Conversation highlighted how the American Rescue Plan (ARP) is helping to put food on the table for local families Jacksonville, Fla. –– March 23, 2021 –– Feeding Northeast Florida (FNEFL) hosted United States Vice President Kamala Harris at its headquarters for a roundtable discussion about food security. The...
Funds will support mission and prescriptive nutrition program Jacksonville, Fla. –– March 31, 2021 –– Feeding Northeast Florida (FNEFL) today announced that it received a multi-year grant from The Jim Moran Foundation to commemorate The Foundation’s 20th Anniversary. The grant will support FNEFL’s Prescriptive Nutrition program in...
Jacksonville, Fla. –– May 10, 2021 –– Research compiled by Veteran Affairs estimates that anywhere from 8 – 25 percent of the veteran population is food insecure. In Northeast Florida, that equates to 3 – 9,300 men and women who served in the U.S. Military...
Food bank plans distributions and programs to help children this summer and beyond Jacksonville, Fla. –– June 14, 2021 –– Feeding Northeast Florida (FNEFL), the region’s largest nonprofit food bank, is fighting childhood hunger this summer and beyond. Through the distribution of snack packs, mobile pantries...
Feeding Northeast Florida today announced it received a $70,000 grant from Truist Financial Corporation in support of its recently launched Project S.H.A.R.E. (Solving Hunger and Assisting Restaurant Employees). Project S.H.A.R.E. is an innovative program born out of the new realities we are facing with COVID-19. With...
Mercedes-Benz USA and its Souther Region Office in Jacksonville, FL recently donated 2,500 meals for families and children in need and enabled FNEFL to distribute thousands of more thanks to a donation of 13 Mercedez-Benz Sprinter Vans. “In the wake of COVID-19, many of our neighbors...