• Beverly Pascoe and Chris Strohmenger will become shareholders in the Roger Towers law firm effective Jan. 1. A member of the firm for six years, Pascoe practices in the areas of health care law and general business law. Strohmenger has practiced real estate law with Rogers Towers for the past five years and in the firm’s commercial litigation department before that.
• The Jacksonville Jaguars organization, on behalf of its season ticket holders, donated $12,500 to Second Harvest North Florida, matched by a donation of $12,500 by team owners Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver, for a contribution of $25,000 for holiday meals for less fortunate families and senior citizens. Second Harvest is securing food from Winn-Dixie and volunteers will assemble 1,400 holiday food boxes, each containing mashed potatoes, stuffing, green beans, corn, sweet potatoes or yams, cranberry sauce and a $10 Winn-Dixie gift card to be used toward the purchase of a turkey, ham or other meat.
• To deliver the donated holiday meals, the Weavers, along with Jaguars players Rashad Jennings and Zach Miller and two ROAR cheerleaders, will join Second Harvest at 4:30 p.m. today to distribute about 150 food boxes to families at the NFL-Youth Education Town in Brentwood.
• The Jacksonville Jaguars and Winn-Dixie will donate meals from 1-3 p.m. today to 75 families from Family Support Services and the Police Athletic League. From 1-2 p.m., Jaguar Maurice Jones-Drew and Winn-Dixie will provide Christmas dinners of turkeys and side items to 50 families from Family Support Services. From 2-3 p.m., Winn-Dixie and Coach Jack Del Rio and his wife, Linda, will provide a gift bag and gift cards for groceries to 25 children from PAL. It takes place at the Winn-Dixie at Atlantic Boulevard and Girvin Road.
• CSX Chair and CEO Michael Ward, trustee of the Michael Ward Foundation, will issue a challenge to the public at 1:30 p.m. today at CSX headquarters Downtown to support the Justice Coalition. The coalition and Sheriff John Rutherford made a public plea for donations last week to support the organization, which is in danger of shutting down temporarily for financial reasons. It raised enough to stay open at least a month. The coalition was a victim earlier this year when its bookkeeper and office manager stole more than $100,000 from the organization. She pleaded guilty and is serving a three-year prison sentence.
• JCCI Forward’s new forum will examine lifestyle choices made by young professionals and the effects on an individual’s health. The “Food for Thought” forum will kick off with a private tour of the Native Sun Natural Foods Market on Baymeadows Road and a question-and-answer session with Native Sun owner Aaron Gottlieb. The forum is 5:30-7:30 p.m. Jan. 13. [email protected] by Jan. 6.
• Just in time for Valentine’s Day, JCCI Forward plans “Speed-dating with the Mayoral Candidates” Feb. 1 at City Hall.