Celebrate and honor the Club's 100th by purchasing our special items available for this milestone. Our limited edition special design t-shirt by local artist, Julie Fetzer, is available for purchase at $17 per t-shirt. Engraved bricks (up to 3 lines of dedication) for placement at the Billard Park are available for $100.
For more information or arrange purchase/pickup, please contact the Club at 904-268-1622 or email at info@mandarincommunityclub.org. Current members are invited to the Club's big milestone celebration! We're turning 100 years old on July 1st and hosting our 100th Anniversary to celebrate. Reserve and purchase your tickets now ($19.23 per person). Food, fun, and prizes are set for this fun evening!!! Please contact us at info@mandarincommunityclub.org for questions. Your $100 contribution to the Mandarin Community Club indicates your pride and support for the club's century of accomplishments. As a $100 donor, your name will be listed on the club's website, newsletters, and anniversary literature during our year long celebration. Join now!
The Mandarin Community Club marked the start of the countdown to our 100th anniversary with a celebration held at the Club on Saturday, July 2nd. The date coincided with the Club's 99th birthday.
Thank you to all who attended in support of the Club, its mission, and this important milestone. We would also like to acknowledge and thank the following businesses for their contribution to the event.
On July 2nd, the Mandarin Community Club hosted a "Bingo for the Bell...the Unveiling" and 98th Club Anniversary. The event was deemed a big success with a great turn out from the community and the long-awaited unveiling of the fully restored 1855 bell. The funds raised at the Bingo event will go toward the final steps of securing the bell on a moveable display with an appropriate cover to preserve and protect the finish and a storage cabinet to secure when not on display. The bell is considered to be an artifact of great historic significance and comes with a fascinating backstory. Research by the Mandarin Museum and Historical Society reveals that Harriet Beecher Stowe herself went on a letter writing quest to solicit a bell for use at the then named Mandarin Schoolhouse. It's possible the existing bell was in response to Mrs. Stowe's request. Likely the bell arrived in "used condition" as its date can be tracked to 1855--a date that pre-dates the building, the Civil War, and Mrs. Stowe's years in Mandarin! The bell was utilized to call the community together for community meetings, performances, religious services, and much more.
The evening also celebrated the anniversary of the Club founding on July 2nd, 1923. The Club grew out of the Liberty League that was active in World War I but afterwards citizens were looking for leadership on community issues so the Community Club was formed from that group. There has been 98 years of steadfast service and enrichment to the community from lobbying for electricity in its earliest days, to the nationally acclaimed Mandarin Players and theater groups making use of the stage, to advocating to preserve and protect the Patriarch Oaks of Mandarin Road, and so much more. The Community Club has been the recipient of countless awards and honors in addition to being the oldest civic organization in Jacksonville, housed in one of the most historically significant buildings in North Florida, and owner of the National Register designated Post Office and General Store. It’s a big responsibility which we can only meet with the support of dedicated members and volunteers. Learn more about the history of the Club and Mandarin by purchasing Mandarin on the St. Johns by Mary B. Graf or Palmetto Leaves by Harriet Beecher Stowe for your summer reading. For more information, check out our Support page or contact us at info@mandarincommunityclub.org. |
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The Mandarin Community Club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All donations made to our organization is tax-deductible.
The Mandarin Community Club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All donations made to our organization is tax-deductible.