Local songwriter Joe Senger of Amelia Island has finally brought a longtime dream to life with the release of a Christmas song he wrote nearly 20 years ago. After years of hoping a national artist would record it, he decided this was the year to make it a hometown project, moved by the recent loss of several musicians and supporters in the Fernandina music community. Senger teamed up with Je Spence at North Florida Recordings and assembled 19 Fernandina-area artists to record the track under the banner Joe Senger’s “Sounds of Centre.”The project also doubles as a fundraiser for local causes. This year, proceeds support the Salvation Army’s Hope House in Fernandina, with plans next year to press a vinyl release and expand it into a compilation featuring additional original music to benefit Joy to the Children, a nonprofit that helps provide local kids with a meaningful Christmas.Listeners can download the song and donate at www.fcfoffunk.com/sounds-of-centre, with a suggested minimum donation of $2.99, though supporters are encouraged to give what they can. The track is also available on major streaming platforms, but downloads through the website provide the most direct support for the charities tied to the project.

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A local nonprofit organization held its annual coat drive Saturday morning to help people without homes in Jacksonville.

A 16-year-old is continuing her mission of helping those experiencing homelessness in Jacksonville by hosting her annual coat drive.

It has been a few years since 15-year-old Hannah Hall launched her nonprofit "Hannah's Hope House," which collects new and gently used coats, gloves, hats, socks and blankets to gift to those experiencing homelessness.

Hannah's Hope House, a non-profit started by a Jacksonville teen, will handout coats it collected to help the homeless during the winter.

A non-profit group created from scratch by a Jacksonville teenager will begin its annual coat collection drive to benefit the city’s less fortunate this winter.

For the second year in a row, 13-year-old Hannah Hall is collecting new and gently used coats to help keep the homeless warm this winter

News4Jax first met Hannah Hall last year as she was collecting hundreds of masks and coats for those in need over the holidays and her desire to help hasn’t stopped. She hopes to continue her mission for decades to come.