• United Way of Northeast Florida will be kicking off its 2007 Community Campaign Thursday at the Osborn Center. At Noon, organizers will showcase United Way’s newest impact strategies to enhance youth academic success and increase the number of children who receive quality early education. Entertainment and music performances will be provided by children and students from United Way-certified agencies and community partner programs. The ceremony will commence at 1 p.m., when Campaign Chair Ron Autrey announces the 2007 community campaign goal. For more information, call 390-3200 or visit www.aboutunitedway.org.
• The Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce’s International Department is hosting a cultural business seminar Sept. 11 from 2-5 p.m. The featured speakers are Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Consul General of Japan, Tom Petway, Zurich Insurance president and chair of the Southeast U.S./Japan Association and Keisha Rice, deputy director of the Florida Office of Travel, Trade and Economic Development. The seminar is at the University of North Florida’s University Center and costs $25. For more, call Anita Bryan at 366-6690.
• If you think your water bill is high, try paying the bill the Lakeside at Baymeadows condominium recently got from JEA. According to JEA, the $21,837.21 bill was due to the fact the condo showed “zero consumption” for three years because the meter was being “bypassed” somehow. The condo’s board asserts it “always paid its monthly JEA bills in full and on time.”
• The Fresh Market and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation are joining forces to raise funds to help find a cure for type 1 diabetes. The 13th Annual Fresh Market Sidewalk Sale will be held Friday-Sunday from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Mandarin and Ponte Vedra locations. Hot dogs, root beer floats and Kitchen Sink cookies will be offered in exchange for a donation to JDRF. All proceeds from the sales will go directly to the foundation. For information, call 880-8943 (Mandarin) or 273-8696 (Ponte Vedra).
• Artwork created by students enrolled in the Cathedral Arts Project’s (CAP) afterschool program will be in display through Sept. 28 at the Main Library. Students from Garden City, Pine Estates and Woodland Acres elementary schools have contributed to the exhibit. Each week, the CAP serves more than 1,000 students with classes in dance, drama, music and the visual arts. It is funded by the Ounce of Prevention Fund, the City of Jacksonville, Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville, the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
“Sad. Nothing more than sad. Let’s not call it a tragedy; a broken heart is never a tragedy. Only untimely death is a tragedy.”
– Angela Carter