Our Mission

Jax4Kids.com's mission is to provide an easy way for parents, grandparents and educators to access information to help enrich the lives of children through culture, education, and play.

Our goal is to connect parents to programs that will introduce children to art, music, sports and other forms of enrichment that will expand their horizons and inspire our future generations and to strengthen the family unit by promoting quality family time together.

Don't want to cook dinner tonight? Head to The Loop Pizza Grill where Kids Eat Free from 4pm-8pm every Sunday through Thursday in November. Dine in only. Choose one kids pizza or L'il Loop and Cheddar with each adult entrée purchased. Includes FREE drink! Click image above for locations and additional weekly specials.

Jax4Kids.com To Go is a monthly publication for Parents and Kids with features including a take along listing of current events; contests; information on parenting; health, fitness and nutrition for kids from the experts, kids in the kitchen recipes, fun facts about animals, cultural education, a teen and infant and toddler page, special care needs resources, and much more.

In this month's issue, you'll find:

• Holiday Events Calendar
• How you can make a difference this holiday season
• Our interview with parenting expert John Rosemond
• Using technology to help with College
• Holiday Recipes
• Tips on How to raise kids with a Positive Attitude from national best-selling author, speaker and educator, Jon Gordon
• Best Of for families ballot
• Fun Facts about Thanksgiving
• Learn how to say Thank You in 26 languages
• and more!

Click here to view Jax4Kids.com To Go online.

Jax4Kids.com is available through schools, libraries and family-friendly businesses.

If your school or business doesn't currently distribute Jax4Kids.com and would like to, email us at update@jax4kids.com.

Balloting for the Best Of for Families ends on November 15th. If you haven't cast your ballot yet, we encourage you to log on and share your favorite businesses and services with other parents. Everyone who takes time to share their favorites will be entered to win dinner for two at Carrabba's Italian Grill.

We look forward to sharing the results with you in the December issue of Jax4Kids.com To Go, available online and on newsstands December 1st!

Win a family 4-pack of tickets to see the new Disney movie Old Dogs (Rated PG) with John Travolta and Robin Williams on Saturday, November 21st from at 10am. Ten winners will be drawn on Monday, November 16th from all entries received by midnight on November 15th. Each winner will receive a family 4pack of tickets. Good luck!

Click here for complete contest rules.

School is out on Veteran's Day - Wednesday, November 11th. Make plans to join us at the Jacksonville Fair for Jax4Kids day! Admission is $1 off with coupon. One coupon per person. Click here to download and print a sheet of coupons. Winn Dixie is sponsoring a Cupcake Contest at 5pm and you could win some great prizes including VIP tickets to the Mitchel Musso concert on Saturday, November 14th at the Times-Union Center for the performing arts.

Do you know any students, athletes or teachers who should be recognized as the "Shining Stars" they really are? E-mail your nomination (no more than 200 words) along with your contact information to nominate@jax4kids.com. Entries must be received by 5pm on the 15th of each month for consideration in the folling month’s issue. Each month’s Shining Stars will receive dinner for four from our Shining Stars Sponsor, Carrabba’s Italian Grill!

Jax4Kids.com is made possible by the businesses that advertise with colorful display ads you see throughout the site. We encourage you to support those businesses when you are in need of the products and services they offer and let them know you found them on Jax4Kids.com. We thank them for their support and hope you will too.