Vital Volunteers
WARREN LODGE #10 STILL STRONG AFTER 170 YEARS – by Mike McClain
Vital Volunteers - July 2025 THE JACKSONVILLE MASONIC LODGE, aka, Warren Lodge #10, is the oldest continuous fraternal organization in Jacksonville. As such, the lodge is intricately tied to the early history of Jacksonville. Many [...]
JACKSONVILLE LIONS CLUB REINVENTS ITSELF – by Mike McClain
Vital Volunteers - June 2025 COVID-19 WAS CHALLENGING, including the tragic deaths of so many people, the basic shutting down of our nation’s economy, and the two-year loss of education for our school kids. Also, [...]
ROTARY CLUB GIVES GENEROUSLY – LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY – by Mike McClain
Vital Volunteers - May 2025 THE ROTARY CLUB OF JACKSONVILLE-APPLEGATE was chartered on March 4, 1989, with twenty-seven male members. A core number of the members of the new club transferred from Central Point. It [...]
JACKSONVILLE BOOSTERS CLUB STILL VIBRANT AFTER 62 YEARS – by Mike McClain
Vital Volunteers - April 2025 THE FOUNDER of the Jacksonville Boosters Club, Robbie Collins, had a simple adage: “It does not matter who gets credit as long as the work gets done,” and indeed the [...]
JACKSONVILLE GARDEN CLUB ENJOYS A RICH TRADITION – by Mike McClain
Vital Volunteers - March 2025 ON APRIL 14, 1939, fifteen civic-minded ladies gathered at the Fellowship Hall of the Jacksonville Presbyterian Church to start a Jacksonville Garden Club, and 85 years later this organization is [...]