Honoring the past, recognizing the present, securing the future
Three decades ago, visionary community leaders took a bold step to establish a common meeting ground for the entire community. Now the Jewish Community Alliance (JCA) is celebrating its 30th year of enriching lives in the community through unparalleled programs and services, by taking a look at its past, recognizing the present, and securing the […]
Love for St. Vincent’s mission always in the air
The 37th Annual Red Rose Ball, themed “For the Love of the Rose,” was hosted by St. Vincent’s HealthCare Foundation Feb. 16 at the Jacksonville Marriott at Southpoint. The black-tie affair featured cocktails, dinner and dancing, as well as a silent auction and a live auction. Co-chairs for the event were Sonnie Kim-Ashchi, M.D. and […]
‘Love Boone Park Day’ brings community together
Co-sponsored by the Friends of Boone Park South and Greenscape, 20 trees representing five varieties, were planted at the annual Love Boone Park South Day, Feb. 10. Eighteen individuals and families sponsored the trees, provided by Greenscape, also picked up trash and fallen limbs. “Our goal is to plant 20 trees every year,” said Pamela […]
Friends of Hendricks host annual walkathon with $50,000 goal
Students at Hendricks Avenue Elementary School have a special challenge this year for the sixth annual walkathon. If students walk 750 miles (6,000 laps around the track) collectively, Principal Mindy McLendon agreed to become a student for a day. McLendon is the new principal for the 2017-2018 school year, but had served as assistant principal […]
Teen beauty queen makes breast cancer awareness her platform
Brookie Brown, newly crowned Miss River City Outstanding Teen, confessed she originally thought beauty pageants were about wearing pretty dresses and getting your makeup done. When the junior at Christ’s Church Academy realized there was scholarship money to be won and an opportunity to promote her platform of educating young people about breast cancer she […]
Historic pitch on Opening Day
Opening day kicked off Feb. 24 at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station, as the ceremonies for the Navy Ortega Lakeshore’s (NOL) debut games and opening action began its 58th season. With the ceremonial first pitch, NAS Jax Executive Officer Capt. Michael Connor threw out a pitch that made history. It was the first opening day […]
The Way We Were: Karyl & Bert DeSousa
Karyl Crowley DeSousa remembers when there was no Beach Boulevard in Jacksonville. “We lived on Belden Street in St. Nicholas and we’d take the bus down Atlantic Boulevard to the old Pier at Jacksonville Beach,” said Karyl. “There was an arcade and there were rooms to rent at the Pier. Mother, my cousin Yvonne, and […]
The Way We Were : Hank Bonar
Henry Bascom (Hank) Bonar II grew up on a lake in Tampa and loved all that the water had to offer – boating, fishing, skiing and even duck hunting – so the opportunity to buy a house on the St. Johns River was one he couldn’t pass up. When his friend, Francis Langel, who worked […]
