>>MELANIE LAWSON: WELL, THIS MONTH’S POSITIVELY JAX AWARD GOES TO A WOMAN WHO WAS
LOOKING OUT FOR COLLEGE
STUDENTS. ANGELES SEABROOK’S
HAS SENT MORE THAN 100
STUDENTS OFF WITH DORM ROOM
ESSENTIALS TO HELP THEM KEEP
SOME OF THEIR OWN MONEY IN
THEIR POCKET. SO SHE MAKE SURE
THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE
THOUGHT ABOUT DURING THE HIGHS
AND LOWS OF COLLEGE LIFE.
>> ANGELA SEABROOK’S HAS MADE
IT HER MISSION TO HELP COLLEGE
STUDENTS HAVE THE FULL
COLLEGIATE EXPERIENCE HELPING
THEM NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
THE BASICS SO THEY CAN FOCUS
ON THEIR EDUCATION.
>> WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS BOX
WITH US NEXT. AND THE
KNOWLEDGE SOMEONE IS ROOTING
FOR SOMEONE WHO’S BEEN THERE
AND HE’S PROUD OF THEM AND
KNOWS THE JOURNEY AHEAD IS NOT
EASY OR CHEAP SEABROOK’S AT 6
SIBLINGS AND PARENTS WHO MADE
SURE SHE HAD EVERYTHING SHE
NEEDED IN COLLEGE. SO WHAT SHE
THOUGHT OF STUDENTS WHO DON’T
HAVE THAT SAME SUPPORT.
>> AND I’M LIKE WE NEED TO
DEVELOP SOMETHING JUST TO GIVE
THEM KUDOS TO TO THEIR MOMS,
THEIR ACHIEVEMENT FOR COLLEGE
FRESHMAN. THAT KUDOS INCLUDES
$150 WORTH OF DORM ROOM
SUPPLIES, A COMFORTER SHEETS,
TOWELS, LAMP.
>> SHOWER CENTRAL’S EVERY
FRESHMAN ON CAMPUS. ME AND
THAT HELPS KIDS FINANCIALLY
HAVE COME OUT POCKET. THESE
STUDENTS ARE RECRUITED FROM
DUVAL COUNTY SCHOOLS,
SEABROOK’S TARGETS. FIRST
GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS.
BUT IF A STUDENT NEEDS HELP,
SHE DOES HER BEST TO STEP IN.
I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO OF
MANY KIDS AS
>> SO AND ALSO BE ABLE TO
CONNECT WITH THEM THROUGHOUT
THEIR 4 YEARS IN HELP THEM GET
TO THE GRADUATION PARK.
JASON’S TEXT MESSAGES
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
>> WEST TEXT MESSAGES SENT
THEM DOWN WITH ON ME. AND I
SAID ALMOST BARRETT FINISHED
LINE. AND CARE PACKAGES DURING
EXAMS REMINDING THE STUDENTS
THEY’RE NOT ALONE. SHE IS
MAKING A POSITIVELY JAX
INVESTMENT IN THE NEXT
GENERATION OF LEADERS.
>> AND LOOK AT THOSE SMILE
LEAGUE. YOU KNOW, THANK YOU SO
MUCH. YOU KNOW, I LOVE.
>> IN THIS CASE, THIS IS
SOMETHING YOU USE YOUR IDEA
AND YOU’RE LIKE, WHAT CAN I
DO? YOU STARTED SMALL AND
GREW. SO WE ALSO FRANCIS WITH
CLOSETS BY DESIGN JOINING US
PRESENTING THIS AWARD LET YOU
DO THE YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT
JUST WHERE THE IDEA CAME FROM
THE MOTIVATION AND, YOU KNOW,
WHEN SOMETHING GROWS, YOU HAVE
TO GRAB IT, RIGHT, RIGHT,
RIGHT, IT CAME FROM. I
DISCUSSING THIS WITH HER
>> WHEN I WENT OFF TO COLLEGE,
JUST REMEMBERING ALL THE COSTS
THAT CAME WITH IT. I HAD
COMMUNITY A CHURCH SUPPORTING
ME. THEY ALWAYS TOOK UP A
COLLECTION AND IN THE SUMMER
AND GAVE IT OUT TO THE CAUSE.
KIDS THAT WAS GOING OFF IN THE
FALL. I HAVE MY SISTERS AND MY
BROTHERS THAT ALWAYS THAT WE
CARE PACKAGES AND MONEY FOR
BOOKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I
WAS THINKING OF THE OTHER KIDS
WHO DON’T HAVE THAT KIND OF
SUPPORT. NOW IT’S LIKE HOW CAN
WE HELP THEM?
>> AND I JUST OUT THERE THAT
YOU SEE A LITTLE TEAR
ACCUMULATING IN THAT. I FIRST
I’VE TALK WITH YOU. I’M NOT
SEEING YOU GET EMOTIONAL, BUT
THANK GOODNESS IT WAS US WITH
THIS AWARD IS ALL ABOUT.
ABSOLUTELY. THESE KIDS DO NEED
THIS HELP AND
>> I PUT 3 KIDS TO COLLEGE AND
I GOT TO COLLEGE AND I KNOW
THAT THE STARTUP IS AN
EXCEPTIONALLY EXPENSIVE. AND
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FROM
THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FROM
THE BOTTOM OF THOSE KIDS
HARDS, YOU’RE DOING AN AMAZING
SERVICE FOR THEM. YEAH. AND SO
WE HAVE TO CALL IT YOUR HUBBY
DOLLARS. WE HAVE VIDEO OF HIM.
HE ACTUALLY ALSO HAS RECEIVED
THE POSITIVELY JAX AWARD BACK
IN 2017. YEAH. I MEAN WHY HE
WAS ABLE TO GET IT.
>> WE HAVE A NONPROFIT COLOR
VIDEO AND WE COMMUNITY GARDENS
AND HE WAS THAT WE WERE AT EWC
WU NOW. WE DID THERE. WE
STARTED OFF THEIR FARM THERE.
SO HE RECEIVED THAT BECAUSE OF
WHAT WE DID. GET A HOLD ON.
LET ME SEE THIS. HAS UPGRADED
A LITTLE BIT. SO YOU GUYS GET
PEOPLE NEXT EACH OTHER
GRADUATIONS. AND REALLY WE’VE
GOT TO GO. BUT TELL ME REAL
QUICK HOW PEOPLE CAN DONATE TO
YOUR YOU CAN CONTACT ME VIA
EMAIL. ANGELA. DENISE AT
COMCAST DOT NET. OR YOU? I
WOULD GIVE MY OUT ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, WILL MAKE SURE WE GET
ALL THIS INFORMATION NEWS, 4
JAX DOT COM SO THAT IF YOU DO
WANT TO DONATE TAKE MONETARY
DONATIONS OR ANY OF THOSE
ITEMS OF SOMEONE WANTS TO
DONATE OR EVEN ADOPT SOMEONE,
RIGHT. THEY CAN SPONSOR THAT
OPTION TO ANGELA. THANK YOU SO
MUCH HOPE THIS GROWS INTO
SOMETHING HUGE. FRANCIS, THANK