Rethreaded Announces Grand Opening of New Location
Rethreaded, a Jacksonville-founded nonprofit is opened the doors to their new home The Delores Barr Weaver Campus of Hope on November 20th. After nine months of build out, transforming the 36,000 sq ft former auction house and train depot into their new location, they are ready to open the doors to new survivors. The location […]
Emerging Leaders gather for holidays, year-end party
It was an evening of gratitude, compliments, networking, and a positive spirit of the season that embraced leaders of the JAX Chamber as they gathered with mentors and mentees of several graduating classes of JAX Chamber’s Hightower Emerging Leaders Fellowship, Dec. 4. The annual, black-tie, holiday party is a highly anticipated event that celebrates the […]
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Network Realty Assists Family Support Services’ Be an Angel Campaign
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Network Realty helped to make the holidays extra special for 80 Northeast Florida children in foster care. The company’s Metro Offices of Avondale/Ortega and San Marco/San Jose took part in Family Support Services of North Florida’s annual Be an Angel holiday drive, an effort to make Christmas extra special for First […]
JAGA announces award honorees
The Jacksonville Area Golf Association (JAGA) announced its 2021 Award Honorees at the annual meeting held in mid-December at Deerwood Country Club. Six presentations were made to prominent members of the Northeast Florida golf community. Club Executive Of The Year: Melanie Bevill, Hyde Park GC; Community Service Award: Dr. Justine Redding & Richard Blackston, Moore-Myers […]
Realtors provide meals for hungry in Northeast Florida
Approximately 300 members of the Northeast Florida Association of Realtors packed nearly 75,000 meals for hungry children, seniors, and families in Northeast Florida during the NEFAR Charitable Foundation’s Hunger Fight Pack-a-Thon December 1. The event was held in the ballroom of the Adam W. Herbert University Center at the University of North Florida. The event […]
Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center invites national cancer physician to speak at special Oncology Grand Rounds event
Visiting Professor Dr. David L. Bartlett, Chair, Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, spoke at Baptist MD Anderson Center’s special edition of Oncology Grand Rounds on Nov. 10. Dr. Bartlett, past president of the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO), served as a senior investigator in the surgery division of the Center for Cancer Research at the […]
NFL Foundation, Jaguars invest in Boys & Girls Clubs’ Cal Ripken Sr. Youth Sports Complex
Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida will celebrate the grand opening of its newest Club location with a generous donation of $200,000 secured by the Jacksonville Jaguars from the NFL Foundation as part of their NFL Club Matching Youth Football Field Program. This lead gift for Phase II of the Clanzel T. Brown Boys […]
UNF receives Skinner Land donation, largest gift in University’s history
Eleven parcels of land – 190 acres valued at $21.5 million – donated to the city decades ago by the family of A.C. Skinner was donated in December to the University of North Florida. The donation of vacant woodland adjacent to the institution from the Duval County Research and Development Authority is the largest gift […]
