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WHO: The Jacksonville Orthopaedic Institute (JOI) Foundation and the Blake Bortles Foundation partnered together to enable JaxPAL to provide this free-of-charge camp to not only children served by JaxPAL but also to youth in our community ages five to 16. Currently 500 children are pre-registered for the camp.
WHAT: The camp will provide youth a fun, safe and engaging day of learning skills like agility, proper stances, throwing techniques, catching techniques and much more. Bortles will be joined by outstanding local high school coaches, college coaches and other current and former NFL players to provide this free-of-charge camp. Registrants will be provided with lunch and a T-shirt.
WHEN: Saturday, June 11 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Opening remarks will begin at approximately 9 a.m., Blake Bortles will be available for media interviews at approximately 9:15 a.m., any requests for interviews outside of this time need to be requested prior to the start of camp.
WHERE: The camp will be held at the Police Athletic League of Jacksonville (JaxPAL) football fields in Ed Austin Regional Park, located at 3450 Monument Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32225
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The Jacksonville Humane Society (JHS) is partnering with Animal Care and Protective Services (ACPS) to bring free pet adoptions to Jacksonville this weekend. The event, called “Bow-Wow-Meow Luau” is sponsored in-part by Best Friends Animal Society. Both JHS and ACPS are full and adoptions are needed to keep Jacksonville a no kill city. “Bow-Wow-Meow Luau” is scheduled for Saturday, June 11th and Sunday, June 12th at both the JHS and ACPS shelter locations. JHS is located at 8464 Beach Blvd. and ACPS is located at 2020 Forest Street in Jacksonville. The hours for this event are Saturday 10 am. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. The event will feature hundreds of adoptable dogs, cats, puppies and kittens from both the Jacksonville Humane Society and Animal Care and Protective Services. Pet adoption fees are $0 and all pets are spayed/neutered, microchipped, and vaccinated. Adopters looking for small dogs, puppies and kittens are encouraged to arrive early. A $20 city license fee may apply. “JHS is appreciative of the support from Best Friends Animal Society in helping us provide free adoptions and find loving families for the homeless animals in Jacksonville,” said Denise Deisler, executive director of the Jacksonville Humane Society. “Both shelters are full at this time and adoptions are needed to help save lives.” For any questions about “Bow Wow Meow Luau”, please contact Lindsay Layendecker, JHS Development Manager at [email protected] or 904-493-4560. More information is available via our website, jaxhumane.org/aloha or on the Facebook event bit.ly/alohajaxpets. |
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The Jacksonville Humane Society (JHS) is partnering with Animal Care and Protective Services (ACPS) to bring free pet adoptions to Jacksonville this weekend. The event, called “Bow-Wow-Meow Luau” is sponsored in-part by Best Friends Animal Society. Both JHS and ACPS are full and adoptions are needed to keep Jacksonville a no kill city. “Bow-Wow-Meow Luau” is scheduled for Saturday, June 11th and Sunday, June 12th at both the JHS and ACPS shelter locations. JHS is located at 8464 Beach Blvd. and ACPS is located at 2020 Forest Street in Jacksonville. The hours for this event are Saturday 10 am. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. The event will feature hundreds of adoptable dogs, cats, puppies and kittens from both the Jacksonville Humane Society and Animal Care and Protective Services. Pet adoption fees are $0 and all pets are spayed/neutered, microchipped, and vaccinated. Adopters looking for small dogs, puppies and kittens are encouraged to arrive early. A $20 city license fee may apply. “JHS is appreciative of the support from Best Friends Animal Society in helping us provide free adoptions and find loving families for the homeless animals in Jacksonville,” said Denise Deisler, executive director of the Jacksonville Humane Society. “Both shelters are full at this time and adoptions are needed to help save lives.” For any questions about “Bow Wow Meow Luau”, please contact Lindsay Layendecker, JHS Development Manager at [email protected] or 904-493-4560. More information is available via our website, jaxhumane.org/aloha or on the Facebook event bit.ly/alohajaxpets. |
Participants of this FREE Evidence-based Diabetes Self-Management Program:
Find practical ways to deal with stress, depression, anger, and frustration.
Discuss ways to prevent or delay complications and strategies for sick days.
Discover tools to enhance nutrition and exercise choices.
Learn new ways to talk with your doctor and family about your health.
The Diabetes workshop can help you get the support that you need and take charge of your life!
The 2 1/2 hour program meets once a week for six weeks.
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/.
Free Concert: The prize-winning Vega Quartet will perform Joseph Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 77, #1 – the one who invented the string quartet; Leos Janacek’s Quartet #2 titled the “Kreutzer Sonata” – first a Beethoven violin sonata, then Tolstoy’s novelette about a tragic love triangle and the finale is Felix Mendelssohn’s thrilling Quartet Op. 44, #1 – filled with fleeting notes, beautiful melodies and rich textures. For more information, visit VegaQuartet.com
Free Concert: Experience the works of the Prelude Chamber Music’s budding young musicians. For more information, contact Jeanne Majors, director, at (904) 388-5738.
Free Concert: Multiple ensemble finale performances from the very best of Prelude Chamber Music 2016 and featured performances with the Vega String Quartet. Vega is known for their cycle of Beethoven Quartets, a Bach–Bartók cycle, and the commissions and premieres of works by numerous leading composers.
PreludeChamberMusic.org and FridayMusicale.com
Participants of this FREE Evidence-based Diabetes Self-Management Program:
Find practical ways to deal with stress, depression, anger, and frustration.
Discuss ways to prevent or delay complications and strategies for sick days.
Discover tools to enhance nutrition and exercise choices.
Learn new ways to talk with your doctor and family about your health.
The Diabetes workshop can help you get the support that you need and take charge of your life!
The 2 1/2 hour program meets once a week for six weeks.
