On Saturday, June 25th 2011, the Hodges Boulevard Community Garden opens its doors to the public from 9:00am to 12:00 pm for a fun morning of tours, tasting and teaching!  At 10:00 am, Mary Puckett from the Duval County Extension Office will conduct a free gardening class, "Vegetables that can Handle the Heat".  Local chefs will prepare a tasting from the garden using local fresh fruits and vegetables.  Friends of Northeast Florida Community Gardens invites you to come out and meet your gardening neighbors!

Straight Talk, a unique partnership of the Jaguars Foundation with local media, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida and the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy to help prevent teen pregnancy, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections among teens is airing its 2011 show from June 2 through June 9, 2011.   This year’s show is co-hosted by Samantha “Sam,” cheerleader from The ROAR of the Jaguars, Jaguars cornerback Derek Cox and Jaguars running back Rashad Jennings.

The CrossFit Games South East Regional Qualifier “Dirty South” comes to the Jacksonville Equestrian Center this weekend May 27-29.  

The CrossFit Games are the world’s premier test to find the fittest on Earth.  The Games season is a multi-stage journey consisting of three stages of competition. 

The Games competitors will have to prove that they are not only fit but capable of handling the unknown. No one knows what the events will be. Every year the events are different. The best movements to test for fitness are a combination of gymnastics, powerlifting, Olympic lifting, jumping rope, climbing ropes, lengthy runs, and a vast amount of pure grunt work such as getting sandbags over a wall. But athletes never know what is required.