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—BREAKING NEWS— DONATE TO THE ADAMS AND GET FREE BEER! The USS ADAMS Museum will be at the Jacksonville Craft and Import BeerFest on May 15 and thanks to our partners at Client Focused Media (cfmedia.net) we have 50 ticket vouchers to email to our CrowdRise donors. The first 50 donations of at least $30 will receive ONE TICKET (valued at $45) and a donation of at least $50 will receive TWO TICKETS (valued at $90) to Beerfest (www.beerfestjax.com) in Downtown Jacksonville. Donations for this offer will only be accepted on www.crowdrise.com/BRINGHOMETHEADAMS and must happen before 2 p.m. on May 14. Promo code(s) will be sent to each donor and must be redeemed online by 11:59 p.m. May 14. ADAMS OUTREACH. We’ve reached another milestone to BRING HOME THE ADAMS! On April 30, Jacksonville’s Downtown Investment Authority selected Iguana Investments to negotiate the sale and development of the Shipyards property. Iguana is the master development firm owned by Shad Kahn, the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars. JHNSA has begun coordinating with Iguana regarding the timeline for berthing the USS CHARLES F. ADAMS (DDG-2) at the Shipyards. In the meantime, we continue to build support and raise funds to bring home our ship. The following is a snapshot of some of the events we have going on this month. May 6 – The USS ADAMS Museum was invited to speak at the DDG-17/DD-371 USS CONYNGHAM crew reunion in Savannah, Ga. We updated them on the status of our project, and during the event the USS Conyngham Association agreed to donate their USS Conyngham (DDG-17) History Collection to our museum and presented us with a $500 donation. May 7 – Our STEM program went on the road to visit Mayport Elementary Coastal Sciences Academy for a night of science fun at their 5th Annual Family Night of Science. The fun began at 6 p.m. and, with the help of our fabulous volunteers, we were able to raise awareness about The USS ADAMS Museum by supporting STEM within our community. May 11 – Southwest Citizens Planning Advisory Committee got an update on The USS ADAMS Museum at Florida State College at Jacksonville, Kent Campus. May 15 -The First Coast Commandery of the Naval Order will hold their annual USS STARK (FFG-31) remembrance ceremony for the former crew and their families at Naval Station Mayport’s Memorial Park at 10 a.m. Please come out to pay your respects to the 37 crewmen who were killed in action and learn about this historic ship. May 22 – Chick-fil-A is honoring us with a USS ADAMS Museum Day! The Chick-fil-A at Butler Pointe Plaza will salute The USS ADAMS Museum by allowing to fundraise at their store. ALL DONORS will receive a Digital Discount Card for a future food purchase! So, stop by Chick-fil-A at 7147 Philips Highway, Jacksonville (JTB and US-1), FL 32256, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. for a meal and to donate to the ADAMS. May 22 – 25 – AARP will salute The USS ADAMS Museum and other local veterans on their Salute to Veterans Wall of Honor during the 2015 Jacksonville Jazz Festival. Make sure to stop by their booth at the Shipyards property (the future home of the ADAMS) during Jazz Fest and thank them for their support. May 25 – The City of Jacksonville will honor fallen veterans at a Memorial Day ceremony held at the Veterans Memorial Wall beginning at 9 a.m. In addition, the Navy Band Southeast will perform at the pre-ceremony beginning at 8:30 a.m. This is a great event to honor our veterans. Please come out and bring the family. FUNDRAISER UPDATE. Currently, we have raised $21,983 of our $250,000 fundraising goal on www.crowdrise.com/BRINGHOMETHEADAMS. In order to bring home the USS CHARLES F. ADAMS (DDG-2), we need to raise at least $250,000 to activate our line of credit with Synovus Bank. Thank you to the following supporters for their recent donation:
The time to donate is NOW! Please join our list of donors or help us fundraise by creating your own Crowdrise team and ask others to donate to The USS ADAMS Museum for us. Together, we will BRING HOME THE ADAMS! Every one of our supporters is vital to our continued efforts to bring home the USS CHARLES F. ADAMS (DDG-2) and in preparation to create a world-class attraction that will celebrate our veterans and city while giving back to the Jacksonville community. Thank you for your help and devotion to our project. We are very close to bringing home our ship. Please help us with some TIME, TALENT or TREASURE TODAY! Let’s BRING HOME THE ADAMS! V/R – Commodore Joe. |