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July 10, 2024
AFB Breakfast (Clearwater)
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July 10, 2024
The AFB breakfast is sold out as of 6/6/2024. If you purchase a ticket for the breakfast, you will be placed on a waiting list. Join the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) for our annual breakfast. Learn about the latest research impacting our community and the success following the release of AFB’s documentary film “Possibilities”. AFB’s President and CEO Eric Bridges will be on hand to answer questions and share what’s on the horizon for the coming year.
Kids Explorers Club – Autobahn (City Terrace 6)
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July 10, 2024
Here is your chance to drive a go-kart on an indoor track! Closed toe shoes are required. The vehicles are quite small, you need to squat to get into the go-kart your legs must straddle the center controls and you must be able to use your feet to operate the pedals.
Candy Tour I – Sweet Pete’s Candy
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July 10, 2024
This tour is sold out as of 5/14/24. If you purchase this tour you will be placed on a waiting list. If you are waiting at the tour bus pick up area and are not called from the waiting list on the day of the tour, you will receive a refund. With colorful pastel decorations and a sleek, black-and-white checkered floor, Sweet Pete’s Candy is basically a real-life version of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. It dazzles the eye as soon as you walk in, and once you taste its confections, it’ll dazzle your taste buds as well. There are a lot of things to see at Sweet Pete’s Candy. Not only does it have jars, bars, bags, shelves and gigantic baskets of chocolates and gummies. There is also an ice cream parlor where you can enjoy frozen desserts, and a gift shop offers memorabilia for your trip. Mr. Wonka is alive, and he’s working in Sweet Pete’s Candy. While half the group does the tour the other half will enjoy lunch at the restaurant. You will be asked to provide your favorite candy bar ingredients from a list and you will receive a candy bar customized just for you!
MCAC Lunch (City Terrace 7)
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July 10, 2024
Dicapta, All4Voicing Lite (City Terrace 5)
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July 10, 2024
Join us for an engaging workshop designed to empower individuals with the skills and knowledge needed to create audio descriptions from scripts to audio using narrations using All4Voicing Lite, a one stop shop audio description platform. Whether you are an educator, student, or content creator, this workshop will provide you with the knowledge to efficiently create audio descriptions using All4Voicing Lite. Developed by Dicapta, a leader in the accessibility industry for two decades, All4Voicing Lite is an accessible platform designed to support the creation of audio description for educational content across various fields. All4Voicing Lite streamlines the process of creating audio descriptions by allowing users to perform the entire audio description process seamlessly in one place, from identifying spaces of their audiovisual content and adding descriptions to mixing the audio description narration with the original audio. Developed in part with funds from the US Department of Education, All4Voicing aims to enhance the availability of access tools in educational environments, inviting teachers, students, parents, and friends to make content accessible and inclusive for all. Space is limited, please RSVP to mjolarte@dicapta.com
IVIE Business Expo (Hart)
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July 10, 2024
USS Orleck
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July 10, 2024
Visit this Destroyer commissioned in 1945. Learn its history, tour the ship and see how sailors worked, ate, and slept. There are steep stairways, narrow passages and thresholds that are shin high; the ship is not wheelchair accessible. It is a fascinating tour! Food is not provided on this tour.
Community Hospitality (Matthews)
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July 10, 2024
Advocacy Bootcamp 101 (virtual, City Terrace 9)
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July 10, 2024
This session will explore how a person can advocate for themselves individually, or how a larger group can advocate at a local or national level to bring about widespread change. Advocacy can occur at an individual level, work to advance change in legislation, bring legal action, or bring together a whole community to amplify an issue. This session will explore the numerous tactics and venues that can be used to advocate for change.
Candy Tour II – Sweet Pete’s Candy
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July 10, 2024
This tour is sold out as of 6/2/2024. If you purchase this tour you will be placed on a waiting list. If you are waiting at the tour bus pick up area and are not called from the waiting list on the day of the tour, you will receive a refund. With colorful pastel decorations and a sleek, black-and-white checkered floor, Sweet Pete’s Candy is basically a real-life version of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. It dazzles the eye as soon as you walk in, and once you taste its confections, it’ll dazzle your taste buds as well. There are a lot of things to see at Sweet Pete’s Candy. Not only does it have jars, bars, bags, shelves and gigantic baskets of chocolates and gummies. There is also an ice cream parlor where you can enjoy frozen desserts, and a gift shop offers memorabilia for your trip. Mr. Wonka is alive, and he’s working in Sweet Pete’s Candy. While half the group does the tour the other half will enjoy lunch at the restaurant. You will be asked to provide your favorite candy bar ingredients from a list and you will receive a candy bar customized just for you!
IVIE Business Expo (Continued) (Hart)
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July 10, 2024
BITS Reception (St. John’s)
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July 10, 2024
Join BITS Family and friends for a Convention reception and mixer. Come see what all the excitement is about. We will have refreshments and snacks. There will be a raffle drawing for a Zoom H4E Audio Recording Bundle. This is a $400 value. (Must be present to win). Your ticket gets you a free drink from the cash bar and a raffle ticket. Additional raffle tickets may be purchased on site.
Friends of Bill W (Mainstreet 1)
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July 10, 2024
Soul Food Bistro
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July 10, 2024
This tour is sold out as of 6/4/2024. If you purchase this tour you will be placed on a waiting list. If you are waiting at the tour bus pick up area and are not called from the waiting list on the day of the tour, you will receive a refund. Taste and experience Jacksonville’s history of and love for food.
DKM First-Timers Reception (Clearwater)
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July 10, 2024
Celebrate with the Class of 2024 DKM First-Timers as they embark on a leadership adventure and navigate ‘Oceans of Possibilities’ during their reception. Connect with past First-Timers and ACB leaders. Listen to stories about Durward K McDaniel and compete for the most creative boat cruise outfit.
CCLVI Game Night – Family Feud (St. John’s)
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July 10, 2024
CCLVI’s Game night is back after many years. Get your teams of five ready for a great fun evening of Family Feud. In celebrating our 45 years, Mrs. Roper will be your host. So come and have a night of laughter and fun.
Oppenheimer 2023 Academy Award Winning Film (Grand Ballroom)
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July 10, 2024
Experience the breathtaking global phenomenon that has captivated audiences around the world. Written for the screen and directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer thrusts audiences into the mind of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), whose landmark work on the Manhattan Project created the first atomic bomb. An unprecedented cinematic event, Oppenheimer features an all-star cast that includes Emily Blunt, Oscar winner Matt Damon, Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr., Oscar nominee Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, and Oscar winners Casey Affleck, Rami Malek and Kenneth Branagh.