Community Connections’ annual Mardi Gras to be held February 12
First-ever contest gives party-goers chance to travel to event for free in a Jacksonville Party Bus Community Connections, a nonprofit focused on healing homelessness and fighting poverty, one life at...
View ArticleCommunity Connections hosts ‘Jacksonville’s Top Krewe’ contest for annual...
Winners receive complimentary ride to event in Jacksonville Party Bus Community Connections of Jacksonville, a nonprofit that focuses on healing homelessness and fighting poverty, one life at a time,...
View ArticleBurgers, diaper relay, tour introduces community to Community Connections
Three-member teams of Jacksonville firefighters, the CIT Global Employee Volunteer Program and Community Connections staffers successfully cleaned, powdered and diapered the dolls, dressed them in...
View ArticleCity Council Approves $541,000, More Kids Can Go To Camp
More than a 1,000 Duval County kids will be able to go to camp this summer thanks to $541,000 the Jacksonville City Council approved Tuesday. To celebrate, children from about 20 different summer camps...
View ArticleCheryl’s Story
Cheryl is a 36-year-old mother with a sixteen-year-old daughter and a four-year-old son. The last couple of months have not been easy for her, a recently divorced mother of two just trying to save up...
View ArticleAllie’s Story
Allie is a nine year old student in the Sable Palms after-school program. She is the youngest of five girls, and they live with their great-grandmother and sometimes up to five of their cousins. Her...
View ArticleCommunity Connections’ Normandy Center visited by NFL Player
Mario Butler goes back to his roots to share football and life lessons Community Connections, a nonprofit focused on healing homelessness and fighting poverty, one life at a time, will welcome Mario...
View ArticleKim’s Story
Kim’s biggest regret was not being able to provide for her girls. She found Community Connections after moving in and out of shelters and living on the street. Kim had no job, no place to stay, and...
View ArticleGrant Awarded to Community Connections
AT&T Aspire supports After-School Programs Community Connections, a nonprofit focused on healing homelessness and fighting poverty, one life at a time, has been awarded a $25,000 AT&T Aspire...
View ArticleBank of America foundation spreads Friday the 13th grant joy to Jacksonville...
The day was Friday the 13th and the $20,000 check was the oversize cardboard variety not good at any financial institution. But the Bank of America Charitable Foundation grant it symbolized was real,...
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