Guest column: First Coast Relief Fund celebrates fifth anniversary
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As we warily start the 2021 hurricane season, we are also marking the fifth anniversary of the First Coast Relief Fund. It was around this time in 2016 when The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, the Jessie Ball du Pont Fund, and United Way of Northeast Florida began asking: how would we as a community respond philanthropically to a local disaster?
At the time, the question was hypothetical.
Months later, Hurricane Matthew blew through Northeast Florida, and the question was no longer hypothetical. With only a preliminary outline of a proposed disaster fund, the three original collaborators, plus the Jewish Federation and Foundation of Northeast Florida and United Way of St. Johns County, managed to launch Florida’s First Coast Relief Fund now the First Coast Relief Fund over the course of one long weekend. Mayor Lenny Curry and the City of Jacksonville publicly supported the effort and hi
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By - Associated Press - Friday, May 25, 2018
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) - Palm Springs, the iconic Southern California desert resort that was once Frank Sinatra’s playground, will soon have a sandbox for 10 giant naked babies.
The Desert Sun newspaper reports developer Michael Braun has arranged for the 8-foot-tall (2.44-meter-tall) sculptures by Czech Republic artist David Cerny (CHEHR’-nee) to be displayed in a downtown lot where residential units will eventually be built.
The statues show the infants in a crawling position and they have barcodes instead of faces. They were previously displayed crawling up Prague’s, Zizvok Television Tower, where they were called “The 10 Babies.”
Credit: (Courtesy NJ Department of Environmental Protection)
New Jersey’s 2007 “duck stamp” featured a painting by Michael Braun of a Chocolate Labrador Retriever puppy examining a green-winged teal decoy; the decoy was carved by the artist’s father, Ed O. Braun Jr.
It was 1996 when New Jersey last raised the price of its “duck stamp,” the required and once famously collectible waterfowl hunting permits that help fund wetlands and other environmental projects throughout the state.
That may be about to change. A move is underway to double the modest $5 fee for residents and boost the funds for needed projects all with the apparent support of hunters themselves.
On Sunday, nearly 300 people plan to gather at Oscar’s Café and Bar in downtown Palm Springs for a “fully-vaccinated” afternoon of dancing and drinking, according to owner Dan Gore. The event which will require prior proof of COVID-19 vaccination, identification and a signed HIPPA waiver to attend illustrates one potential “new normal” standard for safe partying.
“We photocopied everything,” Gore said. “In the event that someone needs to see proof, we will be able to access it on the fly.”
Participants will be required to wear masks at all times except when seated at a table, according to Gore, who noted that there was no indoor seating at Oscar’s. Gore said he employed an attorney to help ensure that everything about the event was in full compliance with current Center for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and local regulations regarding COVID safety.