JFCS Food Pantry Staples Needed

Meeting the needs of those who are hungry in our community is an on-going challenge and there are times of year when demand is high — holidays, cold weather, and summertime.  The Food Pantry is open on Tuesdays and Thursday at JFCS from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. As a result of the holidays, food staples are low today.   […]

San Marco Bookstore hosts “Frozen” food donation

  Disney’s Frozen Queen Elsa and Princess Anna (real sisters Anna Faith and Lexie Grace Carlson of New Smyrna Beach) made an appearance at San Marco Bookstore on Dec. 6. More than 600 attended the meet and greet that doubled as a benefit for Second Harvest Food Bank. “In all, our staff and customers donated […]

Stephanie Guerin Schoof

Stephanie Guerin Schoof

Stephanie “Stevie” Schoof, 69, has been a nurse for 48 years, a profession she was practically born into (surgeon father, nurse mother). Yet she keenly recalls there seemed few other professional options for women when she finished high school. Schoof said there were three choices: nurse, secretary or teacher. “When I was growing up those […]

Noah and Sarah Marks

Noah and Sarah Marks

The Marks, both architects, met at the University of Florida, married and moved to their San Marco home in 2012. Noah works for Kasper Architecture and Sarah is with Gresham, Smith & Partners. Through participation in company volunteer community service projects, they quickly felt part of Jacksonville. “Two months before the first One Spark Festival, […]