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👋 Meet May’s LoveLakeland CityMaker

May 16, 2023 • 
LoveLakeland CityMaker
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Kristina + Jeremy Mockabee, LoveLakeland’s recently-named May 2023 CityMakers.

LoveLakeland’s CityMakers are Lakelanders who “go the extra mile for their city and their fellow person.”

Photo provided by LoveLakeland

Congratulations are in order for Kristina + Jeremy Mockabee, LoveLakeland’s recently-named May 2023 CityMakers.

Driven by a devout passion to do good, these captains of The Salvation Army are fighting to address homelessness to create generational change in our community.

Know someone who goes the extra mile for LAL (and their fellow Lakelanders)? Nominate the next CityMaker.*

Read the Mockabee’s story

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