Venetia challenges students to give, read and learn
Students at Venetia Elementary School have been busy lately participating in various campus activities. In addition to giving, the students also learned how to receive. The school participated in the annual Red Ribbon Wee activities, which focuses on drug awareness. The program encourages students to make wise choices as they grow. As part of the […]
Team RPDS supports student during recent walk
Team RPDS, a group from Riverside Presbyterian Day School, joined the “Team Walking with Layla” during the recent Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night Walk. Layla is an RPDS PreK-3 student who is a Leukemia survivor. She was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) when she was just 13 months old. Treatments covered a […]
Young scientists tour Atlanta research labs
Episcopal students in the Honors Science Seminar spent two days in Atlanta, touring a variety of research labs at Georgia Institute of Technology. The labs were selected based on the relevance of their work to the science projects that the students will be doing this year. The research topics included psychology, muscular dystrophy, genomics, robotics, […]
Tree trimming
A December 2011 photo taken at the end of last year’s St. Mark’s Tree Lot shows Alex Tyre, Anne Bayley Shoemaker, Brooke Robertson, Sarah Irving, Johnny Fewell and Ayana Grady on the scene. This year’s Youth Christmas Tree Lot began Nov. 23 and closed Dec. 2. All proceeds fund the youth summer mission trips to […]
St. Matthew students share spirit of giving
Students learned about growing, gathering and giving food last month at St. Matthew Catholic School. In November, teachers played the part of pilgrims and Indians as students sampled vegetables from the school garden. Later, students decorated boxes that were used for the donation of turkey, stuffing, vegetables and pies to local families over Thanksgiving. In […]
Frances Hutto
By Julie Kerns Garmendia Resident Community News Frances Hutto first experienced Children’s International Summer Villages (CISV) as a 14-year-old when her family hosted a youth from Brazil. The next year, at 15, she traveled to Sao Paulo, Brazil in a reciprocal stay with her exchange family. At 17, Hutto traveled once again to Brazil, to […]
O’Steen dealerships host food drive
O’Steen Volvo and Volkswagen are hosting a food drive to help stock the shelves of the Second Harvest North Florida food bank and feed families in need this holiday season. This year is the third annual food drive hosted by the O’Steen dealerships, and organizers hope donations surpass last year’s amount. Customers donating at least […]
Philanthropic giving reaches new heights in Jacksonville
By Susanna P. Barton Resident Community News J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver, former Jaguars owners and philanthropists who have homes in the Riverside and San Jose areas of the city, have been on a philanthropic binge during the past several months that is changing our community for the better. This summer, the Weavers presented […]
Community Nutcracker: The not-so-over-the-hill gang
By Peggy Harrell Jennings Neither heart surgeries, cancer, torn ligaments, ruptured tendons, arthritis, aching rotator cuffs, tendonitis, degenerating discs, back surgery, broken toes or dare I mention it — age — will keep some of the more senior dancers from performing in one of the most beloved holiday traditions of all time, The Community Nutcracker […]
