For 85 years, Garden Circle seeks to beautify San Marco

For 85 years, Garden Circle seeks to beautify San Marco

For the past 85 years, the San Marco Garden Circle, a small group of women, bonded by a mutual love of gardening, has taken it upon themselves to beautify their neighborhood. Balis Park’s sparkling Christmas tree, Kings Road Park’s festive holiday decorations, Landon Park’s rose garden, and the routine mulching and maintenance of landscaping in […]

Looking back at Jessie Ball duPont Center’s first year

Looking back at Jessie Ball duPont Center’s first year

The transformation of the former Haydon Burns Library into the Jessie Ball duPont Center did much more than preserve an architectural treasure. It designated Northeast Florida as a respected model of collaboration among nonprofit organizations. The building’s airy design fosters communication among its nonprofit tenants and the group concept provides innovative opportunities to bring the […]

Cookie mommas bring touch of home to men in prison

Cookie mommas bring touch of home to men in prison

Making cookies for Julie Seals’ prison ministry is like sending a “big hug of home,” said Lori Ibach. Ibach, who lives in San Marco, is one of 12 “Cookie Makin’ Mommas” who gather in Suzanne Honeycutt’s San Marco kitchen each month to make more than 16 dozen cookies for Julie Seals’ prison ministry that serves […]

CISV continues to build a more peaceful world

CISV continues to build a more peaceful world

The local Jacksonville chapter of the Children’s International Summer Villages (CISV) is spreading peace, one child at a time. The organization, whose goal is to inspire the youth of countries around the world to better understand one another’s unique cultures and practices, gathered Nov. 18 to celebrate a milestone – its 40th birthday. The group […]

Keeping football on the air

Keeping football on the air

Although Jacksonville Jaguars fans may rock EverBank Field with cheers and yells, for one man the real excitement is not in the stands or on the field but behind the scenes. When George Birnbaum of Lakeshore says, “3, 2, 1, go!” as he pushes a single button, he takes the two largest high definition video […]

In Memoriam: Kimberly Stordahl – November 20, 1969 – October 20, 2016

Jacksonville’s animal welfare community is mourning the loss of one of its most beloved members following the passing of Kimberly Dawn Stordahl on Oct. 20 after battling ovarian cancer. Stordahl is best remembered as the founder of The Old Dog House, a nonprofit rescue organization whose mission is to give older and senior dogs a […]

Cummer Museum commemorates International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Cummer Museum commemorates International Day of Persons with Disabilities

To celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities Dec. 3, the Cummer Museum showcased two special exhibits: the annual Women of Vision show and paintings from visually impaired students at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB). The Women of Vision program, which includes monthly art making and literary arts workshops for […]

Murray Hill building provides large canvas for local artist

Murray Hill building provides  large canvas for local artist

Somewhere there must exist a variation of Murphy’s Law about blank walls, such as “Every blank wall is a canvas waiting for paint.” For Jacksonville tattoo artist and muralist Thomas Berdugo, a blank wall is a challenge. “I’m trying to bring life to these blank walls around the city,” said Berdugo, who has painted murals […]

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