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Marcia Hodgson

2018-2019, Angels Among Us

The Women’s Board at Wolfson Children’s Hospital

Raising money to save the lives of children throughout the Southeast Forty-six years ago, Ellen Cavert’s 8-day-old granddaughter Abbie died at Wolfson Children’s Hospital because…

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2018-2019, Angels Among Us

Project: Cold Case

Offering solace to surviving families of unsolved homicide He may not wear a glistening robe or have the feathered wings of an angel, but for…

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2018-2019, Angels Among Us

Monique Burr Foundation for Children

Educating children and teens about sexual abuse and bullying Like a guardian angel, the Monique Burr Foundation’s main goal is to prevent child abuse and…

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2018-2019, Angels Among Us

McKenzie Noelle Wilson Foundation

Helping young people realize their full potential While a life-sized marble angel graces McKenzie Noelle Wilson’s final resting place, the spirit of the compassionate 15-year-old…

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2018-2019, Angels Among Us

The Katie Caples Foundation

Promoting organ donation awareness In April 1998 Katie Caples became a life-saving angel to five strangers after she sustained severe brain trauma when her Jeep…

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2018-2019, Angels Among Us

The Judy Nicholson Kidney Cancer Foundation

Providing a lifeline to kidney cancer patients and their families For patients diagnosed with kidney cancer, becoming acquainted with the Judy Nicholson Kidney Cancer Foundation…

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2018-2019, Angels Among Us

In River or Ocean

Clay Roberts’ spirit lives on through fishing tournament, scholarships When Clay Roberts penned these words, he meant to describe himself for a school assignment at…

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2018-2019, Angels Among Us

Angels for Allison

Bringing hope to grieving families If there is a place where angels reside – figuratively and literally – it is in the headquarters of the…

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Big Brothers Big Sisters CEO Sara Alford, Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront General Manager Luis Aloma, and Carolyn Shuck, Hyatt’s director of human resources hold a check for $12,000, which he presented to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Florida Dec. 4 at Terry Parker High School. Included in the photo are “Bigs and Littles,” students who are part of the nonprofit’s Beyond School Walls program.
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Hotel awards $12,000 grant to Big Brothers, Big Sisters

Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront awarded Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Northeast Florida wa grant for $12,000 to further the organization’s efforts in enriching and preparing…

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Development Director Carol Harrison and Marketing Director Ashley Strickland with the pledge light bulbs that are hanging in the lobby of the house.
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Ronald McDonald House lights up the night with Christmas cheer

Thanks to the generosity of two Jacksonville businessmen and a host of benevolent supporters, more than 20,000 Christmas lights adorned the palm trees and perimeter…

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Saying ‘yes’ as a way to help change the world
2017-2018, Articles, Food Insecurity

Saying ‘yes’ as a way to help change the world

Active as a volunteer with UCOM since 1997 through her church, Philip R. Cousin AME, Sandra Hicks said that volunteering was something she has always…

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UCOM’s Thursday workers Elaine Thompson, Malcolom Hanson, James Dell’Alba, and Brenda Thomas believe that no one should face hunger alone.
2017-2018, Articles, Food Insecurity

Serving so no one faces the crisis of hunger alone

United Community Outreach Ministry (UCOM) Executive Director Sara Mitchell often invokes the words of television personality Mr. Rogers when she thinks of the food insecure…

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Retirement leads to a life helping others
2017-2018, Articles, Food Insecurity

Retirement leads to a life helping others

Six years ago, when he retired as a labor relations administrative manager with the Jacksonville Energy Authority’s St. Johns River Power Park, Bill Hiers decided…

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Trinity Lutheran Food Pantry Volunteers Gary Hautau, Tom Culverwell, Darren Sirmans, Steve Thomaszewski, Tim Bush, Frank Garelick, Bill Hiers, Mary Bollingberg, Rick Redman, Byron Bollingberg and Jim Cates
2017-2018, Articles, Food Insecurity

Humbly feeding the hungry since 1995

Visiting Trinity Lutheran Church’s Food Pantry in Riverside can offer deep lessons in humility, and not just for the clients. “I’m always telling the volunteers,…

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Becoming a better version of self  by helping others
2017-2018, Articles, Food Insecurity

Becoming a better version of self by helping others

When North Florida School of Special Education students head out to the community, they are always encouraged to “be the best version of themselves.” However,…

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Volunteers make up plates so that dinner may be served at Sulzbacher Center.
2017-2018, Articles, Food Insecurity

Spirit of giving, dedication to homeless alive in downtown Jacksonville

As Northeast Florida’s largest provider of comprehensive services for homeless men, women and children, I. M Sulzbacher Center plays a major role in the city’s…

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Volunteering teens gain confidence
2017-2018, Articles, Food Insecurity

Volunteering teens gain confidence

When Sandalwood High School teacher Maria Gumbayan first brought her students to volunteer in The Salvation Army’s food pantry 12 years ago, the experience came…

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A group of Salvation Army volunteers led by Miracle-on-the-Hudson plane crash survivor Casey Jones, center, distributes turkeys at Thanksgiving time. In 2016, Jones collected 510 turkeys.
2017-2018, Articles, Food Insecurity

Meeting the needs of the hungry without discrimination

As a well-known advocate for the lost, the vulnerable, the needy, the poor, the hurting, the helpless, and the hopeless, it comes as no surprise…

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Church group provides tuna casserole, served with love
2017-2018, Articles, Food Insecurity

Church group provides tuna casserole, served with love

On the last Friday of every month, Bill Kornmayer and his wife, Rita, join a small team of volunteers from Our Lady Star of the…

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Volunteers Michael Olson, Pat Morrissey, Bill Kornmayer, Rita Kornmayer, Karen Fregeau, and Gary Gregeau from Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church make a hot lunch for the folks at Mission House once a month.
2017-2018, Articles, Food Insecurity

Nonprofit provides 20 years of compassionate care to Beaches’ homeless

It’s been 20 years since members of four Beaches churches joined together to create Mission House, the only day facility at the Jacksonville beaches that…

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