Celebrating 30 years with a Caribbean spirit
[su_slider source=”media: 39521,39528,39527,39526,39525,39524,39523,39522,39519″ link=”lightbox” width=”620″ height=”420″][su_slider source=”media: 36751,36754,36755,36753″ link=”lightbox” width=”620″ height=”420″] [/su_slider] Thatched huts, tiki bars, and a St. Lucia Steel Drum Performance marked Caribbean Nights McGala 2018, a celebration of Ronald McDonald House’s 30th anniversary serving families with sick children wishing to take advantage of Jacksonville’s medical community. More than 500 guests gathered in […]
Cultural Council’s Arts Awards honor best, brightest
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Nonprofit helps thousands each year thanks to generous supporters
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Hall of Famer recalls salad days of collegiate coaching career
A little bit of March Madness came to San Marco May 3 when Hugh Durham, one of the winningest coaches in collegiate basketball, shared entertaining anecdotes about his glory days before an enthusiastic crowd in Preservation Hall. A guest lecturer in the San Marco Preservation Society’s (SMPS) speaker series, Durham, a Colonial Manor resident, wowed […]
Bishop Felipe Estévez ordains two men to the priesthood
Two men joined the ranks of the clergy of the Diocese of St. Augustine when they were ordained May 12 by Bishop Felipe J. Estévez at a 10 a.m. Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine. The journeys that led them to the priesthood are very different, but the result is the same. They […]
Council celebrates planned giving, love for mankind
The Planned Giving Council of Northeast Florida is celebrating 25 years of working together to help nonprofits enrich the community. And here’s the little known secret they want to make public – everyone can be a philanthropist. The word “philanthropist” often conjures up images of the wealthy, like Warren Buffet and Melinda and Bill Gates, […]
Retiring from Baptist Health, Allaire ends career on high note
Pierre Allaire, Ph. D. often joked he had one fundraising campaign left in him, and boy, was it a doozy. When Allaire retired from his role as Chief Development Officer of the Baptist Health Foundation at the end of March, he left big shoes to fill, having raised $138 million in five years by spearheading […]
New life comes to St. Nicholas Area Preservation
After 10 years of being nearly comatose, St. Nicholas Area Preservation (SNAP) is coming back to life. Thanks to the efforts of Alex Varkonda, a St. Nicholas resident who moved to the neighborhood four years ago with his wife, Jennifer, SNAP, a neighborhood organization that serves approximately 300 households, is on the verge of a […]
Southern History Museum welcomes community, diversifies collection
History has no end. For Evelyn Wright, a volunteer at the Museum of Southern History, that truth was her motivation to expand the focus and the displays to attract a new generation of interest. “There’s more to Southern history than a four-year period in the 1800s,” said Wright, who is working on a master’s degree […]
