Community View Points

Tracy Collins and Amal Soni came by the show to talk about their Holiday Highway Travel Safety Campaign sponsored by GoMobile Tires. Local celebrities as well as the Green Cove Springs Police Department and others, along with Channel 4 next are on board to educate our community aware of the dangers of driving during the holidays. Not to scare, but to make aware. The awareness campaign includes the...

Pancreatic Cancer – Raymond Penn, came by the show to talk about Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) and it’s dedication fighting the world’s toughest cancer. Their urgent mission to save lives, they are attacking pancreatic cancer on all fronts: research, clinical initiatives, patient services and advocacy. Mr. Penn is also an advocate due to losing his wife Laura to Pancreatic Cancer. Get...

Erica Holton President of the organization Get Back Up Again Organization of Hope LLC. and Madison Kirksey, a 12 year old, the founder came by the show to talk about their organization that feeds the homeless and give hygiene products every two weeks at Confederate Park, downtown, Jacksonville.

Olivia Hoblit, President of Trinity Love Hoblit Foundation came by the show to talk about continuing her daughter Trinity’s love and legacy alive. We talked with Dr. Hanel on survivors of brain aneurysm often experience what they describe as “the worst headache ever.” A sudden, severe headache is a common warning sign that someone may be suffering a brain aneurysm, a weakened arterial wall that, i...

Terri Cantrell, director of Walk for Jacksonville, and Darby Mueller, our volunteer, came by the show to talk about What is Alzheimer’s, understanding Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia, and the causes and Risk Factors. Early Diagnosis and commitment to research is the charge, and the community can get involved by joining the Walk to End ALZ. Join them on Saturday, November 16 at Hemming Park in Jacks...

Kathy and Jim Signorile, the founders of St. Michael’s Soldiers came by the show to talk about St. Michael soldier in addition to why Fields Cadillac Orange Park partners with them and why they feel it is important to give back to the community that their business is in and that patronizes them! St. Michael’s Soldiers is dedicated to the support of the deployed men and women of our United States M...

– Ellen Mendez and Stefanie Shaughnessy came by the show to talk about Suicide being the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, but there is something we can do about it. Each year, thousands of people participate in the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Out of the Darkness Community Walks, raising awareness and letting people know they are not alone. They invited the communi...

Toula Wootan came by the show to talk about Love a Senior Day, it's an organization with a free launch event at the Fairgrounds on Oct 26. Toula Wootan talked about her friend Carol Chiarito who started it as a resource to help not only seniors but people dealing with aging parents connect to resources and help them figure things out. Dr. Bill Thomas, who is changing the way people look at aging a...

Christy Corley came by the show to invite the community to Sassy Sisters Celebrating Breast Cancer Survivors Fashion Show, she has connected with nonprofit organizations B.O.A.T.T ( Blessing Others All The Time) and The Sister’s Network of NE Florida, to present her 1st Annual Fashion to continue the charge on motivating and building awareness on Breast Cancer and supporting Breast cancer Survivor...

Donna Deegan came by the show to encourage and engage with the community on the Donna Foundation and how the community can help empower Breast Cancer Survivors and supporters by providing the local community $20 off registration for any of her upcoming events the Marathon, Half Marathon, DONNA Fearless Series or DONNA Booby Trap Challenge entry by registering with the promo code LOCALSRULE! Donna...

Samantha D’Agostino , Special Events Manager with Children’s Home Society of Florida and Brad Nestor , Committee Chair of Caring Chefs came by the show to talk about the 36th Annual Caring Chefs event, First Coast first, biggest and best food and wine tasting event at the Avenues Mall. We also talked about the Children’s Home Society of Florida celebrating 115 years as a leader in serving kids and...

Elexia Coleman-Moss, founding Executive Director came by the show to talk about the kick off their 15th programming year of the Journey Into Womanhood (JIW) girls program. JIW is a rites of passage and mentoring program for girls ages 9 to 17 that helps cultivate a healthy transition from girl to young woman. Elexia invited the community to get involved by being a mentors or volunteer. Learn more...

