Police Athletic League
The Jacksonville Northside Area Police Athletic League is co-sponsoring a event tomorrow. There is to be a motorcycle ride for the Fraternal Order of Police and the Police Athletic League. To participate or sponsor a rider go to the website link below and purchase tickets. The event goes rain or shine. So if you want to sponsor a rider or have sponsors to ride you can drop in at one the locations below or go online and purchase them.
Light The City Charity Motorcycle Ride
When: Friday, October 2, 2009
Check In: 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Begins: Ride Starts at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Adamec of Jacksonville
Ride Starts at Adamec of Jacksonville
8909 Baymeadows Road
Check in between 4:30 and 6:30.
Ride leaves at 7:00pm
Tickets are required for admittance.
Helmets are required / no Flashers.
Event is rain or shine & non refundable.
For more information please contact:
Robbie Freitas at 904-251-5934.
Tickets Available at:
FOP 5530 Beach Blvd Jacksonville, FL (904)398-7010
Also at the following Adamec locations:
8909 Baymeadows Road – (904)493-1931
1520 Wells Road – (904)215-1931
10399 Atlantic Blvd – (904)641-3735
The Jacksonville Police Athletic League mission states: In an effort to reduce juvenile crime and instill positive values, character and leadership skills, PAL provides safe activities for the youth of Jacksonville. Our athletic and educational programs emphasize positive interaction with law enforcement officers and other adult role models.
Their motto is: filling playgrounds. not prisons…for more than 35 years.
Check out their websites and their programs online at: www.jaxpal.com
Become a Scout
For those who have children or would like to volunteer to help children you should look into the Boy and Girl Scouts of America organization. This is a great way for your children to learn about our environment, volunteerism and to have fun while doing. The Boys and Girls Councils of North Florida have lots of information on how to join and look forward to having your child become a boy or girl scout. The adults can also volunteer to help teach their children new skills that will serve them well as adults. For those who don’t have children or their children are grown it is a great opportunity to share you life learning skills with those who need it the most. Each fall the Boys and Girls Scouts starts their drive for new recruits. It is not too late just call your local council and they will be happy to help. There is a small yearly fee for each child and there will be uniform costs but each troop has various rules and some can help with some of the costs. So CALL TODAY!
FOR those who are already in a local troop and want to send me your link I will be happy to post it here. Just send me a message at: jolene.macfadden@jacksonvillesnorthside.info or become a subscriber and post a comment to this blog.
Here is some general information about each group and their contact information:
National Website:
http://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_central/ For Girl Scouts
http://scouting.org/for Boy Scouts
LOCAL INFORMATION:
Boy Scouts of America
North Florida Council
521 Edgewood Ave S
Jacksonville, FL 32205
904.388.0591
800.232.0845 Toll Free
904.387.4148 Fax
jana.metzger@scouting.org
http://www.nfcscouting.org
Girl Scouts of Gateway Council, Inc.
Jacksonville Service Center
1000 Shearer Street
Jacksonville, FL 32205-6055
(904) 388-4653
(800) 347-2688 – Local Toll Free Phone
Fax: (904) 384-1542
Email: info@girlscouts-gateway.org
Web Site: http://www.girlscouts-gateway.org
http://www.facebook.com/gsgcfl ON FACEBOOK
Youth Programs
BOYS
Tiger Cubs is a year-round family- and home-centered program that encourages the ethical decision-making skills for first-grade (or 7-year-old) boys. These boys participate in the program with their adult partners. The program emphasizes shared leadership, learning about the community, and family understanding.
Cub Scouts is a year-round family- and home-centered program that develops ethical decision-making skills for boys in the second through fifth grade (or who are 8, 9, and 10 years old). Activities emphasize character development, citizenship training, and personal fitness.
Boy Scouts is a year-round program that develops ethical decision-making skills for young men ages 11 to 18. Activities emphasize responsible citizenship, character development, and self-reliance through participation in a wide range of outdoor activities.
GIRLS
* Girl Scout Daisy, grades K-1
Girl Scout Daisies meet in groups of five to 10 with two or more adult leaders in a nurturing, inclusive environment. They go on trips, learn about nature and science, and explore the arts and their communities. Girl Scout Daisies can also earn Learning Petals and receive participation patches.
* Girl Scout Brownie, grades 2-3
Girl Scouts Brownies work together in groups, earn Girl Scout Brownie Try-Its, and explore their community. Friendship, fun, and age-appropriate activities begin at the Girl Scout Brownie meeting and move out to the community and wider world.
* Girl Scout Junior, grades 4-5
Girl Scout Juniors earn badges and discover what girl power is all about through new activities and by learning to take charge of their own plans. They gain self-confidence as they explore the world in partnership with their troop/group leaders.
