Family Day Duval Scheduled for September 26th in Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Sept. 4, 2015 - PRLog -- Gateway Community Service’s Keep Kids Drug Free Resource Prevention Center and a host of other sponsors, are organizing Family Day Duval September 26^th at St. Johns Cathedral in Jacksonville, FL from 10:00am until 2:00pm.

“It’s proven that shared dinners make families stronger,” said Freda Colley, Coordinator at Gateway Community Services. “Our goal is to educate and encourage families to spend time together each night so they are building strong relationships together,” she added.

The event will offer food, entertainment, door prizes, free health screenings, a blood drive and more. Guest speakers include Sheriff Mike Williams, State Attorney Angela Corey, and Councilman Reggie Gaffney.

Families are encouraged to enter to win a gift certificate up to $35 from one of the participating restaurants by taking a survey and pledge to eat together by visiting http://www.gatewaycommunity.com. Scroll down to 'take the pledge'.

The deadline to register is September 18^th. Winners will be announced at the event on the 26^th and they must be present to win.

Event partners include: CNS Health Care, Florida Dept. of Health in Duval County, Gateway Community Services, Inc., Hakimian Holdings, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, Keep Kids Drug Free Foundation, Oleta Riggs - Musician, Vocalist, Ribault Band & Choir, River Point Behavioral Health, River Region Human Services, St. Johns Cathedral Episcopal Church, STEP, The Florida Blood Alliance, Wekiva Springs and many more.

Restaurant Sponsors include: Olive Garden, Longhorn Steak House, What’s Cookin!, BJ’s Restaurants, Inc., Arden’s Kafe & Katering and Village Inn.

Family Day Duval will be held at St. Johns Cathedral, 256 E. Church St 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, contact fcolley@gatewaycommunity.com or 904-387-3749 ext. 1601.

About Family Day Duval
Family Day Duval is an initiative to promote parental engagement as a simple effective way to reduce alcohol and drug use by teens and children and raise healthier young people. Family Day Duval emphasizes the importance of regular family activities in parent-child communications and encourages Duval families to make family dinners a regular feature of their lives.
About Keep Kids Drug Free Foundation, Inc.

Keep Kids Drug Free Foundation, Inc. (KKDF), a Florida non-profit organization, and a division of Stewart Marchman ACT Behavioral Healthcare, is a resource for parents, families and young people to learn about how to prevent drug abuse. KKDF promotes community awareness, designs and delivers prevention activities, and offers links to countless other resources that support healthy families, including a 12-session program for those with an addiction, family members and others who have been affected by substance abuse, and related problems. Those wishing to help KKDF’s programs are encouraged to purchase their Keep Kids Drug Free specialty license tag which assists in funding events, activities and prevention education around the state of Florida. For more information, visit them online at www.kkdf.org.