Committee members Tameka Gaines Holly & Ronn Johnson called into the show to speak on celebrating their 50th Anniversary! Ronn spoke on NW Classic here & now as well as the Hall of Fame. Tameka highlighted the NW Classic back story & Golden Gala Benefit fundraiser as well as invited the community to get involved in the week long events.

PEACE Ambassador Steven Johnson called into the show to discuss (Patient Education Advocacy & Community Engagement) and the all male event to enhance the awareness on Men and their health.

Adam Levine, Director and CEO of the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens in Jacksonville called in to the show talk about the trends in Florida and how it impacts arts & culture across the state as well as inviting the community to visit the Cummer Museum this Fall to see the latest trends!

Dr. Jacqueline Dowdy, CEO of River Region called into the show to discuss National Recovery Month and raising awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders. National Recovery Month promotes the message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, prevention works, treatment is effective, and people recover. Dr. Dowdy invited the community to the luncheon with keynote...

Dr. Kennesha Bracely founder of Anuwai Life, Inc. (ALI) a Jacksonville-based humanitarian nonprofit organization inspired by my son, Dante’ Naken DeWayne Long. Called into the show to talk about Anuwai life programs and how Proceeds benefit programs that encourage mental, emotional, and physical health and wellness through the use of art-based interventions.

Kayla Mill Boutique and Kimberly Padgett Morrison from BPMBrand came by the show to invite the community to High Heels Big Hair Natural Brunch. This event is to empower and engage women who are in search of Better Health and Self Love. They talked about exploring Natural Hair and Wellness which is key to Full Self Acceptance and Quality of Life. With this event they want women to continue to be Fl...

Brian K. Yorkgitis, DO, FACS - Pediatric Trauma Medical Director Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville. Came by the show to invite the community to the 5th Annual Run for Hero’s! Every day, the experts at UF Health TraumaOne stand ready to provide lifesaving care. As the only adult and pediatric Level I trauma center...

Diane Townsend and Lena Jordan came by the show to talk about The sisters Network of NE Florida partnering with the 4th Annual Sister Strut and why it’s important for the community to get involved and register so that we can empower the survivors, and remember the ladies we lost from Breast Cancer.

Mike Todd with New Florida Majority called into the show to talk about I Am WE, a community celebration organized to build political and community power in black and brown underserved neighborhoods in Jacksonville. The event will be held on Sept 14, where a food pantry, legal aid, barbers, staffing agency, social resources galore will be there to empower the community!

Toni Foxx and Jim Dunlap came to the show to talk about The Battle of the Ballrooms to Benefit St. Jude! Friday September 13, 2019 at 8:00 PM at Atlantic Ballroom. The event is to help and empower the leading children's hospital, St. Jude!! St. Jude is where families never receive a Bill for Treatment, Travel, Housing or Food. We asked community to join Toni with her fundraiser goal of 3k to help...

Bertha Freeman-Barrett a Registered Intern Therapist who completed her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at the University of Phoenix and her Masters of Arts Degree in Clinical Mental Health at Webster University came by the show talk about her journey and how furthering your education helped create a meaningful life journey.

Ju’Coby Pittman, CEO OF The Clara White Mission called into the Show to talk about the 45% reduction in funding for feeding and training programs the Clara White Mission is facing. The mission needs to raise $425,000 by August 30th. If the challenge is not secured, it will impact the operations of their daily programs. The unexpected cuts have been devastating. Ju’Coby has even reduced her salary...

Joy Young, Executive Director and Diana Donovan came by the show to talked about The Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville celebration of arts and culture on Saturday, September 7, 2019. Funding received by the Cultural Council is put to excellent use as it currently generates over $85M in economic returns, is used to employ over 1,300 people in full-time work, and enables over one million arts...