COMMUNITY FIRST CARES FOUNDATION and Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville Announce Artist Grants | $10,000 TO BE AWARDED IN 2018 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. April 24, 2018 –The Community First Cares Foundation, the 501(c)(3) charitable arm of Community First Credit Union, in collaboration with the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville announce the second-year partnership to cont ...
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Community First Cares Foundation and Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville Announce Artist Grants
Local Teacher With a Big Heart on a Mission to Make a Big Difference
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – It was the week before school started when a Jacksonville mom told the principal at Martin Luther King Jr. FAME Academy that she didn't know if her kids would be there on the first day because she didn't have clothes and shoes for them to wear. It's a familiar situation for a lot of families here on the First Coast and since Hurricane Irma, the need is gre ...
Area Teacher Creates Clothing Assistance Program
Giving Closet event helps students in need get new clothes for school JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A local teacher brought community leaders and organizations together Thursday to open Jacksonville’s first Giving Closet, a full-service clothing assistance program to help students in need. School administrators told News4Jax that a lack of resources accounts for growing attendance iss ...
MBF Teen Safety Matters Launched
A new program, MBF Teen Safety Matters™, was recently launched by the Monique Burr Foundation for Children to prevent child abuse and bullying among teen-agers. The new program complements the MBF Child Safety Matters™ curriculum for elementary students. “We are thrilled and grateful that funding and support have combined to launch this needed program,” said Ed Burr, chairman ...
PowerUP Jax Gives You the Tools to Empower Teachers and Fuel Classroom Innovation
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Public Education Fund today launched PowerUP Jax, a new initiative to fuel innovation in public school classrooms across Duval County by funding teachers' creative classroom projects. PowerUP Jax is an online portal where community members can invest in innovative projects designed by teachers in Duval County. "You don't have to be Warren ...
Cheers: A Boost for Nonprofits Coming from Community First
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Community First Credit Union has always had a spirit of service due to its roots in serving educators. Now that spirit is being expanded with the Community First Cares Foundation. This will allow Community First to extend its influence into nonprofits in the region, something beyond good events like Community First Saturdays. With more than 100,000 member ...
Expanding the Vision
Outsiders can broaden perspectives and warn about traps that result from a narrow vision. There are major projects now: Teach for America, which provides outstanding college graduate teachers to schools in needy neighborhoods. Generation Wow, a new initiative by Donna Orender’s Generation W organization that promotes women’s leadership. The foundation will house all of ...
Grant Recipient: Monique Burr Foundation
A new program, MBF Teen Safety Matters™, was recently launched by the Monique Burr Foundation for Children to prevent child abuse and bullying among teen-agers.