Helping Our Community
Our firm’s commitment to clients and professionalism is matched by our ongoing service and support to the community. Giving back is part of the core value system at Coker, Schickel, Sorenson & Posgay. Our team is firmly focused on organizations and causes where we can be actively involved as well as provide financial support. The stories below demonstrate our ongoing commitment and care for a wide range of civic organizations. Representative organizations include the “Rally Reader” Children’s’ Literacy Program, Learn To Read Adult Literacy, the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, WorkSource and Workforce Leadership, Pathfinders for Girls, the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society, the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, Hands On Jacksonville, The Salvation Army and Hubbard House.
Children’s Literacy
TEACHING TYKES AND TODDLERS THE JOY OF READING
Howard Coker, his family, and the entire firm have put the cause of literacy for both children and adults at the top of their list for several years. (click here to read more)
Adult Literacy
SCRABBLERS SCORE BIG FOR LITERACY
The eighth annual Scrabble Soiree, sponsored by Learn to Read, Inc., welcomed about 100 players “on board” Thursday, March 16, at the St. John’s Cathedral in Jacksonville. Our firm acted as a top corporate sponsor for the non-profit literacy agency’s biggest fundraising event of the year. (click here to read more)
Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens
HOWARD TAKES THE TOP JOB AT ZOO BOARD
Howard Coker was inducted as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens at their annual meeting on October 20. (click here to read more)
Workforce & Economic Development
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TOPS PARTNER’S LIST
Jake Schickel was recently elected Chairman of the Board of Directors for WorkSource, the Jacksonville-based work force and economic development organization that has been recognized statewide as a model program. (click here to read more)
Programs For Child Development
HELPING MARK THE WAY FOR “PATHFINDERS”
A special after-school program for 6th grade girls at Julia Landon College Preparatory and Leadership Development School, a dedicated Magnet school in Jacksonville, is very popular. (click here to read more)
Civic & Historical Programs
PARTNER LEADS FLORIDA SUPREME COURT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Howard Coker was elected to a one-year term as President of The Florida Supreme Court Historical Society on June 23 at the Annual Meeting of the Florida Bar. (click here to read more)
Programs For Children And Families In Need
WORKING TO MAKE CHILDREN’S WISHES COME TRUE
Going “all out” for children in need are a holiday tradition for our firm. For more than ten years, attorneys and staff have actively participated in the Salvation Army’s “Angel Tree Project,” a program designed to come to the aid of area families who are not in a position to purchase gifts for their children at Christmas. (click here to read more)