WJCT

Location: WJCT Studios: 100 Festival Park Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida 32202

Plan to attend this free Luncheon Seminar hosted by WJCT and Baptist Health

Andrew Namen, MD, Medical Director, Sleep Disorders Center, Baptist Health

All You Need to Know About Sleep, But Are Too Tired to Ask

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:30 am – 1 pm

11:30 am Registration
11:45 am Lunch Served
Noon Lecture
12:50 pm Q&A

Complimentary Parking Available Limited to 200 Attendees
Please RSVP to 904.549.2938 by June 17.

Catering provided by Native Sun Natural Foods Market

Location: Metropolitan Park, Jacksonville

Annual Reading Celebration – WJCT, DCPS, JPL and Aramark
Sixth Annual Share a Story

WJCT’s Share a Story is a literacy event designed to inspire adults to help children develop language and literacy skills through daily activities, including book reading, drawing, storytelling, rhyming and singing. Literacy experts have long recognized the link between children’s exposure to language and their eventual reading success. Join WJCT and some of your favorite PBS Kids characters to celebrate reading in Jacksonville!

Sponsored by:
St. Vincent’s Healthcare
Community First Credit Union
Winn-Dixie
Meridian Technologies
Stellar
Coggin Automotive
Main Metal Recycling
Shacter Family Foundation

Location: WJCT Studios: 100 Festival Park Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida 32202

Plan to attend this free Luncheon Seminar hosted by WJCT and Baptist Health

Sean Orr, MD, Medical Director, Stroke Center, Baptist Medical Center Downtown

“Stroke: Advice for Women” Prevention, Stroke Treatment

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 11:30 am – 1 pm

11:30 am Registration
11:45 am Lunch Served
Noon Lecture
12:50 pm Q&A

Complimentary Parking Available Limited to 200 Attendees
Please RSVP to 904.549.2938 by May 7.

Catering provided by Native Sun Natural Foods Market

Location: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront

Sat., May 3, 8-4 pm at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront

Universal Sisters is a minority health program designed to address the unique health concerns of women of color. Held at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront, the first annual conference is hosted by WJCT, Baptist Health, and Women of Color Cultural Foundation, Inc.

Location: WJCT Studios

WJCT Studios Preview PBS’ exciting new documentary on the big screen in the WJCT Studios. The preview event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Reservations are required, call (904) 358-6300.

For more information about the series click here.

Location: WJCT

Reading Rainbow 14th Annual Young Writers & Illustrators Contest begins January 1, 2008 and ends on or about March 3, 2008.

The Contest is open to students in Kindergarten, First, Second and Third grade.

The winners of Reading Rainbow 14th Annual Young Writers & Illustrators are:

Kindergarten (pdf)
First Grade (pdf)
Second Grade (pdf)
Third Grade (pdf)

Location: WJCT Studios

WJCT Public Broadcasting Presents A Fun Filled Afternoon for Educators from African American Lives 2

SAVE THE DATE

Friday, February 8, 2008
4:00 pm – 8:30 pm
(3:30 pm – registration)

Experience how the techniques of personal discovery in the African American Lives 2 series can be a resource for your students to explore and raise their awareness of African American history and their own genealogy!

Educators in attendance will receive a special sneak preview and earn professional development credits.

This event is free and open to all First Coast educators, but seating is limited. RSVP by February 5th to Beth Culkeen at 904.358.6391.

Major corporate funding for this new production and its outreach initiatives is provided by Buick, Johnson & Johnson, The Coca Cola Company, Haven Hospice, BlueCross BlueShield of Florida.

Funding is also provided by public television viewers and PBS. Additional resources and materials for the teacher training workshops are provided by Ancestry.com.

Location: The Florida Theatre

Saturday Feb. 2, 10:30 am at The Florida Theatre

At WJCT’s invitation, Michael Feldman is bringing his wildly popular program to Jacksonville. Michael Feldman’s Whad ‘Ya Know will broadcast from the Florida Theatre on Saturday, February 2 at 10:30 am, airing on 89.9 FM WJCT and other public radio stations throughout the nation. Be part of the live studio audience as Feldman delivers his signature monologue, All The News That Isn’t, and continues with quizzes, interviews, jazz and more. It’s offbeat, upbeat radio. For tickets, call The Florida Theatre at (904)355-2787.

Sponsored by: Wisconsin Public Radio, PRI, folioweekly, Regions

Location: Baptist Beaches

Pamela Rama, MD — Cardiologist

“Women and Heart Disease”

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 11:30 am – 1 pm

Baptist Medical Center Beaches—Dannehl Twomey Conference Room 1350 13th Avenue South, Jacksonville Beach, Florida 32250
11:30 am—Registration, 11:45 am—Lunch served, Noon—Lecture, 12:50—Q&A

Complimentary Parking Available—Limited to 50 attendees

EVENT FULL

Catering provided by Native Sun Natural Foods Market

Location: WJCT

Don’t miss the 13th Annual Travel & Entertainment Auction!

Tune in on January 26-27, and find the opportunity to bid on hundreds of fabulous getaways. Whether you’re looking for fun, romance or a family adventure, you’re sure to find something to enjoy.

Sponsored by Coggin Automotive & Maine Metal Recycling

Location: Jewish Community Alliance, 8505 San Jose Blvd, Jacksonville, Florida 32217

Ron & Joan Levin and First Coast Society cordially invite you to a special preview of The Jewish Americans

The six-hour series produced by David Grubin examines the struggle of a tiny minority to make its way into the American mainstream. While the story of Jewish life in America is emblematic of the American immigrant story, it is also a unique story of ongoing discrimination and stereotyping coupled with some of the most remarkable accomplishments in American history, the arts, commerce, science and academia.

Hors D’oeuvres 7:00 to 7:30 pm
Preview 7:30 to 8:30 pm
RSVP Veronica at (904) 358-6300

Location: Azalea Room, Baptist Medical Center South

Wed., Nov. 14, 11:30 am–1 pm WJCT and Baptist Health are teaming up again to launch a new series that promotes women’s health. The first LUNCH ‘N’ LEARN features radiologist Christine Granfield, M.D., a 2007 Speaking of Women’s Health honoree, who will discuss the benefits of digital technology in Mammography’s Digital Dynamo. LUNCH ‘N’ LEARN takes place in the Azalea Room at Baptist Medical Center South. The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited and reservations are required. For reservations and information, call (904) 549-2938.

Location: WJCT Studios

Saturday, November 3 – 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Have a fun-filled time while you discover new
skills to help you help your child become a better reader.

Location: WJCT Studios, 100 Festival Park Avenue

November 1st – November 30th
WJCT invites the First Coast community to lend a helping hand to their neighbors by contributing new and nearly new sweaters,jackets and blankets to the fifth annual MISTER ROGERS NEIGHBORHOOD SWEATER DRIVE.

Contributions will be donated to St. Vincent’s Mobile Outreach Ministry, which serves migrant workers; I.M. Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless; Clara White Mission; and St. Mary’s Episcopal Church.

Community members can drop contributions at WJCT, located at 100 Festival Park Avenue across from ALLTEL Stadium, at participating VyStar Credit Union locations on the First Coast and at Two Men and A Truck on Beach Blvd.

First Coast elementary schools are invited to collect contributions. The three schools that collect the most contributions will receive a special prize.
Participation Form

The sweater drive honors the life and work of the late Fred Rogers, PBS’ “Mister Rogers,” and is supported by Shacter Family Foundation, Two Men and a Truck, and VyStar Credit Union. For more information call (904) 358-6314.