Rock On!  New music event to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of Jacksonville Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Jacksonville’s (RMHC) Discovery Circle announces Rock the House! On March 10, local music favorites including Yankee Slickers (southern rock), DOG Dynamite (rock/reggae/hip hop), Grandpa’s Cough Medicine (bluegrass), The Retro Kats (jazz/Motown/Memphis soul) and Peter Dearing (acoustic rock) are scheduled to perform from 1–5 p.m. at Riverplace Towers in support of RMHC Jacksonville. For $25 in advance or $30 at the door, attendees will enjoy food provided by Mojo Bar-B-Que, beer for attendees 21 and up, soft drinks and more. Please visit www.jax365.com/rock-the-house...

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 On Saturday, October 15th the Discovery Circle, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Jacksonville's young professionals organization  hosted an afternoon of live music, barbeque, cornhole, televised college football, children's activities and more! More than 250 guests attended, and helped Ronald McDonald House Charities of Jacksonville raise more than $35,000.  Click here to see photos from the event.  Thank You to Our Generous Pig Pickin' Sponsors! Presenting Sponsors * Children's Cancer Cooperative * MOJO Bar-B-Que * Wolfson Children's Hospital * Gold Pig Sponsors * Vistakon * St. Vincent's HealthCare * Silver Pig Sponsors * McDonald's *  Lender Processing Services*  Bronze Pig Sponsors...

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  Thank you to everyone who helped make the 11th Annual Children's Way 5K & Family Day Benefiting RMHC Jacksonville such a success!   Close to 1,000 participants hit the streets for the 11th annual Children's Way 5K & Family Day, presented by Vistakon and helped raise funds for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Jacksonville.  It was a fun-filled morning for everyone with a 5K run/walk, a kids one mile fun run and the "tot trot" around the block for the little ones. The race was followed by a free family festival complete with face painting, cotton candy, a bounce house and more! ...

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  7th Annual Joe-Z Celebrity Classic, presented by McDonald's. Sponsors laced up their bowling shoes and joined area celebrities like Joe Zelenka, Brad Meester, Josh Scobee, members of the Jacksonville Sharks and even Ronald McDonald himself  for a fun-filled afternoon of bowling and bar-b-que at the Joe-Z Celebrity Bowling Classic.  Sponsors were paired with celebrity partners and engaged in competitive, and in some cases hilarious, rounds of bowling to help raise funds for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Jacksonville. Whether bowlers scored strikes, or couldn't seem to keep the ball out of the gutter, the children and families of RMHC Jacksonville were the big winners. This event...

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 KTG had everyone dancing, and there was a lot more to keep the 500 guests entertained throughout the 17th annual Ronald McDonald House Charities of Jacksonville McGala, May 7, 2011. The buzz of the night was the paperless auction - all bids by cell phone! Thumbs were busy texting from the auction room to the dinner tables, and big screens updated the crowd on item status and the rising total of money raised. There was also a magician roaming the dining room, dueling pianos and a casino, cigar bar and much more! Thank you to all the many sponsors, auction donors,...

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