Community celebrates annual transformation of lives

Community celebrates annual transformation of lives

Transformations in Housing, Healthcare and Hope was celebrated Oct. 4 at the Florida Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts, the annual fundraiser for Sulzbacher Center. A reception preceded the program, which included testimonies from families who were “transformed” by Sulzbacher’s services. The Mitchell family said that after living in unsafe neighborhoods, an apartment at Sulzbacher […]

Annual benefit celebrates good friends, jobs and a home

Annual benefit celebrates good friends, jobs and a home

More than 450 enjoyed the 25th Annual Dinner with Bill & Friends Oct. 19 at The Arc Jacksonville Village and raised over $257,000 for the nonprofit. The annual fundraiser is named in memory of Bill Sackter, an early ambassador for The Arc Jacksonville, who spoke often of the need all have for “a good friend, […]

Lara Logan gets to the truth of the story

Lara Logan gets to the  truth of the story

 Lara Logan, renowned journalist and chief foreign correspondent for CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” shared highlights of her journalism career during an Oct. 17 appearance at the Florida Forum Speaker Series, produced by The Women’s Board of Wolfson Children’s Hospital. Detailing her most exciting and intimate moments during interviews with diplomats, soldiers on the front […]

Free helmets ensure students can bike to school safely

Free helmets ensure students can bike to school safely

For children between the ages of five and 14, biking related injuries account annually for more emergency room visits than any other sport. Unfortunately, only 45 percent of children under 14 report wearing a bike helmet “usually.” In preparation for National Walk/Bike to School Day, Hendricks Avenue Elementary PTA Health and Wellness Committee Co-Chair Erin […]

Annual Cardboard City opens eyes, hearts about homelessness

The statistics are sobering no matter which one you read: Every public school in Duval County has at least one homeless student. More than 3,300 students are homeless. Nearly 40 percent of the homeless in the United States are families. One out of four of the homeless is a child. To raise awareness of the […]

Ad hoc council committee hopes new legislation will clear up rezoning issues

When is a planned unit development, known as a PUD at City Hall, not a planned unit development? For many residents opposed to certain property changes, the term is synonymous with circumvention of existing zoning codes. PUDs are often used by property owners to deviate from zoning criteria such as landscape buffers and parking requirements, […]

When community comes together, students are the winners

When community comes together, students are the winners

The public elementary schools in Jacksonville’s historic neighborhoods enjoy a longstanding history of community involvement that spells success for their youngest students now and throughout their lives. At many Duval County public elementary schools, three parent groups – the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), Student Advisory Committee (SAC) and “Friends” of the school, a fundraising arm – […]

Creative incubator warms students up to career in programming

Creative incubator warms students up to career in programming

Students from low-performing high schools had a chance to shine last school year when they were immersed in a technological challenge that allowed them to gain real world experiences in complex problem solving, gathering and evaluating evidence, and deciphering information – skills that students learn by studying science, technology, engineering, and math – subjects collectively […]

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