TUESDAY. WE’RE WAKING UP IN THE 40’S AND 50’S AND BARELY HITTING THE LOW 70’S BY
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON. IT’S 18
MINUTES AFTER 8 O’CLOCK.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: THANK YOU
REBECCA, MAKING A POSITIVELY
JAX DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY
THIS MONTH NEWS 4 JAX ANCHOR
BRUCE HAMILTON INTRODUCES US TO
OUR WINNER. >> WHO’S GIVING LOCAL STUDENTS. THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO
SUCCEED.
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SUCCEED. ♪ >> PUTTING KIDS ON THE STRAIGHT
AND NARROW AND MAKING A
POSITIVELY
JAX DIFFERENCE. THAT’S THE GOAL
OF LEE OFFERED THOMAS JUNIOR
STRAIGHT AND NARROW PROJECT.
THIS YOUNG MAN’S DEDICATED
HIMSELF TO HELPING OTHERS.
2 YEARS AGO, HE ESTABLISHED THE
ORGANIZATION AND THAT SHORT
AMOUNT OF TIME HE’S MENTORED
MORE THAN
4,000 YOUNG PEOPLE TEACHING
THEM SKILLS TO HELP THEM GROW
AND BECOME SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR
RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES. WE
OFFER A MENTOR MOTIVATIONAL
SPEAKER AND ADVOCATE DOESN’T
THROUGH EDUCATION AND
NURTURING. HE HELPS THE
STUDENTS BY HAVING THEM TAKE
PART A 24 WEEK MENTORING
INITIATIVE. IT HELPS DEVELOP
LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND HAVE THEM
ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE
PROJECTS. HIS MAIN GOAL GIVEN
THE TOOLS THEY NEED
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TO SUCCEED.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND JOINING ME NOW IS OUR POSITIVELY JAX AWARD WINNER FRANK THOMAS GOOD
MORNING AND CONGRATULATIONS
GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU I
TRULY APPRECIATE IT HAVING
TO DO WHICH WOULD YOU EXPLAIN A
LITTLE BIT OF WHAT MOTIVATED
YOU TO TO BEGIN THIS WAS THERE
SOMETHING ABOUT A LIFE
EXPERIENCE OR
SOMEONE ELSE’S.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: THAT REALLY
JUST HAD TO YOU KNOW TURN DOWN
AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THE FBI TO
INSTEAD CREATE A LOCAL AND YOU
KNOW NONPROFIT. >> WELL LEADING UP TO GETTING THE OFFER FROM THE FBI WAS
HAVING DREAMS AND I LIKE TO SAY
THIS IS A DREAM FROM GOT A
VISION
FROM GOD. TO WORK WITH STUDENTS
OUT WITH INJURY ENVISIONING A
YOUTH SUMMIT JUST FULL OF
COLLEGES COMEY BUSINESSES
COMING IN SUPPORTING AND WE
ACTUALLY BROUGHT THAT TO LIGHT
4 MONTHS AFTER I HAD
THOSE DREAMS EVERYTHING THAT
VISION THAT THE GUY GAVE ME.
I PUT THAT TO PASS AND INTO THE
BOOMING IT TO SOMETHING GREATER
THAN WHAT I COULD EVER IMAGINE
3 YEARS LATER.
>> HOW INCREDIBLE IT
WAS A WOULD YOU EXPLAIN SOME OF
THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU’VE
RECEIVED FROM THOSE WHO’VE BEEN
INVOLVED.
THE STUDENTS.
>> IT’S BEEN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
WE’VE HAD 8 KIDS COME THROUGH
OUR PROGRAMMING GRADUATING GO
TO COLLEGE AND WE CAN’T KEEP
THEM THE THE COMBAT THEY’RE IN
TUNE WITH NOW OUR STUDENTS
EVERY WEEK. AND UP TO PARENTS
ARE ACTUALLY THE ONES WHO WHO
KEEP THE KIDS INVOLVED AND KEEP
THEM COMING BACK SO THIS IS THE
GREAT KUDOS TO NOT ONLY THOSE
STUDENTS WHO COME TO A COMPLETE
WITH THE PARENTS
AS WELL.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO CAN YOU
EXPLAIN WHAT THE STUDENTS WHO
PARTICIPATE IN THIS WHAT WHAT
DO THEY DO AND WE SAW THESE
AMAZING IMAGES, WHAT LOOKS LIKE
THEM DOING A LOT OF
VOLUNTEERING WORK HOW DO YOU
HELP THEM.
