Hunger affects more than 272,000 of our neighbors locally and millions of individuals and families throughout the United States. Walmart and Sam’s Club recognize the challenge and are facing it head-on through their Fight Hunger. Spark Change. initiative, which provides nationwide support and tremendous local impact....
Great faculty, staff, textbooks, and classroom dynamics are vital in ensuring children receive an exceptional education. It is inspiring to see these elements work together in schools. Sometimes, however, even with all of these elements in place, there is an unseen challenge that prevents students......
Over 270,000 individuals in our area face food insecurity, and almost a third of those impacted are children. As a community, we must do everything possible to ensure everyone has equal access to fresh, healthy food. Often, our food-insecure neighbors would benefit from other resources......
There’s nothing like summertime for kids. Schools are out, and they can turn off their alarm clocks, play freely, and enjoy evenings with no homework until school starts again in the fall. There is a ton of excitement. With all the optimism and adventure surrounding......
Senior hunger is a growing crisis in the United States, affecting millions of older adults nationwide. As inflation grows, so does the senior food gap. Those living on fixed incomes need help keeping up. Inflation is just one factor. There are also transportation and accessibility......
Despite living in a world increasingly characterized by individual pursuits, the selfless acts of volunteers like Patricia Crawford, or Patty as she is known in the Oceanway area, epitomize hope and community. Her involvement with Feeding Northeast Florida shows how volunteering is transformative for the......
Food banks and pantries are widely known for their crucial role in providing sustenance to individuals and families facing food insecurity. Many may not be aware that food banks also positively impact their communities by offering several programs supporting holistic well-being in the neighborhoods they......
Food pantries play a pivotal role in addressing hunger and food insecurity in our communities. While we often appreciate these organizations’ impact in distributing food to those in need, a fundamental question remains: Where does the food in these pantries come from? Let’s delve into......
The need to eat is a unifying factor of the human condition. Everyone needs some sort of sustenance to survive. Sometimes, we eat because we just need to. Other times, we do it to celebrate or find comfort. Sometimes, food takes on cultural significance at......
Traditionally, Black Friday, occurring the day after Thanksgiving, has been the grand inauguration of the holiday shopping season and a shopping extravaganza. Recognizing its immense popularity, marketing gurus introduced Cyber Monday, another day of massive online sales, and then Small Business Saturday, creating a post-Thanksgiving......
Feeding Northeast Florida once distributed 350,000 eggs in just a few days. It may seem like a dozen eggs couldn’t make much of a difference, but we’re here to tell you it can when someone feels like they have nowhere else to turn. That’s the......
Visiting a food pantry is a deeply human experience that reveals the vulnerability and resilience within communities. It’s a journey that many people embark upon during challenging times when putting food on the table, a daily necessity, becomes a struggle. Yet, beyond the practicality of......
At Feeding Northeast Florida, we believe that everyone deserves access to nutritious food and support, regardless of their background, identity, or orientation. As Pride Month comes to a close, we want to take a moment to celebrate and honor the LGBTQ+ community. We recognize the......
The sun had not yet risen on the USMC barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, that late October morning in 1983 when a 19-ton yellow Mercedes Benz StakeBed truck turned onto an access road leading into the compound. For the 1st Battalion 8th Marines stationed there, the......
A Small but Mighty Civil Rights Tradition First Lady Felica Brinkley, Church administrator at Baptist Love Ministry Baptist Love Ministry celebrated its 34th year in the Jacksonville community last month. First Lady Felica Brinkley and Pastor Ernest Brinkley run the church. What is Baptist Love......
Left to right: Father Elder Harris, a community member, and First Lady Beth Harris. Feeding Hope Can you tell us what you do at Mt. Olive church? My name is Betty Harris I am a member of Mt. Olive church and the pastor’s wife. What......
Left to right Patricia Master and Eddie Hunter Master’s Touch Ministry Makes its Mark Patricia Master is the Assistant Coordinator. Eddie Hunter is the Pantry Coordinator. Together, they are building the church garden and the new children’s garden at Master’s Touch Ministry. They will soon......
