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Sorority helps local families through Mission: Possible! program – Daytona Times

The Gamma Mu Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is helping the community with food and other need items. The local chapter is doing so through its A WISH, Inc., a non-profit organization created to help women,children and families in the greater Daytona Beach area and Volusia County. A WISH’s Mission: Possible! program distributes […]

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