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JACKSONVILLE, Fla.  August 17, 2018 – The Community First Cares Foundation and the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville announce the five recipients of its second-year artist grant program. The grants were awarded to the artists at the collaborative “Entrepreneur Symposium for Creatives: Every Artist is a Small Business” held on Saturday, August 18 at the Ritz Theatre and M ...

Community First Cares Foundation makes one of the largest single donations in its history to help survivors of sexual assault Jacksonville, Fla. – (July 11, 2018) — The Women’s Center of Jacksonville is honored to accept a donation of $15,000 to counsel survivors of sexual assault through the organization’s new Sexual Assault Forensic Exam (SAFE) Center on Emerson Street. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...