Bridging the Gap What is Bridging the Gap? Our mission is to mobilize volunteers and entities-government, faith, health, business, and the community at large to partner with us in filling the gaps that exist in the delivery of fundamental social services to the elderly and......
Feeding Northeast Florida aims to open new warehouse, serve more in 2023 By Nick Blank and Kaitlyn McCue – Jacksonville Business Journal Dec 27, 2022 Updated Dec 27, 2022, 10:49am EST Feeding Northeast Florida announced Tuesday its plans to renovate a 12-acre property......
The Social Determinants of Health Are Real Tell us how you got into psychology? For two reasons. One my father was alcoholic and I wanted to understand what caused that and also looking at the impact on our family and on him. The other......
A Life of Servanthood Hermonyone Walker is the Pantry Coordinator of the Health Smart Holistic Health Program for Seniors. Health Smart aims to address social isolation, food insecurity, and financial insecurity that negatively impact the health and quality of life of many seniors in Health......
Vernetta Stewart grew up surrounded by good food. She remembers her mother, Rosetta, making flavorful chicken and rice, Salisbury steak with gravy, and shrimp fried rice. Working in a kitchen at the same job for 43 years, Rosetta expressed her love by sharing her passion......
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The numbers are in, and they are bigger than ever. Thanks to generous donations made by hundreds of local community members the 2022 WJXT Positively JAX food drive to benefit the Feeding Northeast Florida food bank shattered the total number of meals donated......
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – November 19,2021 – Jaguars players kicked off the team’s hunger relief efforts this season with Feeding Northeast Florida, as members of the Jaguars offensive line, teammates and coaches came together today, Nov. 19, in partnership with Publix, Pepsi, Frito-Lay and the Jaguars Foundation......
Jacksonville, FL – November 23, 2021 – First Coast News and the TEGNA Foundation, the charitable foundation sponsored by TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA), has awarded 10 area nonprofit organizations community grants totaling $25.000. Community grants in the First Coast area are aimed at addressing......
Nonprofit food bank and Winn-Dixie provided turkeys and more to meet food needs this holiday season JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – November 20, 2021 – Feeding Northeast Florida (FNEFL) today shared details of its partnership with Winn-Dixie and the Winn-Dixie Gives Foundation for the second year of......
Kerrie Slattery joins the food bank to lead fundraising efforts Jacksonville, Fla. –– November 22, 2021 –– Feeding Northeast Florida (FNEFL) announced the expansion of its executive leadership team, bringing on Kerrie Slattery as the nonprofit food bank’s first Chief Development Officer. Slattery started her new......
By Susan King, Feeding Northeast Florida President and CEO JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – This Veterans Day, Feeding Northeast Florida (FNEFL) wants to acknowledge the courageous men and women who have put their lives on the line to protect and serve. We cannot allow this Veterans......
Jacksonville, FL – September 28, 2021 – FlexCold announced that, along with ARCO Design/Build, a donation has been made to Feeding Northeast Florida (FNEFL), the region’s largest food bank serving eight counties in Northeast Florida. The financial contribution was made in lieu of a larger......
Pet Food Provided to Families Facing Financial Hardship Jacksonville, FL – September 23, 2021 – Feeding Northeast Florida (FNEFL), a Feeding America member food bank serving eight counties in Northeast Florida, recently received a 38,000 pound pet food donation from PetSmart Charities, the leading funder......
Feeding Northeast Florida Announces Hunger Action Month Efforts Food bank encourages community to join national hunger awareness campaign in September Jacksonville, Fla. –– Sept. 1, 2021 –– Feeding Northeast Florida (FNEFL) today announced its plans to support Hunger Action Month this September, an annual observance......
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......
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......
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,......
After we delivered meat, assorted produce, and dry goods last week, Uso Center-Jacksonville conducted a mobile pantry in which nearly 80 military families received those staples along with canned goods and bakery items. Toys and games were provided to those families with children. Check out the......
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.......
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......