We watched some football on TV, he mowed my lawn for some money and we went to a Flagler College basketball game that night. Joey puts half the lawn-mowing money in a jar holding his tennis shoe fund. McIntire helps Joey, an eighth-grader, with school projects. They also talk about alternatives in situations that pose problems for an emerging young man, but say they don't have any secrets. Joey lives on Anastasia Island with his mother, Elizabeth Jackson, and an older brother.
Mom sits a few feet away, listening to the man-boy talk and smiling occasionally.
A year ago, he wasn't doing so well in school. This year he's a much better student. Yes, two As, two Bs and two Cs. The college scholarship comes through the Take Stock in Children program, sponsored by Barnett Bank. Currently, there are 11 other pairings, or matches, in the agency's core program, which involves adults and boys or girls outside school.