• Arlington Car Wash is hosting a big fundraiser Friday from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. and the goal is to wash 1,000 cars and raise $10,000 to help replace the Jacksonville Humane Society building that was destroyed by fire over the weekend.
• Burrito Gallery is hosting a fundraiser Thursday night for the Jennifer Sorrells Foundation. Sorrells died of cancer last year. Tickets are $40 and that includes beer, wine and food and a raffle for tickets to The Players Championship. The happy hour fundraiser is from 5-8 p.m.
• Good news for commuters: The Florida Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that both westbound lanes on the Mathews Bridge will be open during the construction project to remove the steel grating and replace it with a concrete deck. FDOT spokesman Mike Goldman said one of the westbound lanes will be closed from time to time, but only between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.
• Healthy Jacksonville 2010, in partnership with the Duval County Health Dept., the Florida Health Dept. and Shands Jacksonville, is sponsoring a community health expo Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Hemming Plaza. The event is intended to increase awareness for the community and families to become more proactive toward early cancer detection and prevention. Education, information, risk reduction techniques and screenings will be available at the expo. For information, call 665-2520.
• Tax Collector Mike Hogan is looking to extend the lease on his Neptune Beach office. The 2,600 square-foot office is in Tradewinds Plaza. The new lease is a 10-year agreement.
• The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens will be closed to visitors April 18-24 for the Cummer Ball and Auction that is on April 21. The museum will reopen at 4 p.m. on April 24. The Ball and Auction After Sale is April 23 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. and the public is invited to attend the after sale.
• New hours for the Bay Street AmSouth Bank branch as of May 1: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
“An architect should live as little in cities as a painter. Send him to our hills, and let him study there what nature understands by a buttress, and what by a dome.”
– John Ruskin, British art critic