Youth learns lessons in homelessness at 7th Annual Cardboard City
For seven years, faith youth groups, families and individuals have gathered to create Cardboard City, held on Nov. 17 this year at CrossRoad United Methodist Church, Southside. The event raised more than $25,000 to benefit Family Promise of Jacksonville, which helps return homeless families to self-sufficiency. The agency reports that every Duval County public school […]
Connecting with differently-abled through fashion
Putting purpose into practice, area nonprofits which are members of Connectable Jacksonville held Fashionable, a fall fashion show to benefit North Florida School of Special Education, The Arc Jacksonville, Special Olympics Jacksonville and Down Syndrome Association of Jacksonville. The show, held Nov. 3 at Dillard’s at St. Johns Town Center, featured world-famous model, fashion designer […]
Icons of industry honored by Junior Achievement
Nearly 200 friends and family members of Harry Frisch and W. W. “Bill” Gay were on hand Nov. 13 at UNF’s Adam W. Herbert University Center to celebrate with them as they received Lifetime Achievement Awards from Junior Achievement of North Florida (JA). Frisch, 94, and Gay, 91, are two Jacksonville icons of industry who […]
Breakfast club brought together for a reason
They say a quick grace before eating breakfast on Fridays at the Cool Moose Café. That might be the only prayer spoken by the four men during the next hour, but there is no doubt in any of their minds that God is with them. Brought together more than two decades ago through participation in […]
Library friends landscape for 50th anniversary in 2018
The Friends of the Murray Hill Library are helping the Edgewood Avenue-based branch put its best face forward by beautifying the façade with landscaping. Led by gardening expert Hella Shull, much care went into the selection of the plants, which include Texas sage, variegated flax lilies, Aztec grass, gold and orange lantana, and foxtail and […]
Stockton Street ramp closure forces alternative routes
Westside residents who routinely use the Stockton Street exit from I-95 southbound will need to learn which of two detours will work best for the next year. The project which the Florida Department of Transportation is calling “Your10and95 operational improvements project” implemented a long-term closure of the ramp from Interstate 95 southbound to Stockton Street […]
God had other plans for actor wannabe
The Very Reverend Katherine B. Moorehead, 47, serves as the 10th Dean of St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral. She is the first female dean in the Diocese of Florida and the only female dean in Province IV, the Province of Sewanee, one of nine ecclesiastical provinces of the Episcopal Church in the U.S., but don’t let […]
San Marco area students win Hispanic Heritage awards
Two students from the San Marco area were the winners in the Duval County Public Schools Hispanic Heritage Essay contest. San Marco’s Andrew Lopez, a sophomore at Stanton College Preparatory School, won the high school competition, while Carlos Hernandez of Dupont Middle School was the middle school winner. A recognition ceremony was held Nov. 3 […]
