Essential tremor meeting is Dec. 5
First Coast Essential Temor (a support group for people with “ET” and their families and friends) will meet Tuesday, Dec. 5, at Baptist HealthPlace in Nocatee, 400 Colonnade Drive.
Jessica Wood of the Florida Alliance for Assistive Services & Technology (FAAST) will bring a range of adaptive devices to show and demonstrate for those with tremors. They can be checked out just like books from a library allowing you to “try before you buy.”
RSVP and address questions to Jan Kary, jkary@verizon.net or 202-438-8750.
Palm Valley Market every Tuesday
The Palm Valley Market is held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Tuesday inside the Palm Valley Community Center, 148 Canal Road. The market offers fresh produce, baked goods, local honey, tea, seasonal treats, soap, jewelry, plants and more.
Festival of Trees starts Dec. 4
The third annual Festival of Trees will be held Dec. 4-7 at the Lightner Museum, 74 King St., St. Augustine. Theme-decorated trees and wreaths on display will be available in a silent auction. Plus, there will be holiday music, a “Letters to Santa Mailbox,” door prizes and more. Admission is free and open to the public.
Dates and times are: 1-5 p.m. Dec. 4, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 5 and 6, and 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 7.
Proceeds benefit the homeless youth, families, men and women at St. Francis House and Port in the Storm Homeless Youth Center.
Wilson recognized for service to Mercer University’s board
Jerry S. Wilson, a 1986 graduate of the Mercer University School of Business, where he earned his MBA in marketing, was recognized for completing a five-year term on the university’s board of trustees during its annual fall meeting Nov. 10 during homecoming.
Wilson spent 24 years at The Coca-Cola Co., serving from regional account executive to board-elected senior vice president. He founded an independent business consulting firm, started a commercial organic beverage company and has coached executives since his retirement.
Wilson served two five-year terms as a Mercer trustee and was chair of the board’s marketing committee. This year, he received Mercer’s Distinguished Alumnus Award, and he is a past recipient of the university’s Meritorious Service Award.
He and his wife, Ginny Wilson, a Mercer alumna, are life members of Mercer’s President’s Club.
— Compiled by Shaun Ryan
