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Thursday, August 21, 2008

MacDill Military spouses offer community

Military spouses offer community
By Jan Wesner, Times Staff Writer
In print: Friday, August 22, 2008


BRANDON — A group of military spouses in eastern Hillsborough County is helping strangers become best friends.

The group, which meets weekly at the MacDill Family Resource Center in Brandon and also holds other frequent get-togethers, brings together moms who are married to servicemen and who live in the Brandon-Riverview-Valrico area.

"At any given time there's several women whose husbands are deployed," said L. D. Gale, the group's unofficial leader.

Gayle Cook, director of the Brandon family center, credits Gale with organizing the group and keeping it running.

Members help each other with child care, parenting advice and whatever else they need.

They hold baby showers, recommend doctors and welcome new military families to the area. Some of them are training together for a triathlon.

About 80 percent of the 12,000 people stationed at MacDill live off base, primarily in eastern and southern Hillsborough County.
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