Mosquito awareness after the storms
The Duval County Health Department (DCHD) has issued a mosquito-borne illness alert for Duval County. Human cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) have been confirmed and there is a heightened concern that additional residents will become ill. Duval County has five confirmed cases of WNV in 2012. The most recent cases involve 35 and 52 […]
IN SEASON – Grant opportunity for local teachers, students
How does a teacher’s garden grow? Local nonprofit organization, Slow Food First Coast, wants to know. Slow Food First Coast, whose mission is a food system based on the principles of quality and pleasure environmental sustainability and social justice, is launching a $250 grant opportunity to find out. The goal is to provide an educational […]
Ronald McDonald House, CSX celebrate decade of service partnership
The time, treasure and talents donated by local volunteers are critical to the success of area charities. And there are no better volunteers than the ones who show their support year after year. This summer, San Marco-based Ronald McDonald House Charities of Jacksonville, had an opportunity to celebrate the longtime efforts of such a […]
Go Givers: Deborah Stapp
By Julie Kerns Garmendia – Resident Community News – Deborah Stapp, 61, who has lived in her Christopher Creek home 22 years, was a passionate college classical archeology major who has had a fulfilling archeology career in North Florida while raising a family. She credits the support of her husband Fred, a local attorney, with […]
Eclectic entertaining is her cup of tea
By Olga Bayer When Paula McCaffrey decided to host a shower for daughter Michelle Otto, who’s expecting a baby girl in October, she tapped into a familiar and favorite theme from her past – an old-fashioned, sit-down tea party reminiscent of the antebellum tea party she’d thrown for friends ten years earlier. In 2002, […]
Jack & Jean Cummings
By Amanda Ford – Resident Community News – Jack and Jean Cummings have seen it all. Missionary trips have taken the couple all over the world to “just about any place you would think of and a lot of places that you wouldn’t” according to Jack. But wherever their travels take them, they always […]
Chefs to care for children
Northeast Florida’s Annual Caring Chefs event will return to The Avenues Mall on Sunday, October 14, for its 29th edition. The occasion features chefs from more than 50 of the best First Coast restaurants, as well as caterers and wine vendors, each offering their tastiest and most well-known dishes and libations. Tickets are $60. Proceeds […]
Yom Kippur – a time for community
By Rabbi Joshua Lief – Congregation Ahaveth Chesed – Yom Kippur (this year on September 25-26) is the “Day of Atonement,” when we in the Jewish community join together in worship, reflect on the past year, evaluate our behavior, and resolve to try to do better. Most Jews also refrain from food, drink, and […]
Up with music for the First Coast
Executive Director of the Northeast Florida Conservatory, Richard Dickson, and Nashville vocal coach, Lorna Greenwood, have decided to join forces to develop “The Song Café.” The program is designed to offer First Coast kids of all ages the opportunity to participate in ongoing musical variety shows. Musical production and planning are under way and performances […]
