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APR Energy, Campion Foundation make holiday donations
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APR Energy, Campion Foundation make holiday donations

APR Energy® and the John and Suzanne Campion Foundation donated a total of $15,000 to the Sulzbacher Center and the Children’s Home Society just in…

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RV Mega Show Benefits Hoods For Heroes

The Florida RV Trade Association (FRVTA) presented Hoods for Heroes with a special check during its annual RV Mega Show on Feb. 9, at the…

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Blue4Books pairs JSO officers with children in literacy activities

Blue4Books, a collaborative literacy and public safety educational initiative for children, began on Feb. 13 at the Brown Eastside Branch Library. Blue4Books, spearheaded by Literacy…

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Urban Rest Stop opens for City’s homeless

On Feb. 14, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and members of the Jacksonville City Council participated in the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Grand Opening of…

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Petco Foundation representatives present a check for $400,000 to ACPS staff during their surprise Valentine's Day visit to the animal shelter.
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ACPS receives Valentine’s Day surprise gift

The team, volunteers and pets at Animal Care and Protective Services (ACPS) received BIG expressions of love with the award of a $400,000 grant presented…

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HEAL Founder Leslie Weed and Executive Director Jason Gurka deliver iPads to Mt. Herman Exceptional Student Center. To date, HEAL has gifted 400 iPads to local ESE classrooms.
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HEAL distributes iPads for Exceptional Students

After witnessing the progress students with autism are making with iPads, the HEAL (Helping Enrich Autistic Lives) Foundation landed the iHEAL – iPads Helping Enrich…

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Members of the Bold City (FL) Chapter of The Links are recognized for their donation of more than 3,000 books at a ribbon-cutting event on Jan. 25 for the grand opening of the stocked library.
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Links donates children’s books to Sulzbacher Village

Sulzbacher Village received a donation of more than 3,000 books, bookshelves and furnishings for the Children’s Library from Bold City (FL) Chapter of the Links,…

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Middleburg High School students Cyleigh Ellison and Taylor Dyal helped Hoods For Heroes recognize Florida firefighters at the Fire Rescue East conference in Daytona yesterday.
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Hoods For Heroes partners with Middleburg students

Hoods For Heroes (HFH) is expanding its community outreach by partnering with the Middleburg High School HOSA – Future Health Professionals. HOSA is a group…

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Dreamers (front) Mackenzie, Arianna, Francesca, Olivia (back) Isabella, Iayana, Anastasia, Angeliz and Marleigh from Dreams Come True enjoyed an evening of pampering with their mothers, thanks to Aveda Institute of Jacksonville and the Women’s Board of Dreams Come True.
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Stein Mart Hosts Dreams Come True Spa Day

Stein Mart hosted an exclusive Spa Day on Jan. 22, 2019, for nine local children (Dreamers) battling life-threatening illnesses and their mothers. Each pair was…

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Dreams Come True Surprises Teen with Harp

Dreams Come True (DCT) of Jacksonville and Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Network Realty (BHHSFNR) recently surprised 19-year-old cancer survivor, Isabelle Scott, with a Lyon &…

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Brain Tumor Collaborative Announces Grants

The Brain Tumor Funders’ Collaborative (BTFC) – six private funders of brain tumor research – today announced $3 million in grants to four multi-institutional teams…

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Monique Burr Foundation receives Community First Cares Foundation Grant

The Community First Cares Foundation – the nonprofit philanthropic arm of Community First Credit Union – has awarded a $10,000 grant to the Monique Burr…

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UNF Alumna Judy Eisen and Debra Murphy, chair and professor of UNF's Department of Art and Design, in the UNF Gallery of Art where Eisen's donation of artwork will be exhibited through Thursday, Feb. 14
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UNF Celebrates ‘Grand and Generous Gift’ From Judy Eisen

The University of North Florida has accepted a generous donation of artwork as well as an outright gift to support the preservation, care and curation…

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Rethreaded is continuing its partnership with Southwest Airlines to produce a line of leather accessories inspired by the winning designs seen on Unconventional Materials episode of Project Runway All Stars, Season 7.
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Rethreaded upcycles Southwest Airlines donation

The local nonprofit, Rethreaded, continues its partnership with Southwest Airlines to produce a line of leather accessories inspired by the winning designs seen on the…

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Murray becomes Arthur Vining Davis Foundations president
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Murray becomes Arthur Vining Davis Foundations president

The Board of Trustees of The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations (AVDF) has named Dr. Michael J. Murray the sixth president of the Foundations effective April 1,…

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Subway, local USO team up to thank active service members
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Subway, local USO team up to thank active service members

Over 7,000 locally owned Subway® restaurants raised more than $73,000 during an in-store promotion for the United Service Organizations (USO) that was transferred into Subway gift cards…

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Letter from the Publishers

Inspired.

It’s one word that describes the impulse we feel in the moment when something moves us, the impetus which drives our desire to push harder – to accomplish – to put energy in motion. For some, it’s solving problems. For others, contributing to a mission or building something special that didn’t exist. All these inspired actions serve a higher purpose, and by nature, unleash creativity.

The first time we imagined the existence of Circles – Social Datebook and Charity Register, we were moved to deliver on our best intentions, not simply by our longing to achieve and accomplish, but with the goal of delivering a purpose-filled publication for North Florida. Our motivation was to showcase the power of the collective energy done by the nonprofits in our region, reflecting the infectious goodwill that is taking place every day. We know that by sharing these stories and related information, these good works will permeate throughout our community far beyond the printed page.

Reading our story “From Passion to Fruition” (on page 35), we hope you’ll gain inspiration and a better understanding of how a few ideas got off the ground, filling voids in the community.

Also, in this issue, our entire staff and contributors drew inspiration from the mission of several nonprofits formed in honor of a lost loved one, as told in “Angels Among Us” (on page 10). By choosing to memorialize their loved ones through an organization that supports others, family and friends were provided with a sense of calm, reassurance, and love, as well as the means to carry on.

As The Resident Community News Group rolls out the fourth edition of Circles, we feel in each of its four editions we have only scratched the surface of what’s being done in our city, our region, and in some cases, internationally through missions abroad. Our intention is to deliver stories, create synergy, share ideas, grow campaigns, and broaden awareness about our shared goal to better the experiences of our neighbors in need.

In addition to reading this edition of Circles, we invite you to visit circlescharityregister.com and encourage you to share with us news of the good works done by your nonprofit organizations so we continue to tell your stories throughout the year. By creating a charity clearinghouse online, it is our hope to share the progress of our community with more frequency.

As always, we extend our sincere gratitude to our advertisers for their continued support of all our publishing endeavors, and we encourage you to be inspired to patronize their businesses, which make a difference in the community and help us deliver this impactful publication.

Pamela and Seth Williams

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