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CarbuX Car Wash Provides More Than 300 Free Car Washes on Veterans Day

Submitted by rdaigle on Tuesday, November 20th, 12:45 pm

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. – CarbuX Car Wash provided veterans and military personnel with 302 free car washes —complete with red, white and blue soap — on Nov. 11 to honor these men and women for their service. All three CarbuX Car Wash locations offered the free car washes as part of the international Grace for Vets program.

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Communities In Schools of Jacksonville CEO Jon Heymann Wins National Dropout Prevention Award

Submitted by rdaigle on Friday, November 2nd, 2:14 pm

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. – Communities In Schools of Jacksonville CEO Jon Heymann is one of two individual winners in the United States to win the National Dropout Prevention Network (NDPN) Crystal Star Award of Excellence in Dropout Recovery, Intervention and Prevention. Heymann accepted the award at the 24th Annual National Dropout Prevention Network Conference luncheon on Oct. 16 in Orlando, Fla.

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Local Conference Seeks to Nurture Blooming Community Gardens Trend on the First Coast

Submitted by rdaigle on Monday, October 29th, 4:38 pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Today’s tough economy, combined with an increasing focus on eating healthy and organic foods, have made community gardening one of the hottest trends in urban areas across the country.

Second Harvest North Florida and Friends of Northeast Florida Community Gardens are working together to nurture that trend in Jacksonville. They are collectively sponsoring the inaugural Northeast Florida Community Gardens Conference on Nov. 3.

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Brunet-García Accepting Grant Applications

Submitted by Kate Heller on Tuesday, October 2nd, 10:04 am

Applications for Brunet-García’s third annual re:solveSM initiative are now available online. re:solveSM is the Brunet-García grant program that gives charitable organizations the opportunity to engage the agency’s pro-bono marketing, advertising and public relations services.

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Young Breast Cancer Survivors Group Receives Final Investing In You Grant

Submitted by rdaigle on Monday, July 23rd, 12:17 pm

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. – The Young Survivors Group at the Women’s Center of Jacksonville will be able to continue to help young breast cancer survivors thanks to a recent $1,000 grant won through Community First Credit Union’s Investing in You contest. The grant will help secure a location for monthly meetings, provide educational materials and fund outreach efforts for the Young Survivors Group.

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New Autism Support Group to Launch through Grant from Community First Credit Union

Submitted by rdaigle on Friday, July 6th, 10:41 am

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. – Parents of autistic children will soon have a supportive environment in which to share their feelings, ideas and treatment options, thanks to a $1000 Investing In You grant from Community First Credit Union. The grant will help launch The S.T.A.R. group, named for the benefits the group will bring its members: support, teaching, advocacy and respect.

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Camp for Children Coping with Homicide Receives Support from Community First Credit Union

Submitted by rdaigle on Monday, June 25th, 12:34 pm

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. – Community First Credit Union awarded a $1,000 Investing in You grant to Compassionate Families, Inc., to benefit Camp Maddie, its therapeutic camp that provides grief recovery and support services to children affected by homicide. Camp Maddie serves as a living memorial to Maddie Clifton, an eight-year-old Jacksonville girl who was brutally murdered by her young neighbor in 1998.