Community View Points

Harold Craw, General Manager of the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp called into the show to invite the community to The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Red Caps Negro League Night Saturday July 13th! Former Negro League players Buster Hair and James Sanders will be recognized before the game and greet fans on the concourse They will also be giving away Red Caps road gray replica jerseys to the first 2,000 fans through the gate. Offering the community affordable family FUN!

Kayla Nasr, Community Development Manager and Stacy Hanson who is the Event Chair and is a Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer survivor came by the show to talk about their upcoming event Making Strides Against Breast Cancer and invited the community to get involved in their 5k Breast Cancer Walk event on October 19th.

– Remonte Green, Community Partnership School Director for Ed. White Academy of Leadership and Logan Dykes, an Ed White student leader, together, they came to speak about the impact of the Community Partnership Schools model on the First Coast. Community Partnership Schools focus on removing tough barriers to learning by bringing together high-quality academics, health care, counseling, support, mentoring and more-all where students and their families are comfortable: in their own school.

Lesley Wells, CEO of Daniel came by the show to talk about Daniel’s 135 years in the market and being the #1 nonprofit organization. Lesley talked about being with Daniel for 32 years, her love for Daniel , the variety of program Daniel offers and her vision as CEO to keep empowering the community

April Seliga, MPH – Tobacco Prevention Program Manager came by the show to talk about Vaping and how it affects the community businesses in the Urban Core.

Coach Christa Wilson came by the show to talk about Water safety and her involvement with the River City Swim League. We discussed how the community can get involved with the numerous swimming activities over the summer to create family fun memories, learn how to swim and be safe during the summer holidays.

Angie Leatherberry came by the show to discuss the purpose of Restore as well as thank the community for their continued supports of Habitat for Humanity of Jacksonville (HabiJax) .Angie spoke on how the community helps keep the mission of Habitat for Humanity Jacksonville Restore alive!

Cynthia Robinson, Co – Director from Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech came by the show to presents on issues in auditory-oral intervention, early literacy and successful mainstreaming both nationally and internationally. She has been working with children with cochlear implants for more than 25 years in self-contained classrooms, resource rooms and in the mainstream. She is actively involved in data collection to support children’s response to intervention. She provides direct service to students and families with center-based services and tele-practice . She invited the community to visit Clarke School to meet the students and teachers!

CEO Colleen Rodriguez came to the show to ta;l about the new exhibit at their Holocaust gallery featuring people who rescued others from the Holocaust. Plus, Colleen spoke about their wide variety of programs (everything from foster care to emergency financial assistance to counseling services) that transforms lives locally.

President - Angela Freeman, Co Chairs, Karen Britt and Tsopie D. Trottie came by the show to talk about the upcoming Inaugural JRE Lee Scholarship Gala. The Gala projected to be an extra ordinary night with Key Note Speaker Angela Robinson, Actress & Alumi was created to empower our younger generation by providing scholarships for future Baby Rattlers. They talked about their many upcoming events and their drive to get as many students from the VILLE to the HILL.