The 1905 Family of Restaurants hosts the 27th Annual Community Harvest program through the month of September 2024 at restaurants across Florida We are excited to share that INK!’s Take Stock in Children-St. Johns County college scholarship program has been selected by the 1905 Family Of Restaurants to benefit from the 27th Annual Community Harvest…
My Ascension spotlights the story of 16-year-old Emma Benoit, a cheerleader who was paralyzed by a suicide attempt. INK!, EPIC Behavioral Healthcare, the United Way of St. Johns County, and the St. Johns County School District are collaborating to bring the documentary film “My Ascension” back to St. Johns County over multiple dates this August.…
As students and teachers prepare to go back to school, INK! is asking the community to help collect the supplies students and teachers need to succeed. In partnership with the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, The Bailey Group, and the St. Johns County School District (SJCSD), INK! will host a Stuff the Bus collection drive at the…
INK! recently received a generous donation of $10,000 from THE PLAYERS Championship to benefit the education foundation’s Tools 4 Schools program. Tools 4 Schools provides essential classroom supplies to teachers and students in St. Johns County public schools. “Thanks to the generosity of our partners and fans, THE PLAYERS is able to support our community by…
INK! launches 2024 Tools 4 Schools school supply collection for St. Johns County public school teachers and students On July 1, INK! launched the annual Tools 4 Schools community supply drive to provide essential classroom supplies to St. Johns County public school teachers and students for the 2024-2025 school year. Community and business collection drives are…
Investing in Kids (INK!) recently hosted its annual Bright Beginnings Celebration to honor the Class of 2024 Take Stock in Children® graduating seniors in St. Johns County. On Monday, May 13, fourteen students were recognized in a unique program highlighting their academic achievements hosted at St. Augustine High School. The students are graduating from St.…
This week, Take Stock in Children St. Johns student, Jun Pan, traveled to Tallahassee with his family and INK!’s Take Stock College Success Coach, Mike Michel, for a special reception honoring 6 Florida Take Stock students chosen for the prestigious Leaders 4 Life fellowship program. Sponsored by the Asofsky Family Foundation in partnership with Take…
Investing in Kids (INK!) is accepting applications for the Take Stock in Children St. Johns County scholarship and mentoring program. Current 8th and 9th grade St. Johns County public school students who meet the program criteria can apply online at apply.ink-stjohns.org. The deadline to apply is Monday, March 11. INK! has 30 scholarship opportunities to…
Join us for a free family evening of BINGO and READING! Join us Tuesday, January 23, 2024 from 5:30 – 7:00 pm at Crookshank Elementary School, 1455 N. Whitney Street, St. Augustine, FL 32084, for a fun evening of BINGO for Books! Families with children in VPK to 5th grades attending St. Johns County public…
Episode 10 of the INK! Podcast has dropped and it’s FLY! In this episode, Ian MacDonald and Jim Wheeler speak with Mary Alice Hayes, INK!’s Five Learning Years (FLY) Program Director about the importance of literacy success for our youngest students in Pre-K, Kindergarten and First grade. Since 2015, the FLY Program has helped…