>>JENNIFER WAUGH: A LOCAL MAN IS OPENING DOORS FOR YOUNG MEN WHO HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES IN
TROUBLE THESE ARE JUST SOME OF
THE TEENS IN FACT THAT HE’S
MAKING A POSSIBLY JAX
DIFFERENCE FOR AT THE SAINT
JOHN’S YOUTH ACADEMY JUVENILE
THAT DEAD
DETENTION FACILITY. NICK HARVEY
TEACHES A CAREER CLASS THAT
HELPS THESE TEENS HOME,
PRACTICAL LIFE SKILLS LIKE
INTERVIEWING WELL FOR JOB
GETTING ALL DRESSED UP RIGHT
LOOKING
THE PART AS YOU CAN SEE HE’S
EVEN BUT 6 OF THE BOYS KNEW
SOOTY HELP THEM GET FRESH AIR
CUTS HAD THEM POSED FOR THESE
PROFESSIONAL HEADSHOTS IT LOOKS
FANTASTIC
STICK. JOINING ME NOW OUR
POSITIVELY JAX WINNER FOR THIS
MONTH IS NICHOLAS HARVEY AND
JIM MOYER OF COURSE FROM JAGUAR
LAND ROVER JACKSONVILLE.
WE’LL PRESENT THE AWARD WELCOME
TO BOTH OF YOU AND GOOD
MORNING.
>> THE MORE. GLAD TO
BE HERE.
BE HERE. >>LAUREN VERNO: AND WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU AND JIM GOOD
MORNING TO YOU AS WELL, SO LET
ME START WITH THICK IF
I COULD SO WHAT INSPIRED YOU
NICK TO DO THIS TO HELP THESE
KIDS SPECIFICALLY THE JUVENILE
DETENTION CENTER.
>> FIRST JUST KNOWING
>> MANY OF THEM HAVE NEVER HAD
THE
WEARING A NEW
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PHOTO SHE
WAS TO GET THEM TO SEE
THEMSELVES IN A DIFFERENT
LIGHT.
AND AS THEY SAW THEMSELVES IN A
DIFFERENT LIGHT OF THEY WOULD
SEE THEMSELVES AS GENTLEMEN,
THEY WOULD SEE THEMSELVES
AS BUSINESSMAN, BUT THE OTHER
SIDE OF THAT WAS TO TAKE THESE
PHOTOS AND GET PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY SEEING THESE YOUNG
MEN DIFFERENTLY. AS WELL.
AFTER THE PHOTO SHOOT AND WHEN
THEY LOOKED AT THEMSELVES,
YOU KNOW, LOOKING SO SHARP IN
THESE TO BE HAS CHANGED AND DID
YOU NOTICE A
IS AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE
OUTING DURING THE DAY OVER HERE
WHEN KIDS SAY.
>> AND LOOK HOW THE PEOPLE ARE
LOOKING AT US.
AND YOU CAN
SEE HERE YOU NOTICE THAT PEOPLE
WERE LOOKING AT THEM A WHOLE
LOT DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE
THEY WERE. BECAUSE OF HOW THEY
WERE DRESSED THEY WOULD THEY
WOULD TURN HEADS, I MEAN THE
BOYS WERE
LOOKING GOOD.
>>LAUREN VERNO: CERTAINLY
FATHER AND WE WISH THEM SO MUCH
SUCCESS IN
THE FUTURE. SO IS THERE
SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY
CAN
DO NICK TO HELP YOU IN YOUR
EFFORTS TO CONTINUE HELPING
THESE YOU KNOW TEENAGERS AT THE
AT THE DETENTION FACILITY.
>> YES,
MA’AM SO I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE
A DIVISION ONE COLLEGE ATHLETE
AND I NEVER MADE IT SO THIS IS
THE CLOSE CLOSE AS I’M GOING TO
GET TO IT SO I WOULD LIKE TO
ANNOUNCE TODAY THAT WE’RE GOING
TO BE PARTNERING WITH LEVEL THE
PLAYING FIELD
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. YOU CAN
FIND AT A LEVEL THE PLAYING
FIELD L A
DOT OR THIS LEADERSHIP IN
MENTORSHIP PROGRAM IT WAS
FOUNDED BY FORMER JAGUAR LINE
THE MARKETS AND IT’S ALL ABOUT
HELPING KIDS FROM SINGLE PARENT
HOMES OF CHILDREN OF COLOR WHO
WOULD NEED MENTOR SHIP AND THE
OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO
NOT
TRAIN THEM AS ATHLETES BUT ALSO
TRAIN THEM AS YOUNG MEN AND
EXPOSED HIM TO THINGS THAT THEY
MAY NOT
TYPICALLY BE ABLE TO BE EXPOSED
TO SO IT’S A GREAT FOUNDATION
LEVEL.
>> THE PLAYING FIELD LEVEL THE
PLAYING FIELD IT IS FANTASTIC.
I’M SO GLAD YOU’RE ABLE TO
PARTNERSHIP THEN WITH LONNIE
WE’VE HAD HIM ON THE SHOW
SEVERAL TIMES WHAT AN
INSPIRATION.
HE IS YOU KNOW TO OUR COMMUNITY
AND TO THOSE AROUND HIM LET ME
BRING JIM MOYER WITH IT WITH
THE LAND ROVER JAGUAR BACK INTO
OUR OUR GUIDE KIND OF CONGRESS
CONVERSATION HERE IN JIM.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT ABOUT NIK
STORY THAT REALLY RESONATES
WITH YOU.
>> WELL REAL SIMPLE ON AN INNER
CITY KID MYSELF AND I’M A
PRODUCT OF THE BOYS CLUB, SO I
CAN KIND OF RELATE TO WHAT HE’S
DOING AND HE STATED TO THE NEXT
LEVEL SO I GOT FELT EARLY ON IN MY LIFE AND KEPT ME OUT OF TROUBLE AND KEPT ME OUR GOOD
WINE BUT HE’S ALREADY PASSED
THAT AND GOD
BLESS HIM I MEAN IT’S JUST
AMAZING WHAT HE’S DOING AND
TAKING ON MY MY HATS OFF TO
HIM. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID
I’D LIKE TO SIGN UP AND TRY TO
HELP HIM WITH HIS ENDEAVOR AND
TRY TO GET SOME OF THESE KIDS
START TO WORK AND YOU KNOW AND
I’M IN SO THAT COUPLE THINGS
ONE AS FAR AS THE FIELDS AUTO
GROUP. WE WANT TO
SUPPORT YOU. WE’RE GOING TO
DONATE SOME MONEY WE’RE GOING
TO GIVE YOU A $500 FROM THE
FIELDS GROUP, BUT I WANT TO
PERSONALLY GIVE YOU ANOTHER
$500 BUT THAT BEING SAID I’D
LIKE TO JOIN YOU AND HELP IT
TRY TO GET THESE KIDS ON THE
RIGHT PATH AND GET INTO THE END
GAME AND THAT IS OBVIOUSLY
BEING PART OF SOCIETY AND
THAT’S WHAT WE NEED IN
WASHINGTON RIGHT ON.
>> THAT’S
SO SWEET OF YOU PERSONALLY AND
OF COURSE PROFESSIONALLY.
THANK YOU WE REALLY APPRECIATE
I MEAN THAT PALES IN COMPARISON
TO THIS AWARD BUT WE’RE GOING
MAKE SURE THAT YOU
GET IT.
>>LAUREN VERNO: SO