{"id":444202,"date":"2026-11-01T11:07:04","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T11:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/444202\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T11:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T11:07:04","slug":"red-shield-ball-celebrates-generosity-and-service-resident-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/444202\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Shield Ball Celebrates Generosity and Service \u2013 Resident News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A New Orleans spirit and a celebration of local generosity marked The Salvation Army of Northeast Florida\u2019s 13th annual Red Shield Ball, held Saturday, Oct. 17, at the University of North Florida\u2019s Adam W. Herbert University Center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chaired by Dawn Alexander and Brogan Hill, the evening honored longtime supporters and introduced the Krewe of Compassion, part of the organization\u2019s new Ambassadors of Hope program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Will Law of Duval Ford earned grand marshal honors as the Krewe\u2019s top fundraiser, receiving his Salvation Army shield cape from Alexander and Hill. Fellow Krewe members Lindsey Craft of Intercontinental Exchange and Karlie McCutcheon of Dream Finders Homes joined Law in raising more than $30,000 ahead of the ball, supplementing the evening\u2019s fundraising.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sally Ragsdale received the 2026 O\u2019Quinn-Buresh Red Shield Ball Award for her longstanding support of the event and The Salvation Army. An advisory board member since 1997 and a former board chair, Ragsdale has championed the ball since its inception.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hosted by Mike Buresh, the celebration included auctions and music by Faze Band. A Fund-a-Need appeal sought support for an 80-seat outdoor dining pavilion at the Towers Center of Hope, furthering the organization\u2019s work with individuals and families seeking stability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A New Orleans spirit and a celebration of local generosity marked The Salvation Army of Northeast Florida\u2019s 13th&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-444202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}