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Rally in Tally 2015

Local teens and Coalition staff spent April 14 in Tallahassee, meeting with local legislators and spreading the word about the importance of adolescent health, preconception health and healthy pregnancies. Six…

Book donations needed!

The Magnolia Project is seeking book donations to provide to families in an effort to increase the proportion of parents that read daily to their children. The books will be distributed…

Magnolia outreach team hosts first of three baby showers

The Magnolia Project Outreach Team held the first of three Baby Showers on March 28. The shower, sponsored by Molina Healthcare, was held at Christ Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church Family…

Fifth Make a Difference! Leadership Academy class convened

The fifth  class began in January 2015, preparing another set of local residents with the knowledge and skills to become community leaders. The Make a Difference! Leadership Academy is an…

Community agencies trained on postpartum depression prevention course

The Magnolia Project and Florida State College at Jacksonville sponsored the Mothers and Babies Curriculum Overview Training provided by Dr. Darius Tandon, from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine on…

Magnolia Project team attends National Healthy Start Association Spring Conference in DC

The National Healthy Start Association’s 16th Annual Spring Conference, Babies, Families, Communities: Moving From Volume to Value, was held in Washington, D.C., February 28 – March 3, 2015. Magnolia Project…

Magnolia Project combats postpartum depression through Mothers and Babies course

Although each group of new moms that completes the Magnolia Project’s Mothers and Babies Course is different, there is one common theme: “I want to be a good mother.” The…

Jacksonville Children’s Week Advocacy Walk

On Thursday, March 19 local agencies, non-profit organizations, child serving groups and families met in Hemming Park for the annual Jacksonville Children’s Week Advocacy Walk. After gathering remarks, the group…

Healthy Start providers come together for regionwide training

More than 70 staff members from Healthy Start programs at eight different agencies in the region came together Monday, March 23 for a day of training, team-building activities, mindfulness exercise…

Guest Post: It’s advocacy time again

This blog post was written by Board of Directors Vice Chair Dr. Stephen Baker. Dr. Baker is a retired professor of political science from Jacksonville University and former Board Chair.…