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Veteran’s Day Parade – Jacksonville, Florida

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This year’s parade honors our veterans with military units, marching bands, decorative floats, giant balloons, JROTC units, and more!
Live entertainment in front of the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts

Veterans Day Parade at 11:01 a.m. Downtown Jacksonville

– Orange Blossom Performers – 9:45 a.m.
– Jacksonville Harmony Show Chorus – 10:30 a.m.
– Rebecca Hewitt – 10:45 a.m.
The parade will begin at the Prime Osborn Convention Center, continue down Water St., left on Newnan Street to Bay Street and will end at the Jacksonville Municipal Stadium.

Read all about the Week of Valor in Jacksonville and all other events.
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Georgia Weekly Show Video 4509

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Here is the video for this week for Georgia. Find out what our favorite event is on the coast of Georgia for the week. For more videos, just click here to visit our video page.

Treehill Nature Center Video – Jacksonville, Florida

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Have you ever visited beautiful Treehill Nature Center in Jacksonville? This place is located right in the middle of the city, yet it feels like a visit to undisturbed nature. Treehill is probably most known for its annual Butterfly festival, and the Butterfly garden. Here you can learn about what plants you need to attract butterflies and a lot more. But there’s more to Treehill than butterflies. It’s an educational center, a perfect place for the young ones to visit to learn more about our environment.

For more information about Treehill Nature Center, For more info call Treehill Nature Center at (904) 724-4646 or for directions, click here.

Savannah Film Festival Awards to Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster

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SCAD President Paula Wallace presents the Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Award to Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster prior to a Special Screening of their new film, “The Messenger”

The 2009 annual Savannah Film Festival, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design opened tonight with the university’s President Paula Wallace presenting the Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Award to Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster for recognition of their work in the acclaimed drama, “The Messenger.” Also, on hand to share the tribute was the film’s director and co-writer, Oren Moverman. Following the tribute to both actors festival goers were treated to a special screening of the film.

Looking out over the audience, Foster accepted his award from President Wallace by exclaiming, “Holy Smokes! I want to thank SCAD for inviting us…I’m deeply inspired by you and Savannah.”

Harrelson also graciously accepted his award from President Wallace, who applauded him for his support of sustainable living and invited him to apply for SCAD’s new degree in Design for Sustainability. Referring to his recent film, “Zombieland,” filmed outside of Atlanta, he said, “When I was filming earlier this year, I was told that I’ve got to go to Savannah, the best city in Georgia…there just weren’t enough zombies to kill.”

In “The Messenger,” Ben Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson) to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. The film hits select theatres on November 13th.

Harrelson’s critically acclaimed portrayal of controversial magazine publisher Larry Flynt in Milos Forman’s “The People vs. Larry Flynt” garnered him best actor Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild nominations. Other highlights from Harrelson’s film career include “No Country For Old Men,” “The Thin Red Line,” “Ed TV,” “Wag the Dog,” “Kingpin,” “Natural Born Killers,” “Indecent Proposal” and “White Men Can’t Jump,” among others. He won an Emmy in 1988 for his role in the NBC sitcom “Cheers” and was nominated four additional times during his eight-year run on the show. He later made a return to television with a recurring guest role on the hit NBC series, “Will and Grace.”

Foster has starred in such films as “Alpha Dog,” “3:10 to Yuma,” and “X-Men 3.”
On television, he starred in the HBO drama “Six Feet Under,” for which he was nominated for two SAG awards. His other television work includes “Freaks and Geeks” and the Emmy-nominated HBO film “The Laramie Project.” His performance in Showtime’s “Bang Bang You’re Dead,” a meditation on school shootings, garnered him a Daytime Emmy.

For more information, visit www.scad.edu/filmfest.

SCAD President Paula Wallace presents the Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Award to Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster prior to a Special Screening of their new film, “The Messenger”
SCAD President Paula Wallace presents the Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Award to Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster prior to a Special Screening of their new film, “The Messenger”

National Teal Day – Ovarian Cancer Awareness

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Thousands of Americans wearing teal to increase awareness about the deadly disease on the first Friday in September–September 4, 2009 — called National Teal Day.
There are lots of ways to show your support, and lots of activities in our area from 5K walks, to a golf tournament in Daytona Beach and even a Butterfly Release in South Carolina. Check out the list below.

Teal is the ovarian cancer community’s color and serves as a reminder that ovarian cancer is the deadliest of all the cancers of the reproductive system and a leading cause of cancer death among women.

For more information, visit www.ovariancancer.org


FLORIDA

Ovarian Cancer Alliance of North Florida, Inc.

Phone: (850)445-9338

www.ocanfl.com

Saturday, September 5th

First Annual Masquerade Charity Social

Paradigm 115 West College Ave. Tallahassee, FL @ 6:00pm

Wednesday, September 16th

Support Mixer at Lee’s Wine Bar – Lake Ella Shopping Center from 7:00pm – 9:00pm.

Meet, mingle and network with local patients, survivors and their families.

Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Florida

Phone: (470)339-0024

Wednesday, September 9th

Pink Tealie Awards – 5:30pm @ the Rosen Center

Friday, September 11th

OvaCome’s Teal Triumphs

Saturday, September 12th

Space Coast Sister Run

Sunday, September 13th

Treasure Coast Ovarian Cancer Alliance Candlelight Vigil

Wednesday, September 16th

Presentation at R.O.S.E. support group

Friday, September 18th

Awareness breakfast and “dress down for the cause” day at Holland and Knight, LLP

Friday, September 25th

Darden Restaurants Community Day

Sunday, September 27th

6th Annual Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Florida Golf Tournament at Indigo Lakes Golf

Club, Daytona Beach, Fl.

Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Florida – Space

Coast, Inc.

Phone: (321)784-3772

www.tealribbonncfl.com

Saturday, September 12th

Sister Run

FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered

Phone: (954) 255-8732

Web site: www.facingourrisk.org

September- October 2008

Passing of the Torch from Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month to Breast Cancer

Awareness Month

Passing of the Torch is an event that highlights the hereditary link between breast

and ovarian cancer, honors cancer survivors and those at high risk, remembers

those who lives have been lost to cancer, and recognizes families that have been

affected by cancer. A ceremonial flame is passed from an ovarian cancer survivor to

a breast cancer survivor marking the transition from Ovarian Cancer Awareness

Month to Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Ovacome Ovarian Cancer Support and

Advocacy of Tampa Bay

Phone: (813) 223-9108

www.ovacome.us

Friday, September 11th

Teal Triumphs Tightens Up

Joseph’s Hospital Medical Arts Building @ 6:00pm

GEORGIA

Georgia Ovarian Cancer Alliance

Phone: (404) 255-1337

www.gaovariancancer.org

Every Tuesday in September

Dine in to Overcome Ovarian Cancer

Saturday, September 26th

Overcome Ovarian Cancer 5K Walk @ 8:00am (registration); 10:00am (Walk

begins). For more information visit: www.gaovariancancer.org/events.htm#walk

SOUTH CAROLINA

South Carolina Ovarian Cancer Foundation

Phone: (864)325-6296

www.scovariancancer.org;

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Thursday, September 17th @6:30pm

Annual Handbags for Hope – a silent purse auction and reception.

Tuesday, September 29th @ 5:30pm

Whispering 2009 Butterfly Release @ SC State House Grounds (Gervais Street

side) – To promote awareness of the whispering symptoms of ovarian cancer the SC

Ovarian Cancer Foundation Riverbanks Region Chapter will release hundreds of

butterflies. Butterflies are available for purchase for $25 each in memory or honor of

loved ones.

National Teal Day Ovarian Cancer