To support the Jacksonville community, JAXPORT engages in these programs:


Safe Harbor Boys Home
JAXPORT supports the Safe Harbor Boys Home, a program that uses the waterfront as a residential facility and school for troubled youth, providing a safe alternative home environment where boys live aboard vessels and learn seamanship skills. The Port Authority supplies Safe Harbor with their land lease for $1 per year, and JAXPORT employees volunteer in support of their projects.


St. Johns River Clean-Up
JAXPORT helps to sponsor the City of Jacksonville's annual St. Johns River Clean-Up, which includes Port Authority volunteers who clean up stretches of the St. Johns River.


Sail Jacksonville
The Port Authority is a major sponsor of Sail Jacksonville, the City's annual maritime celebration highlighting the essential roles the St. Johns River and the maritime community have played in the history of Jacksonville.


Cell Phone Donation
The Port Authority donates used port cell phones to an organization assisting victims of domestic violence.


Employee Charitable Contributions
JAXPORT's 151 employees raised more than $45,000 in 2006 for the United Way of Northeast Florida and Community Health Charities.


Helping the International Community
JAXPORT has donated a 40-foot cargo container, used for years by the Port Authority as a portable classroom, to the country of Grenada, where it is used as a mobile hospital for sick children and their families.


Free Publications
In addition to publishing an Annual Report and fact sheets, JAXPORT also produces a free quarterly magazine containing timely information the port's cargo and cruise operations. Click here to download JAXPORT publications.


Need a Tour or Speaker?
To schedule a Port tour or a JAXPORT speaker for your organization, or to request fact sheets about JAXPORT, please call us at (904) 357-3080 or e-mail us at priscilla.perry@jaxport.com.



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