The Happy Hound Dog Resorts Social Hour — Every Wednesday, 7-9pm, no charge, only need to provide vaccination records, otherwise free to use and socialize your dog(s). 4603 Shirley Avenue, (904) 800-8800

Hashrocket software developers host Coffee and Code in Riverside at 7:30 a.m. each Thursday at Bold Bean Coffee Roasters, 869 Stockton St. Suite 1-2 in Riverside.  Free to attend. For information, call Shaun Hubbard at 904-339-7047 or RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/jax-code-and-coffee/.

Bishop Snyder High School, 5001 Samaritan Way

Join in the fun with this flag football fundraiser to help Catholic Charities’ “Camp I am Special” Participants receive lunch and tournament T-shirt. Visit dosacamps.com for information.

Enjoy a Winter Book and make a snack that is just as entertaining. Call (904) 858-2907 for more information.

Jacksonville symphony members Jorge and Jin Kim Peña, and their daughters Gabriela and Elisa, will perform a concert to benefit a mission trip to the Honduras to meet medical, optical, dental and spiritual needs. The concert is free and open to the public.

Regular Meeting, Q&A time, Plant Exchange

Topic: Passive Hydroponic Garden and it benefits

Speaker: Mary Puckett, County Extension Service Community Gardens Program Assistant

Subject:      Passive Hydroponic Garden and it benefits

Speaker:      Mary Puckett Duval County Extension Service – Community Gardens Program Assistant

Contact: Donn Elliott, [email protected]

Twin Hearts Meditation with Falguni Shah, This meditation was developed by Master Choa Kok Sui and is an advanced meditation technique aimed at achieving illumination or universal consciousness. “Meditation on Twin Hearts is one of the most powerful meditation tools for spiritual development. It is a true gift from the Great Ones.” – Master Choa Kok Sui. Seventh Wonder Day Spa is very proud to offer this free service to bring a more positive awareness and harmony to the community. 4236 St. Johns Avenue, Jacksonville, FL, 32210, (904) 381-8686.

• The Augsburg Orchestra, under the direction of Douglas Diamond, has a tradition of excellence in orchestral music and will include Jacksonville on their 2016 performance tour.
• The program is an eclectic blend of small-scale gems by an international roster of composers, including Beethoven (German), Bizet (French), Haydn (Austrian), Rossini (Italian), and Sibelius (Finnish).
• A freewill offering will be taken during the performance.
Contact: Augsburg College Music Department: Cathy Knutson, [email protected], 612-330-1279
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church: 904-396-9608

This program is for children birth to 5 years with an adult caregiver. The program includes stories, books, finger plays, nursery rhymes, and songs that promote language development, vocabulary building and comprehension.
Arts & Crafts or Open Play following program. Early literacy toys ranging from building blocks to dinosaurs will be made available.
Call (904) 858-2907 for more information.