WEEKEND WITH EXTRA SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND THAT PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. THEY CAN LEARN.
>>LAUREN VERNO: MARK THANK YOU
ALL RIGHT, WE CONTINUE OUR DAY
OF POSITIVELY JAX WE INVITE ALL
OF YOU TO JOIN US IN TODAY’S
CELEBRATION OF COMMITTING
KINDNESS IN OUR COMMUNITIES SO
MANY THINGS YOU CAN DO AND
MELANIE JOINS US NOW FROM
JACKSONVILLE’S EASTSIDE WE’VE
BEEN CHECKING IN WITH
YOU AND.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: AND YOUR
COHORT RICHARD NOT ALL MORNING
LONG WHERE IT APPEARS THAT YOU
ARE ACTUALLY GETTING SOME WORK
DONE ALREADY.
>>LAUREN VERNO: AND THE WORK
HAS BEGUN RUN VAN BUREN STREET
HERE ON THE
EAST SIDE AND THERE ARE 6 HOMES
THAT ARE GETTING SOME MAJOR
OUTSIDE RENOVATIONS TODAY AND
THEY ARE NEEDED. I MEAN WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT SOME OF OUR
SENIORS, ONE OF THE HOMEOWNERS,
IT’S MORE THAN A 100 YEARS OLD
AND SHE’S GOING TO BE ABLE TO
KNOW THAT THE FRONT OF HER
HOUSE IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL
SO
THEY HAD.
>>LENA PRINGLE: NEARLY 50
VOLUNTEERS BUT THEY WERE NOT
COUNTING ON ONE THAT HE SAID HE
SAW IT AND HE HAD TO GET TO
WORK BRIDGE IS WORKING ON THIS
RAIL. WHAT ARE YOU DOING DOWN
THEIR BODY.
>> YOU PUT ME NEXT TO SOMETHING
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND HAND
ME SOME TOOLS AND THE NEXT
THING I
WELL WE’LL BE LOOKING FOR A
BEER BUT I’LL GET A BUNCH OF
STUFF DONE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN
WORK UP A SWEAT
AND WITH THE HELP OF EVERYBODY
RIVER TO GET THIS PART DONE IT
NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE
STANDING HERE ONCE THE PAINT
GOES ON IT THIS IS GOING TO
LOOK JUST FRESH, IT’S GOING TO
LOOK NEW WILL GET THE PAINT
COMING IN ON THE WATER BEHIND
YOU AND AS YOU DRIVE BY THE
CURB APPEAL IS GOING TO JUST
POP OUT OF THE 6 HOUSES THESE
ARE GOING TO BECOME THE BEAUTY
SPOT HERE AND THEN OTHER FOLKS
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO
CALL IT. HEY RICHARD AND PAPER AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR SPRAY BOMB CANS BECAUSE I
NEED SOME WORK OVER HERE TO
YEAH I THINK THE POINT IS YOU
KNOW THIS IS WORK THAT THEY
WOULDN’T OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO
DO.
>> AND I WANT TO BRING IN WEST
HER
FOR HERE WITH ON IDEAS, YOU
KNOW WE TALKED TO YOU EARLIER
TODAY, YOU HAVE A COUPLE DOES
HAVE A DOZEN PEOPLE WHO ARE
PART OF
WHY ARE YOU GUYS HERE, YOU KNOW
WHAT IS THIS KIND OF DO EVEN
FROM AROUND.
>> NOTHING MAKES YOU FEEL
BETTER THAN DOING SOMETHING FOR
SOMEBODY ELSE YOU KNOW
EXPECTING NOTHING IN RETURN,
IT’S JUST SUPER FACILITY.
>> AND YOU REALLY WANT TO STOP
TO HELP WELL I YOU KNOW WE
IS IT DECIDED A COUPLE YEARS AGO TO TALK ABOUT 5% OF OUR TIME MAINLY.
>> WORK WITH THEM OFTEN I DO
OUR PART TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON
THE COMMUNITY.
>>LENA PRINGLE: THAT IS
DEFINITELY POSITIVELY JAX AND
I THINK THAT COULD BE THE CUE
FOR OTHER BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW
WHAT TO DO THE SAME THING SAY
LET’S JUST TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF
TIME OUT TO REALLY
GIVE BACK AND THAT’S REALLY
WHAT THIS WHOLE MOVEMENT IS
ALL ABOUT AND RICH YOU KNOW I
WAS SAYING THAT IT KIND OF FELL
ON THE SAME DAY YOU KNOW WE ARE
POSITIVELY JAX DAY UNITED WAY
HAD THEIR DAY OF ACTION AND WE
WERE LIKE WE’RE GETTING IN ON
THIS YEAH IF YOU CAN FIND
PARTNERS AND ANYTHING YOU
>> THAT’S WHAT I DO WORK AROUND
MY HOUSE I OFTEN LET MY BODY’S
KNOW THAT I’M GOING TO HAVE
BEER I’M GOING TO HAVE PIZZA
AND IF YOU WANT TO COME BY AND
LEND A HAND AND YOU KNOW WHAT
BEER AND PIZZA CAN GET SOME
STUFF DONE.
