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2009 Events

• Mobile Classroom Press Conference - February 2009

2008 Events

• Dr. Richard Wagner Presentation - November 2008
  Nemours BrightStart! hosted Dr. Richard Wagner and several of his colleagues and students from Florida State University and the Florida Center for Reading Research on November 17, 2008 in Jacksonville. Dr. Wagner is an internationally known dyslexia expert with an extensive range of research and publication accomplishments. He gave two presentations entitled, The Use of Genetics in Dyslexia Research and Dyslexia Deciphered. Attendees included parents, educators, psychologists, physicians, researchers, and interested community representatives.
  
  
• A Night With Nemours - October 2008
  Thanks to an excellent job from the Nemours Partnership of Children’s Health and its committees, “A Night With Nemours,” raised over $85,000 to benefit Nemours BrightStart! The gala was held on October 17, 2008, at the Jacksonville Municipal Stadium’s Terrace Suite.
  
  The event attracted more than 350 attendees comprised of corporate sponsors, community leaders, Nemours Associates from Florida and Delaware, and private individuals.
  
  Mayor John Peyton was the Honorary Chair of the event and gave many thanks and congratulations to the work of BrightStart! in the Jacksonville community. NFL Jacksonville Jaguars player, Anthony Cotrone, was recognized at the event. He spoke to guests about his struggle with dyslexia as a child and praised BrightStart! for its innovative work. “I wish we had had this when I was a kid,” Cotrone said after seeing the video about BrightStart!, which was shown on the Jumbotron. Since the event Cotrone has shown interest in becoming involved with BrightStart! with the hope of raising awareness and promoting BrightStart!’s work.
  
  The gala earned proactively sought media placement in the following Jacksonville broadcast and print publications:
  
  
  • Florida Times-Union
  • Business Journal, Jacksonville
  • North Florida Doctor magazine
  • Florida Star Light (Hispanic) newspaper
  • Resident News Ortega
  • Resident News San Marco
  • Jacksonville Magazine
  • WEJZ Light 96.1 FM
  • WOKV AM 690 News Talk Radio
  • WJCT/NPR 89.9 FM
    
    
• Nemours BrightStart! goes to Orlando - October 2008
  
  
• JAX Education Fair - October 2008
  
  
• Police Athletic League's Pop Warner Football Day - October 2008
  
  
• Jacksonville Zoo's Spooktacular - October 2008
  More than 50 volunteers helped Nemours make another Spooktacular showing a success at the Jacksonville Zoo and Garden’s Halloween event (Oct. 24-26, Oct. 30-31, Nov. 1). In partnership with Nemours BrightStart! Dyslexia Initiative, the Nemours Children’s Clinic Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, Nemours hosted Spooktacular as the title sponsor for its third year. Spooktacular is the Zoo’s signature family event for Halloween fun. By leveraging strategic integration of our community engagement and branding resources, our market presence throughout northeast Florida will be powerful, significant and impactful.
  
  Spooktacular entertained more than 20,000 Northeast Florida children and families for six fun-filled nights, with Halloween festivities and exciting community engagement opportunities presented in a safe, family-centered environment.
  
  The BrightStart! 40-foot mobile classroom was on display at the Zoo entrance during all six nights of Spooktacular. BrightStart! staff passed out free items such as bandaids, bookmarks, and pencils to trick-or-treaters, and provided information on BrightStart!'s services. Each night, visitors were able to register to win a prize pack of a BrightStart! blanket and children's book bundle.
  
  Additionally, Nemours provided more than 1,600 laminated photo security identification cards for children and over 850 free online ID cards at a booth inside the Zoo in partnership with the Child Safety Network.
  
  This year for the first time Nemours hosted a VIP Community Event for Nemours leaders, key donors, community partners and Zoo Board members. The invitation-only event began with a buffet riverfront dinner, transportation on the Zoo’s train, a Spooktacular sneak peak, and concluded with a dessert extravaganza and laser light show.
  
  As the title sponsor for Spooktacular, Nemours was featured prominently throughout Jacksonville in October as part of a comprehensive paid media and promotion campaign.
  
  Media benefits were also proactively earned by Nemours Public Relations in conjunction with Zoo efforts to promote Halloween Safety. As a result, Nemours was featured in the following media outlets:
  
  • WJXT TV 4
  • WJXX ABC
  • WTLV NBC
  • WTEV CBS
  • WAWS Fox
  • Florida Times-Union
  • All Jacksonville radio stations
  
  
• JAX Kids' Day - September 2008
• Visiting St. Vincent's Read and Romp - September 2008
• Much Ado About Books - April 2008

2007 Events

• VPK Center Director's Thank You Luncheon - December 2007
• Building Better Readers Event @ WJCT - November 2007
• Jacksonville Zoo's Spooktacular - October 2007
• WJCT BPS Premiere - October 2007
• Mayor's Rally Jax - September 2007
• Everyone Can Read Community Literacy Seminar - September 2007
  Speaker: Michael P. Rizzo, PhD., P.A.
• A Night with Dr. Joseph B. Martin, MD, PhD - July 2007
• Much Ado About Books - May 2007