>> WELL WE TAKE THEM THROUGH
WEEKS AND WEEKS OF MINT WHORING
AND IT SAID IT WOULD THEIR OWN
PERSONAL MENTORS FROM WEEK TO
WEEK AND WE TEACH THEM WORK
BOTH HADN’T
BOTH WORKSHOPS IN EVERY 4 WEEKS
THAT DIDN’T GO THROUGH FORWARD
TO WORKSHOPS WE LET THEM DO A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT AS YOU SEE WE FEED
THE HOMELESS. WE FED OF
GETTING A 500 CARE PACKAGES TO
THE HOMELESS WE GO TO THE CLARA
WHITE MISSION WE BRO CLEANUPS
AND PICKUPS
TRASH PICKUPS. WE WANT TO TEACH
THEM THAT IS NOT ONLY GOOD TO
RECEIVE GOOD INFORMATION AND WE
SEE GOOD THINGS OR HOW TO BE A
LEADER IN MAKE GOOD GRADES BUT
ALSO GIVE BACK TO YOUR
COMMUNITIES WILL OKAY WILL YOU
HAVE ME CONVINCED THAT’S FOR SO
GIVEN THE FACT THAT I KNOW I’M
NOT THE ONLY SITTING HERE
WATCHING OR LISTENING TO THIS
MOTIVATIONAL YOUNG MAN WHO’S
MOTIVATING ME TO WANT TO GET MY
KIDS MORE INVOLVED HOW CAN
PARENTS GET THEIR KIDS INVOLVED
MEAN HOW ARE THE
STUDENTS SELECTED.
>> WELL, SO WE DON’T TURN ANY
CHILD WEEK EXCEPT ANY STUDENT
WHO WANTS TO
BETTER THEMSELVES OR JUST
CONTINUE TO FIND OUT HOW TO BE
BETTER SO WE ASKED YOU TO
POLICE I NEED TO GO TO OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE THE STRAIGHT AND
NARROW PROJECT OR GIVE US AN E-MAIL THE G MAIL DOT COM AND WE WILL RIGHT BACK TO YOU AND
GET YOU GUYS IN AND READY
TO GO.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND IS THERE
A CERTAIN AGE GROUP THAT YOU’RE
LOOKING FOR
A REQUIREMENT.
>> WE STARTED OFF 13 TO 18 THE
BECAUSE OF THE WONDERFUL
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SALAD THE MAP
WHO HAS GREAT KIDS WHO WANTED
TO BE A PART OF OUR PROGRAM WE
TAKING IT DOWN TO TEENS SO ANY
KIDS TEND TO 18 CAN JOIN
THIS PROGRAM. >>JENNIFER WAUGH: WONDERFUL CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU LEON FOR
THOMAS WE APPRECIATE YOU
JOINING US THIS MORNING IN
TELLING US ABOUT THIS FANTASTIC
PROGRAM THAT
YOU’RE OFFERING AND ASHLYN
SULLIVAN WITH TIRE OUTLET.
SHE SENT THIS MESSAGE TO YOU AS
WE PRESENT YOU WITH YOUR
POSITIVELY JAX AWARD.
>>LAUREN VERNO: HEY EVERYONE
GOOD MORNING. THANKS SO MUCH
FOR HAVING ME TIRE ALLEN IS THE
REAL TO PRESENT THE POSITIVELY
JAX A MORTALLY OFF
RICK THOMAS, THE BIGGEST THING
THAT STANDS OUT ABOUT THEIR
STORY IS SERVING OVER 4,000 USE
IN JUST 2 YEARS.
BUT IT GOT ME NO DAYS OFF SO
CONGRATS APPLAUSE TO YOU TIRE
OUTLET WILL PRESENT THE
POSITIVELY JAX A WORD TO YOU.
THANKS SO MUCH.
THANK YOU ASHLEY AND AGAIN IS
THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SAY FREAK.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT
ALTHOUGH THAT THIS WHAT I’M
HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE
PROGRAM THIS WAR
IS SIMPLY FOR THE CREATED A
STUDENT, I’M HOLD THIS IN THE
SECRET TO
THE STUDENTS. THE PARENTS AND
ALSO MY WONDERFUL TEAM MENTORS
WHO HELP BRING THIS VISION TO
LIFE IS A COOL TO YOU THIS IS
FOR YOU GUYS AND THANK YOU GUYS
FOR MAKING
THIS HAPPEN. AND I’M PRAYING
THAT WE BRING MORE MORE YOUTH
AND CHANGE THE CITY OF
JACKSONVILLE
WITHOUT YOU.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: THE AFRICA, I
LOVE YOUR LOVE THE PROGRAM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS
MORNING AND CONGRATULATIONS
AGAIN THANK YOU
ONCE AGAIN. SO IF YOU KNOW
SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THAT IS
POSITIVELY JAX HAPPENING HERE
IN OUR COMMUNITY WE WANT TO
HEAR ABOUT IT NOMINATE THEM FOR
THE POSITIVELY JAX AWARD BY
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