WHEN’S THE PIZZA GETTING HERE
AND I JUST TALKED MYSELF INTO
A SLICE.
>> I THINK YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE
TO ORDER REALLY HAPPY
ABOUT BUT YOU KNOW I LEARNED
SOME THINGS TO WHERE I MEAN
THIS WASN’T EVEN THAT DIFFICULT
YOU’RE JUST TAKEN
YOU KNOW.
>> AND THIS OFF AND THEN IT IS
REALLY GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL
KNOCK OFF THE CRUST ON THE
OUTSIDE HERE SOME OF THEM MAY
BE THE OLD STILL PAINS THAT
COME OUT AND THEN ONCE
IT’S ALL NICE AND FLAT WIFE
DOWN MAKE SURE WE GET ALL THE
DUST OFF OF IT AND COME BACK
AND START PUTTING IT ON
A MINUTES AND 30 INVESTING.
BUT I’M GOING TO I CAN’T WAIT
TO SEE LIKE I
SAID BEFORE. I LOVE BEFORE AND
AFTER I IF IT’S YOUR OWN WORK.
YEAH, I DID THAT WEATHER GOING
TO HOLD OUT UNTIL ABOUT NOON I
THINK THE WEATHER IS GOING
TO BE.
>> MY CONCERN WE GET PAIN ON
THESE IN CASE THE SHOWERS TO
COME UP EVEN AFTER 2 O’CLOCK IN
THIS TIME TO DRIVE BEING OVER
THE UNDER THE OVERHANG HERE I
THE.
>> WOULD WORK THEY’RE GOING TO
DO PARTS OF THE THE NOON WHAT
ASHLEY GET MARK TO DO THAN AND
I THINK I’M ACTUALLY GOING TO
DO THE NOON FROM HOME BECAUSE
I’M SWEATING WHO QUIT AND
PEOPLE ALREADY.
>> I’M GOING TO NEED A BRUCE IS
A GOOD WANT TO BE NEAR THE YEAH
EXACTLY AS YOU KNOW THE
RIGHT SIDE. IT WOULD NO ODOR
ARE THERE WE GO ALL RIGHT SO
DAY OF ACTION ALSO ARE
POSITIVELY
JAX DAY.
>> I HOPE THIS MOTIVATES YOU TO
DO SOMETHING AMAZING FOR MAYBE
A NEIGHBOR OR FAMILY MEMBER A
CO-WORKER OR EVEN A STRANGER
AND REMEMBER IF YOU SEE RICHARD
ANY FLOODING COME THE
ELBOW FORWARD ON ALL RIGHT CAN
YOU TELL US EXACTLY 4 ON ANY OF
US WHO ARE YOU KNOW JUST
JOINING IN NOW FOR THE MOST
PART WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING TO
BE DONE WHAT IS THE FINAL OF
THE I U C RETAINING THEIR BUT
TAKE ME FOR IT.
YEAH SO THERE ARE 6 HOMES HERE
ON VAN BUREN STREET ON THE EAST
SIDE AND WHAT THEY’RE DOING IS
REALLY WORKING ON THE OUTSIDE
SO THEIR PLAN SO THEY’LL PULL
UP PARADE BEDS HERE AND
BASICALLY THE PAINTING THE
BEAUTY WORK. I MEAN IF
YOU JUST.
>> THIS WHOLE RAIL THAT GOES
AROUND THE SCHOOL WRAPAROUND
PORCHES CAN LOOK SO GREAT WHEN
IT’S AND IT’S NOT IN BAD SHAPE.
IT’S JUST THAT YOU KNOW SOME OF
THE OLD PAINT. IT’S GOTTEN A
LITTLE CRUSTY HERE SO THAT YOU
KNOW IT JUST MAKES IT LOOK
WHERE YOU KNOW THAT IT’S
HAD SOME LOVE YOU KNOW PEOPLE,
I’M SURE IT SAT ON HIS PORCH
AND SAID GREAT CONVERSATIONS
AND ENJOYED SUN SETS AND
EVENINGS AND NOW THEY’RE GOING
TO
>> WE’LL BE ABLE TO BE MORE
EXCITED TO COME OUT AND DO IT
HAS BEEN MISTER SINCLAIR WHO
ALSO GETTING HANDICAPPED
RAILINGS TO SO THAT WAS
TOUCHING BECAUSE HIS
DAUGHTER SAID SHE CALLED UNITED
WAY BECAUSE HE KEPT FALLING, SO
IT’S GOING TO BE A SAFER SPACE
FOR HIM AS WELL AND THAT’S
SAFETY
BEAUTY AND.
>> A COMMUNITY THAT’S WHAT THIS
IS AND THAT’S WHAT MAKES IT
THAT POSITIVELY
JAX EVENT ALL RIGHT WITH A LOT
OF QUESTION ANSWER LAUREN
NOTICE THAT SHE’S ON THE LEFT.