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Domestic Violence Awareness Month Youth Art Contest

Submitted by Rachel Leitao, First Coast News Staff
Friday, October 1st, 2010, 3:36pm

Hubbard House announced September 20th the launch of its first-ever Domestic Violence Awareness Month Youth Art Contest in an effort to raise awareness about domestic violence among youth.

The contest, open to youth ages 5-12 living in Northeast Florida, runs from Sept. 20 through Oct. 21 and highlights Hubbard House’s newest prevention program WAVE (Working Against Violence Every day, Everywhere, Every time). The program teaches youth healthy relationship skills before abuse occurs, how to identify and prevent bullying and helps them gain a better understanding of how violence affects their lives.

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Make A Scene Downtown! Rocky Horror Picture Show & Street Festival

Submitted by Rachel Leitao, First Coast News Staff
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010, 10:15am

The City of Jacksonville presents the campy cult classic, Rocky Horror Picture Show, at the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, Oct. 22 at midnight. Rocky Horror enthusiasts will come alive when the street festival kicks off at 8 p.m. on the Northbank Riverwalk directly behind the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts.  The Rocky Horror Tribute Band, a costume contest, food, beverages, activities and fun will all be part of this “strange journey.” Theater doors open at 11 p.m.

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New Blood Perks Up Florida Panther Population

Submitted by Rachel Leitao, First Coast News Staff
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010, 9:11am

USA Today - By the early 1990s there were only 20 to 25 Florida panthers left out of what was once a large and thriving population – and those that remained were sickly and inbred, destined for extinction within 20 years, experts estimated. So in 1995 conservation managers moved eight wild-caught female pumas from Texas to the area – a reintroduction so successful that between 1995 and 2008 a total of 424 panther births have been documented.

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8th Annual Buddy Walk Benefitting The Down Syndrome Association of Jacksonville

Submitted by Rachel Leitao, First Coast News Staff
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010, 9:29am

The Down Syndrome Association of Jacksonville is excited to announce the 8th Annual Buddy Walk will take place this Saturday, October 2, 2010 at the Jacksonville Beach Pavilion.  The 1-mile walk is the largest fundraiser of the year for the DSAJ and the local chapter’s goal is to raise $150,000.  Brand new this year is the 5K run, which will immediately precede the walk @ 8am.

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Annual Pumpkin Patch Opens Saturday at Southside United Methodist Church

Submitted by Rachel Leitao, First Coast News Staff
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010, 9:14am

Hundreds of pumpkins will be hitting the town on Saturday, October 2nd as the youth of Southside United Methodist Church (SUMC) set up for the start of PUMPKINS ON THE POINT!   We invite the community to enjoy the fun as “the point,” between Hendricks Avenue and San Jose Blvd, grows one pumpkin at a time into a very sincere pumpkin patch.

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