Forgotten treasures fund healthier lives
Who would have thought after paying decades worth of storage fees, so many treasures from one of Florida’s wealthiest families would surface and eventually benefit the foundations they created to help those in need? The Jacksonville-based Alfred I. duPont Foundation had been paying storage bills for a unit in Tallahassee, but it wasn’t until […]
Avondale river access beginning to look like a park
Six months after hundreds of residents in Avondale became riled about, then embroiled in, the threat of losing city-owned property to private citizens, the issue seems to have come to an agreeable resolution. Shortly after legislation proposed to close a 60- by 435-foot right-of-way from Richmond Street to the St. Johns River was withdrawn in […]
Red Cross Club president seeks to turn compassion into action
When Maria Muzaurieta, of San Jose, started the Red Cross Club at Bolles School two years ago, she saw it as a way to combine her personal interest in medicine, her entrepreneurial spirit, and her desire to “turn compassion into action.” “Charitable work represents helping others in need, which is what life is about,” she […]
Mayo, St. Vincent’s cancer collaboration not the first
New plan brings Mayo Clinic programs to Riverside When Mayo Clinic and St. Vincent’s HealthCare announced early in October a collaboration to bring Mayo Clinic’s nationally ranked cancer services to patients in a newly built medical suite on the campus of St. Vincent’s Riverside, it was not the first time the two health care giants […]
You’re never too old
Lorna Bell, 90, really hasn’t ever known a time when she didn’t work. Even now, the Murray Hill resident still gets into her car once or twice a week to drive to the Jacksonville International Airport where she maintains the desk at the Visitor Information Center in baggage claim. Bell must love her job because […]
Magical night of masquerade for St. Vincent’s
The Club Continental on the St. Johns River played host to an evening of masks, glitz and glamour at the First Annual Corks & Forks benefit gala. Proceeds from the inaugural masquerade ball will be used to benefit the community through expansion of St. Vincent’s Medical Center Clay County and community outreach programs for residents […]
Striking Gold at Ole’ Cowford
Patrons packed the Jacksonville Fairgrounds to pay their respects to the mission of the American Cancer Society’s local North Florida Chapter. After all, most families have been touched by cancer and the importance of supporting the local campaign is just the start. As the largest fundraiser of its kind in Jacksonville for ACS, the goal […]
Episcopal senior wins grant to do research at Mayo Clinic
Alice Choi, a senior at the Episcopal School of Jacksonville, has been selected by a panel of doctors from the nearby Mayo Clinic to receive a $5,000 scholarship from money given to her school by the Judy Nicholson Kidney Cancer Foundation. Choi, who lives with her best friend, Camille Henley, and Henley’s family in San […]
Bruce Terry
When your family has lived in the St. Nicholas area for over 100 years, telling their history takes time. Bruce Terry, 67, said preserving history is as important as getting the recognition for St. Nicholas he believes is overdue. St. Nicholas is located where Atlantic and Beach Boulevards intersect, east of San Marco and I-95. […]
