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RESIDENTNEWS.NET | DECEMBER 2020, VOL. 14, ISSUE 12
Have mask will read Caped literary crusaders Kathleen McAllister, Kristen Johnson and Michelle Tibbets don their hero duds to encourage students at Ortega Elementary to become “super readers” during a drive-through book event at the school in November. READE MORE, PAGE 48
Ju’Coby Pittman speaks to media about the gift of $100,000 dollars given to the Clara White Mission on Nov. 16. Clara White board chair Michelle Paul, veteran client Russell Graney, Seth Pajcic of Pajcic and Pajcic, veteran client Wayne Stephens and Clara White president and CEO Ju’Coby Pittman gathered to announce the gift during the check presentation.
Lake Howard no more After years of persistence, an Ortega resident finally convinces the city to fix the street that has been flooding her driveway. READE MORE, PAGE 6
Pajcic and Pajcic continues tradition of giving back
When Seth Pajcic of The Law Firm of Pajcic and Pajcic handed Ju’Coby Pittman, CEO and president of Clara White Mission, a check for $100,000 Nov. 16, it was to continue the Pajcic tradition of giving back to the community. “Ever since my dad and uncle started the firm, they thought about how they could give back to the community. With this check we are trying to continue a tradition of giving back, especially to important charities like Clara White and what they do, feeding people, providing housing (for veterans), and job training,” said Seth Pajcic. “People that can, this is our time to step up and do a little extra and that’s what we’re doing. We are fortunate to have the
The ‘Smell’ continues to linger in Murray Hill During a Murray Hill Preservation Association meeting, residents learned the investigation into the mysterious odor wafting through their neighborhood has ramped up and may be tied to a local fragrance company.
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means to donate and give to a mission like Clara White and make our community a better place.” Pittman said the donation would be a game-changer for her nonprofit. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Clara White has been struggling as many charitable organizations have been, lacking volunteers and resources to feed hundreds of individuals and families every day. The money will help the mission stay open and continue to feed people and provide packaged goods to families who have come to depend on it, she said. “We are a safety net. We’ve been around 117 years,” she said. “Today I didn’t expect this check, but I can tell you we need it more now than ever,” she said.
Avondale’s most special tradition
Fun with gingerbread Team Cody comprised of Bowen and Louie Body and Anna and Maria Conners creates a Christmas-themed display to compete in the Jacksonville Historical Society’s 18th Annual Gingerbread Extravaganza at Old St. Andrews Church in December. READE MORE, PAGE 50
It would not be Christmas without a visit to the festive nutcracker collection on display at Hooshang’s Oriental Rugs and Gallery. Each year store owner Hooshang Harvesf, Ph.D. and Designer Carolyn Patterson of Avondale, present a most special arrangement of more than 300 nutcrackers from by each December to see the display. Harvesf ’s extensive collection of “A lady once came in with her daughter approximately 1,000. “My challenge and she said, ‘I want to thank you.” I is to add to the display without taking said, ‘I appreciate that, but can I ask any out because each one has their why?’ ‘My mother brought me to your own follower who visits every year window when I was a little girl and just to see their favorite,” he said, adding now, I am bringing my daughter to that new generations of viewers stop see it,’ she said,” he recalled.
RPDS students help feed the hungry
Blaire Massey
The Riverside Presbyterian Day School sixth-grade project LEADS program is underway! The school’s sixth-grade classes have been collecting items for Downtown Ecumenical Services Council (DESC) as they serve the needs of the hungry in Jacksonville. On Nov. 17, the RPDS Sixth Grade Leadership Council loaded up another donation delivery for the nonprofit. The school is grateful that its students care for and give back to their community!
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