Teen servant leaders from the I’m A Star Foundation are presenting a check that will help benefit homeless students in Duval County.
According to Duval Schools, 3,203 students are living in shelters, hotels, relatives, or on the streets.
Students raised $62,000 to help aid homeless students, surpassing their initial goal of $50,000. Over $30,000 of the total was raised through a celebrity basketball game that included Jacksonville figures like former city council president Terrance Freeman, Duval County School Board member Darryl Willie, and Action Sports Jax’s Marcel Robinson.
The check will be presented during Monday’s Duval County School Board meeting at 6:00 p.m. at the Clive Auditorium at 1701 Prudential Drive. Since 2012, students from the I’m A Star Foundation have raised and donated $126,500 to the district’s Students in Transition Department.Chase Bunker is a reporter and evening anchor for WOKV. Chase comes to Jacksonville from sister station WDBO in Orlando where he worked as a producer and a fill-in reporter and host.Intermittent lane closures due to drainage works and utility work on Aquarius Concourse both ways between Blairmore Blvd and Auriga Dr.
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