San Marco flood victims receive free furniture from California
Six San Marco residents who lost nearly all their furniture when hurricane floodwaters soaked their San Marco homes have benefited from the kindness of strangers from California. After watching Hurricanes Harvey and Irma lay a one-two punch on the people of Houston and Jacksonville, factory employees from Martin Brattrud, a furniture company in Southern California […]
Jacksonville sixth Florida city to establish Holocaust museum
In spite of blustery winds, more than 150 gathered under a large tent Oct. 29 to celebrate the grand opening of the 30,000-square-foot Alan J. Taffet Building and the centennial of Jewish Family & Community Services. The ceremony included a ribbon cutting and tours of the new building, which houses the Frisch Family Holocaust Memorial […]
Neighbors pitch in to help young family in need
It was a living demonstration of the Biblical adage, “Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself.” Out of the goodness of their hearts, 28 Colonial Manor residents spent the late afternoon Nov. 5 cleaning up and landscaping the yard at their neighbor’s Mapleton Road home. The neighbors were called to action by Suzanne Honeycutt, who learned that […]
Youth learns lessons in homelessness at 7th Annual Cardboard City
For seven years, faith youth groups, families and individuals have gathered to create Cardboard City, held on Nov. 17 this year at CrossRoad United Methodist Church, Southside. The event raised more than $25,000 to benefit Family Promise of Jacksonville, which helps return homeless families to self-sufficiency. The agency reports that every Duval County public school […]
Connecting with differently-abled through fashion
Putting purpose into practice, area nonprofits which are members of Connectable Jacksonville held Fashionable, a fall fashion show to benefit North Florida School of Special Education, The Arc Jacksonville, Special Olympics Jacksonville and Down Syndrome Association of Jacksonville. The show, held Nov. 3 at Dillard’s at St. Johns Town Center, featured world-famous model, fashion designer […]
Icons of industry honored by Junior Achievement
Nearly 200 friends and family members of Harry Frisch and W. W. “Bill” Gay were on hand Nov. 13 at UNF’s Adam W. Herbert University Center to celebrate with them as they received Lifetime Achievement Awards from Junior Achievement of North Florida (JA). Frisch, 94, and Gay, 91, are two Jacksonville icons of industry who […]
Breakfast club brought together for a reason
They say a quick grace before eating breakfast on Fridays at the Cool Moose Café. That might be the only prayer spoken by the four men during the next hour, but there is no doubt in any of their minds that God is with them. Brought together more than two decades ago through participation in […]
Library friends landscape for 50th anniversary in 2018
The Friends of the Murray Hill Library are helping the Edgewood Avenue-based branch put its best face forward by beautifying the façade with landscaping. Led by gardening expert Hella Shull, much care went into the selection of the plants, which include Texas sage, variegated flax lilies, Aztec grass, gold and orange lantana, and foxtail and […]
