Tasteful benefit celebrates NFSSE’s 20th
Supporters of the North Florida School of Special Education packed Riverside’s Daryl Bunn Studios on a November Friday evening to celebrate the school’s 20th anniversary, enjoy students’ artwork, and taste the food and drink offerings from Biscottis, Designed Events, Inc., Liz Grenamyer Catering, NFSSE Culinary Arts Team, Merryvale Vineyards, Pacific Southern Wine Co., and Republic […]
Ortega residents honored at National Philanthropy Day luncheon
The Association of Fundraising Professionals First Coast Chapter presented its 27th Annual National Philanthropy Day Luncheon last month at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront. Local weatherman Mike Buresh joined Linda and Vince Ferrigno to present the chapter awards, which included: Outstanding Young Professional Organization, The Wild Things; Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy, Tyler Jump; Outstanding Civic […]
Signature event doubles funds Raised
Signature Chefs Auction, held last month at The Florida Yacht Club for more than 200 guests, raised $126,000 for March of Dimes — a figure double the revenue from 2011, according to event organizers. Honorary Chairs Susan Gentry of San Jose, along with her daughter Alison Gentry Hiers, DVM and Nancy Chartrand and Meredith Chartrand […]
Hooked on Coastal Conservation
The Garden Club of Jacksonville was the perfect spot for The Coastal Conservation Association North East Chapter’s 22nd Annual Banquet & Auction. Conserving and protecting Florida’s marine resources was the lure. The dinner and live auction event, presented by Merrill Lynch Bank of America on Nov. 1, included a silent auction and raffle in addition […]
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 […]