* Girl Scout Cadette, grades 6-8; * Girl Scout Senior, grades 9-10; * Girl Scout Ambassador, grades 11-12
Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors participate in Girl Scouting in many ways. Under the guidance of a trained adult advisor, girls mix and match activities and resources to suit their needs while giving back to their communities. They connect with each other and build self-esteem and confidence in their skills as they work on a range of projects and gain life experiences.
FOR YOUNG ADULTS
Venturing is a year round program for young adults, men and women, between the ages of 14 (having completed the eighth grade) and 20. Its purpose is to provide positive experiences to help youth mature and to prepare them to become responsible adults.
Learning For Life Consists of Three Different Programs. For more information on any of the Learning For Life Programs, contact Ben Butler at 904.388.0591, or benjamin.butler@scouting.org.
Exploring is a worksite-based program for young men and women who are 14 through 20 years old. Exploring units have a focus on a career field, such as law enforcement, fire/rescue, health, law, aviation, engineering, or the like, and are sponsored by a government or business entity.
Character Education is a series of school-based programs designed to support schools and educational organizations in helping youth with character education, life skills, building self-esteem, and developing ethical decision-making skills.
Classroom Scouting is a school based program conducted in partnership with the Girl Scouts. The program is for children with physical, emotional and mental exceptionalities.
JOIN TODAY!
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Northside Libraries
The most important resource that we could have for ourselves and our children is our public libraries. They offer free access to books, movies, music, research materials and lots of different events such as storytime for tots, how-to seminars, free movie nights, and much, much more. The also have free internet service, wireless internet for those with laptops, conference rooms and study rooms. On their website you have access to online research database, ebooks, and library to library lending. All this and much more for just the price of signing an application and showing your id. This will get you a library card to use at ANY of the branch libraries and online website. You can renew your checkout items online or even reserve new selections on the web as well!
Main Library
(904) 630-2665
303 N Laura St 32202
– Center for Adult Learning
– Talking Books
– Conference Center
Hours:
• Mon – Thu: 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.
• Fri & Sat: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Sun: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.
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Bradham*Brooks Northwest Branch
(904) 765-5402
1755 Edgewood Ave W 32208
Hours:
• Mon – Thu: 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
• Fri & Sat: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Sun: CLOSED
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Brentwood Branch
(904) 630-0924
3725 Pearl St 32206
Hours:
• Mon: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Tue: 12 noon – 8 p.m.
• Wed – Fri: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Sat & Sun: CLOSED
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Brown Eastside Branch
(904) 630-5466
1390 Harrison St 32206
Hours:
• Mon: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Tue: 12 noon – 8 p.m.
• Wed – Fri: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Sat & Sun: CLOSED
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Dallas Graham Branch
(904) 630-0922
2304 N Myrtle Ave 32209
Hours:
• Mon – Tue: 12 noon – 8 p.m.
• Wed – Sat: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Sun: CLOSED
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Highlands Regional
(904) 757-7702
1826 Dunn Ave 32218
Hours:
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• Mon – Thu: 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
• Fri & Sat: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Sun: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. *
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Murray Hill Branch
(904) 384-2665
918 Edgewood Avenue S 32205
Hours:
• Mon & Tue: 12 noon – 9 p.m.
• Wed – Sat: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Sun: CLOSED
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Westbrook Branch
(904) 384-7424
2809 Commonwealth Ave 32254
Hours:
• Mon: 12 noon – 8 p.m.
• Tue – Fri: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Sat & Sun: CLOSED
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Willowbranch Branch
(904) 381-8490
2875 Park St 32205
Hours:
• Mon & Tue: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Wed – Thu: 12 noon – 9 p.m.
• Fri – Sat: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Sun: CLOSED
What I Love About the Northside
The Northside of Jacksonville, Florida is a large and varied area. There are some things to love, some things to hate and quite a few things we just lived with. Whenever I get fed up with things in my life I take a ride to the Northside. Mainly, I ride down Hecksher Drive. That road generally has less traffic, depending on the day and time I go down it, there is always something new to see and the old and familiar stuff is there as well. Riding along the St. Johns River and it’s tributaries and then finally the ocean. There has been a lot of new houses being built along a road that really can’t support new housing. There is a lot of wildlife there and marshlands that need to be protected. And there are lots of places to pull over and look out on the water and try to center yourself or just to chill. Many of my family go to the parks in this area for fishing, some to catch shrimp, ride their boats, camping, have a picnic, swim in the river and/or ocean, and get boiled peanuts. Just remember that boiled peanuts are almost always better at the beach.
