Power on the court, empowerment of heart and mind
Basketball team wins tournament, scholarships The North Florida Lady Predators Elite AAU Girls Basketball team may be champions on the court, but their real “dream team” hustles off the court. The Lady Predators won the AAU Girls Basketball International Championship, held July 27-30 in Orlando, playing against teams from Puerto Rico; London, England, and Central […]
Donors play childhood games to fight hunger
More than 150 participants raised more than $5,400 to help feed hungry families in Jacksonville when they competed in the First Annual Hunger Fight Games at The Bolles School’s Skinner-Barco Stadium Aug. 15. Organized by Sherri and Dean Porter of San Marco, the event was a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hunger Fight, Inc. of North […]
Venetia Athletic Club kicks off football season
Beginning its fifth season of play, the Venetia Athletic Club embraces boys – and thus far, one girl – from many Jacksonville communities. The club was formed in 2011 by Brad Walters, Todd Froats, John and Deana Green, and Jason and Sara Brackin to provide a focus on developing the player. “We’re teaching the players […]
Scout’s project is really for the birds
Boy Scout Gray Creed, of Ortega, thought his Eagle Scout project would be a few repair projects for a Northside mission. Little did he know that it would be for the birds. A member of Troop 2 at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Creed started Scouts when he was 11 and is now a Senior Patrol […]
Boy Scouts enjoy wilderness adventure
Twelve Boy Scouts from Troop 35 at Southside United Methodist Church in San Marco traveled to Northern Tier, the Boy Scouts of America High Adventure Base near Ely, Minnesota on June 20 for an eight-day long-distance canoe trip in the Canadian wilderness of the Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario. “During the trip, the Scouts carried […]
International exchange promotes communication, cooperation
Families in Avondale, San Marco host students from Norway The Taylor family of Riverside can greet you in five languages: Hallo, Hej, Olá, Ciao and, of course, Hello. While knowing a little bit of Norwegian, Danish, Portuguese and Italian might serve Will, 18, Caroline, 15, and Kristin, 13, well as game show contestants, the […]
Special needs adults join fun at All Saints Episcopal VBS
It was the first year that All Saint’s Episcopal Church has included both children and special needs adults in its Vacation Bible School program and things worked out “as smooth as butter,” said Hillary Citrano of San Jose, director of Christian Formation and Children in Need at the church. During the third week of June, […]
Track athlete sets, achieves lofty goals
Attending six schools in 12 years might be enough to throw any teen off his game. For Connor Vaughan, it just made him more determined. By the end of his sophomore year at Paxon School for Advanced Studies where he played soccer, it became obvious that Vaughan was more interested in focusing his self-discipline and […]
