There's no place like home...

Surrounded by the misty smokey mountains and vast rolling farm lands of northeast Alabama, the "Gem of the Hills" is nestled near Atlanta and Birmingham,  making Jacksonville "near perfect." The campus is enclosed in natural beauty. Even visitors from Harvard compliment how beautiful this place is. With complete local natural resources like hiking, mountain & road biking or kayaking just around the creek bend, Jacksonville's "Sweet Home Alabama" blue skies make it easy and appealing to opt outside.
Once in a while, those skies turn dark, producing memorable and earth-shattering storms of the century, packed with thunder, lightning, hail and tornadoes. These moments shake any small town to its core; however, it also highlights and brings out the best of a community.  The evening on Monday, Mach 19, 2018 was one of those times for Jacksonville.
The clean-up begins at the same moment as the all clear. Neighbors help neighbors; strangers lend a saw, tractor or hand. People travel from miles around, just to help, volunteer or offer support. Fellow citizens fulfill each need heard, donating everything from bedding to canned goods, clothes and more. It reminds us and helps us see how good the world can be.
Even those who lost so much take the time offer help to other victims. This is the very essence and definition of community. People supporting people, without expecting anything in return. JSU will rise from the destruction bigger and better than ever before.

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