, because the whole community doesn’t get involved. [Here] when you go into the shops, gas station, wherever it is, they’ll be talking about that.” Brady added the efforts fit nicely with the North Central Florida culture of pure, simple all-American fun. “What Alachua has done is held on to things [people] can still enjoy despite hard times,” Brady said. “The Santa Fe softball board has elected to make this a family event. The entire family can come out for five dollars for a day and enjoy the World Series.” s For more information or to volunteer to help, e-mail Hal Brady at hbrady@cityofalachua.com or call 386-462-1610.