JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Communities In Schools, a non-profit origination, has reached into local public schools to make a difference. The agency has several approaches including mentoring and its In School Support program.

Mentoring often seems like a challenge until the participant gets involved.

The CIS program targets sixth graders, a high risk group according to CIS.

Broderick Green is a first year mentor at Matthew Gilbert Middle School.

"My experience has been a learning one," said Green.

Green, who has a two-year-old son and travels a lot, said he always wanted to give back but did not consider mentoring until now. 

"I wanted to find a way to give back," said Green. "When I was younger I had people who mentored me in an unofficial capacity."

Green knows the strength of a one-on-one relationship, but he was concerned about the time commitment. 

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- David "Eli" Grimes owns and operates his own electrical company: Eli's Electrical Services.

But, when he's not fixing things for the hundreds of families he serves around the First Coast, he's busy writing music.

"My heart has always been in singing," Grimes said.

In fact, First Coast News did a story on Eli when he wrote a song for troops fighting overseas.

Now he has written a new song about the town he loves: Jacksonville.

"It's has a little bit of everything in it," he said. "When I see something, I really like to write about it."

Now he's hoping it can become the official...or even unofficial theme song to the River City by The Sea.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Beginning Monday, June 3, the Jacksonville Transportation Authority will cut back the Riverside Trolley's service area.

The changes were made so the trolley would be a quicker service for lunchtime customers, running every 10 minutes.

"Our customers spoke, and we listened. As a result of rider input, the
new Riverside Trolley has been redesigned as a lunchtime service that
will provide a faster, more cost-efficient service to lunch goers in the
Riverside and downtown areas," said Clinton Forbes, Chief of Transit
Operations Support.

The trolley will continue to travel between Five Points and the Jacksonville Landing, but will no longer go north of the Landing to the St. James Building or east to the City Hall Annex Building, according to a release from JTA.