The Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation pledged $500,000 to name the gymnasium in the new Winston Family YMCA and continue its support of the Willie Galimore Community Center swimming pool in St. Augustine.
The Jacksonville Jaguars Gymnasium will be a 7,800-square-foot indoor gym featuring a full basketball court, two short courts and one volleyball court. It will host youth and adult sports leagues as well as open gym games and other offerings, such as group exercise and child care activities.
The gift also will continue the foundation’s support of the community center’s pool, which is operated by the St. Augustine YMCA. Since 2013, support from the foundation has allowed the Y to waive pool entrance fees for guests and extend the pool’s hours.
The Galimore pool serves nearly 4,000 swimmers in St. Augustine every year. In addition, the Y has provided swim lessons to more than 500 children at the Galimore pool.
The new Winston Family YMCA is on schedule to be complete in August. Naming opportunities are still available.
For more information, contact Eric Mann at (904) 265-1780 or [email protected].
Apartment association collecting food for Clara White Mission
The First Coast Apartment Association has kicked off its annual canned food drive to help tackle hunger in Northeast Florida.
Boxes are placed in apartment community leasing offices to collect canned food for the Clara White Mission.
Association volunteers will pick up donations Nov. 18-20. The food will be delivered to the Clara White Mission on Nov. 21.
For more information, call (904) 292-1345 or e-mail [email protected].
Web.com Tour donates $10,000 to Wolfson Children's Hospital
The Web.com Tour Championship donated $10,000 to Wolfson Children’s Hospital on Oct. 4 during the Web.com Tour Championship.
Wolfson Children’s Hospital serves as the region’s pediatric referral center and only hospital just for children. The 213-bed, patient- and family-centered hospital is staffed by pediatric physician specialists representing nearly every medical and surgical specialty.
They work with pediatricians to provide care for children of all ages with congenital heart conditions, cancer, neurological disorders, orthopedic conditions and behavioral health disorders.
“Wolfson Children’s Hospital is a true resource to families, providing care for all children, regardless of their ability to pay,” said hospital President Michael Aubin. “It relies on charitable donations to provide world-class care for all children in the region.”
Challenge Enterprises hosts golf tournament Nov. 2
Challenge Enterprises will host its eighth annual Newman’s Own Challenge Golf Classic on Nov. 2 at The Golf Club at Fleming Island.
Last year, the event raised more than $13,600 for the residential program and independent living opportunities for people with disabilities.
The event features Captain’s Choice shotgun play, with both an open and women’s flight. Golfers may register in advance for the opportunity to play alongside retired Major League Baseball player Rupert Jones, the event’s guest golfer for 2015.
Registration begins at 11 a.m. and the shotgun start is at 12:30 p.m.
Challenge competitions include prizes for Hole-In-One, Longest Drive and Closest to the Pin.
Lunch is provided and competition is followed by an awards reception with dinner, autograph signing by Jones and a silent auction, which includes club seats at Jacksonville Jaguars home games and the Taxslayer Bowl and a one-week vacation at Ocean Gallery Condo in St. Augustine.
Major sponsors include Newman’s Own, The Golf Club at Fleming Island, Boon Group, Clay Today and Garber Automall.
Registration is $100 per golfer. For sponsorship packages, tickets or more information, call (904) 284-9859 or visit challengeenterprises.org/golf-tournament.
‘Champions for Child Safety’ Nov. 30 at Palencia Club
Monique Burr Foundation for Children’s Champions for Child Safety Pro Am will tee off Nov. 30 at the Palencia Club in St. Augustine.
The honorary chairs are Fred Funk, Jim Furyk and Mark McCumber.
Tournament proceeds support Child Safety Matters, a comprehensive, school-based prevention program that provides information and strategies to prevent bullying, cyberbullying, digital abuse and all types of child abuse.
The event will begin with a Pairings Party for registered golfers at The Palencia Club the evening before the tournament. A jewelry trunk show by designer Dao Fournier will be onsite to help with any holiday shopping needs, courtesy of Underwood Jewelers.
Registration is now open at MoniqueBurrFoundation.org. The foursomes are $7,000 or single players may register for $1,750. Event sponsors are AT&T, Glenn Layton Homes, Beaches Episcopal School, Callaway Golf, Cheney Brothers, Clockwork Marketing Services, Club Car, GreenPointe Holdings, Hampton Golf, Pepsi, Southern Wine and Spirits, and Ahead Corporate. For information about sponsorship opportunities, contact Tammy Long at [email protected] or (904) 562-1849.
Historic artifact to be placed in Klutho Park
Springfield Improvement Association and Archives has arranged for the cornerstone from the burned Jacksonville Jewish Center to be placed in Klutho Park. A ceremony is scheduled at 2 p.m. Sunday in the park at 204 W. 3rd St.
The stone represents a period in Springfield history and the contribution made by the Jewish congregation which dominated much of Jacksonville for almost 50 years.
Rabbi Jonathan Lubliner from the Jacksonville Jewish Center will be present as will quite of few of the older generation who went to Hebrew School, attended services and were married at the Jewish center in Springfield.
Senior Life Foundation donates bench to Singleton Center
The Senior Life Foundation presented a garden bench to the Mary L. Singleton Senior Center in honor of Mari Terbrueggen, founder, president and CEO of the foundation.
Located near the front entrance to the center, “the bench provides curb appeal,” according to Senior Centers Manager Jeff Backfisch.
The Mary L. Singleton Center and the Senior Life Foundation have a 15-year history.
It was at the Singleton Center that Terbrueggen first met a senior with an urgent need who had nowhere to turn and the idea for the Senior Life Foundation was born.
Its mission has been to help meet the urgent needs of low-income seniors in Duval County with a rapid response time and to help them live independently and with dignity.
Since that time, about 5,000 seniors have been helped and more than $1 million was paid out in direct assistance.
The Senior Life Foundation filed a certificate of dissolution with the state and officially ceased operations on Sept. 30.
Its award-winning programs include AfterCare for Seniors, Angels of Mercy, the annual “Celebrate Life” Senior Thanksgiving Luncheon and Clear Sight for Seniors.