My daughter has a season pass to the Jacksonville Zoo. My grand daughter loves the animals and the zoo has become a really nice place to spend a morning or a day. They look at the animals, ride the little train, play in the water area and pet the animals in the petting zoo part. We have posted quite a few pictures of the zoo on the Parks & recreation Page. Check it out. The price is not bad and they do have educational programs for kids and adults.
There are other parts to the Northside such as Downtown, Springfield, Riverside, Oceanway and other neighborhoods that we will get to in time. Downtown and Riverside has quite a few blogs about them already and Springfield is enjoying a revitalization right now with quite a few of the old 2 and 3 story homes being renovated. Oceanway is way on the Northside of Jacksonville and has always been a very rural area until recently. That area is being turned into suburbia with a lot of new neighborhoods being built on the farm land when the the old farmers retire or dying off.
Photos From Driving Around the Northside:
Northside Government Services
We have added some more information to the Jacksonville, Florida’s Northside Information blog. We have updated the Government Page with a listing of the Post Offices, Fire Stations and Police Substations located on the Northside. You can go to the page by clicking on the Government tab on the sidebar. We have also included a listing of Jacksonville’s local TV and Radio Stations on the Northside Utilities page. We have created a PDF file of the Fire Stations along with pictures of each of them for you to download and print.
If you have any suggestions or notice that we have missed a resource under these categories please feel free to post a comment or email me at: jolene.macfadden@jacksonvillesnorthside.info
Click on the links below to download these files to your computer:
JACKSONVILLE’S NORTHSIDE AREA FIRE STATIONS
JACKSONVILLE’S TV STATIONS LISTING
JACKSONVILLE’S LOCAL RADIO STATIONS
Promoting Local Businesses
We hope you are enjoying our blog. Now that the holidays are over hopefully we will have more time to add some new and exciting content for all of those who live, work and/or play in Jacksonville, Florida’s Northside Area. We will be traveling around the different areas, taking pictures, interviewing the locals, and posting to the blog. We are still working towards getting all the different resources for our neighbors on the different pages. We apologize for the updates taking so long.
We will start things off by promoting one the new businesses serving the Northside Area in Anderson Air Systems, LLC. They have a website now and is run by uncle. He is just getting started in this business on his own but has worked in the Air Conditioning & Heating field for a very long time. So check out the website and if you need a new Heating & Air Conditioning system installed or repaired I would recommend him. He has been servicing our Heating & Air Conditioner for over 15 years.
If you know of any repair or service businesse that you would recommend then by all means please make a comment. We would all appreciate a recommendation for services and repairs to save money and/or time and to feel like we can trust them to do the job right and quickly the first time. However, please make sure you would actually recommend them to your friends and relatives as we are striving to make this blog a reliable source of information!
Updates to the websites
We have completed updating all the pages on the blog. We have added more acrobat reader files for you to use a listing of public schools, public parks and day care facilities. The files have information on the names, addresses, phone numbers and other interesting information for our subscribers to use. You can save them to your computer and/or just print them off as needed.
Day Care Facility Listings by Zip Code
Public Parks Listing by Zip Code
Public Schools Listing by Zip Code
Please check out all of the pages and if you would like to contribute to the blog sign up as a subscriber and them email me at: becomeacontributor@jacksonvillesnorthside.info with your user id and I will upgrade your status to become an author. That allows you to create a blog posting and upload pictures. We are always looking for volunteers to post reviews, informational tidbits and historical stories about Jacksonville, Florida’s Northside.
We care constantly gathering pictures from around Jacksonville and have added them to the pages that they pertain to. Below is a slideshow of street scenes from around the Northside Area.
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Welcome to the Jacksonville’s Northside Information Blog
Hello everyone! This is the first post on the Blog. We hope to give each of our viewers valuable information, resources and stories from and about Jacksonville, Florida’s Northside of town. For purposes of this blog the Northside of Jacksonville will comprise those areas in the following zip codes: 32202, 32204, 32205, 32206, 32208, 32209, 32218, 32219, 32220, 32226 and 32254. We will report on where to eat, where some interesting places to live are, where to play and much, much more. So, stayed tuned and participate with your fellow northsiders!
If you want to participate by making comments or suggestions you will need to subscribe to the blog. It will only take a few minutes and once you have received your email from Wordpress (which happens pretty quick) with your temporary password just sign back in. Once you have signed back in you can change your password, personalize you user information and upload a picture of yourself. As I get more proficient with Wordpress themes the picture should start showing up on your comments.
If you would like to contribute or be an author you will need to subscribe and then email me with your requests. We always need volunteers to give us great information and points to other resources. So, please join in on the fun!
Jolene, webmistress
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