ANNUAL EVENTS OF THE SOUTHSIDE BUSINESS MEN’S CLUB
Youth Achievement Program (YAP)
The Youth Achiever’s Program was established in 1994. The purpose of the program
is to honor and recognize children who are striving to do their best to
accomplish good deeds in their daily lives for themselves and others. We
accomplish this by specifically honoring public elementary school children who
are involved with the Safety Patrol at their school. Twice per year (spring and
fall) the Southside Business Men’s Club affiliates with a Southside elementary
school to assist with fundraising to help them meet their needs.
We organize a barbeque cookout to be held on school grounds. The kids and
parents sell dinner tickets and offer sponsorships to area businesses. Then we
honor the Safety Patrol children at one of our regular weekly meetings for
lunch. This setting provides us the opportunity to present each School Patrol
member with a much deserved Certificate of Achievement.
The money raised during these barbeque cookout fundraisers is sent in two
directions. In the immediate term we provide parents and school administrators
with needed funding for the children’s annual trips to Washington D.C. And the
other part is placed in our long term charities accounts to provide college
scholarships for those very same children.
Throughout every aspect of this event we recognize and honor all of the
corporate sponsors who made contributions supporting these events!
Youth Acheiver Scholarship Program Application.pdf
Youth Acheiver Scholarship Program Criteria.pdf
YAP Charity Golf Tournament
Each year the Southside Business Men’s Club sponsors a Charity Golf Tournament.
Members and their guests are encouraged to participate. The tournament is
a one day event held at a prestigious golf course in our community. Proceeds
from this event are used to fund the Club’s Charity accounts and specifically
provide scholarship funds for the young recipients of the YAP awards described
above. There are plenty of sponsorship and networking opportunities here!
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Fireman/Policeman of the Year Award
The Southside Business Men’s Club presents awards to a local fireman and a local
policeman annually in recognition of their outstanding service to the community.
The recipient’s names are provided by committees from the Jacksonville Fire
Department and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. We honor them during one of
our weekly meetings with full color guard salute and provide them with plaques
and cash awards.
Tournament Players Championship (May)
The ‘Championship’ or ‘TPC’ is a seven day annual golf event held at the
Sawgrass TPC stadium course in Ponte Vedra Beach. The Southside Business Men’s
Club provides volunteers to work with the TPC and catering officials to staff
food and beverage tents set up in various locations on the golf course. SBMC
team members run cash registers and serve food and beverages throughout the
entire week. This is an annual fundraising event for the Club and is considered
to be a great deal of fun and a great way to network!
Veteran’s Day Parade (November)
The Southside Business Men’s Club has many members who are veterans of our
wonderful armed services! Each year we engage members to participate in building
a float for the Veteran’s Day Parade in honor of our veterans.
This is another wonderful way to have fun and network with other members
as we take on the task of building the float for presentation. In 2008 the SBMC
float received recognition from our city officials. The
Jacksonville Veterans Day parade has become the largest such parade in the
southeastern United States! All SBMC members who are veterans are encouraged to
participate in this event by riding on our float and receiving the recognition
they deserve!
Children’s Christmas Shopping Spree (December)
Each year Southside Business Men’s Club works with Target department stores and
local facilities that aid homeless families who are in need. We take a number of
children from these families (usually 30-35) on a Christmas shopping spree to
provide gifts for their parents, brothers and sisters and themselves! Each child
is given $100 or more to spend. We raise money throughout the year from tips at
one or more of the fundraising events and donate them to this very special
giving opportunity! By escorting a child on a Saturday morning at Christmastime,
you will, no doubt expel the Ebenezer Scrooge that may be lurking within!
Agricultural Fair (November)
The Agricultural Fair is held in Jacksonville each year in November. Our members
volunteer to work as teams pouring and serving beer and having a general good
time. Our volunteer hours contribute to the Club’s general operating fund and,
as with other fund-raising events, the tips earned are used to fund our
Children’s Shopping Spree.
Meet-A-Member
Our Club holds a number of after-hours events throughout the year to enable
existing members and new members to get to know each other. We will arrange to
hold an event at your place of business, and help to offset the cost by selling
tickets to Club members at a nominal price. One of the purposes of these
meetings is to encourage our new members to get involved in club activities and
this is a great way to increase your networking opportunities, provide a more
intimate exposure of your business to other members and just plain have fun!
Monthly Golf Outings
A monthly group golf outing is organized for Southside Business Men’s Club
members at various golf courses in northeast Florida at discounted rates. Here’s
another one of those wonderful networking opportunities!
Christmas Party (December)
This is our annual gala event - dinner, music, dancing!
Past Presidents Day (September)
With more than 77 years of history, you can imagine how many people have been
involved in forging our Club into the organization it is today. During one of
our weekly meetings in early September we take the time to honor our past
presidents with a special celebration! There may be more in this closet than you
could ever imagine, but it is always a lot of fun! We encourage you to come and
get to know our wonderful past presidents and hear some of the stories they have
to tell!
Occasional Social Events
Dog Track – dinner, wagering, fellowship
Jacksonville Sun’s Baseball Game – special priced tickets for SBMC families
Summer Picnic – this is a new family event planned for 2009