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 Ministry's history in...
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 role has your church...
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 be celebrating...
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 disabled citizens. Can...
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 it bought on Olds Kings...
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 reason was I...
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 Zone...
[gallery ids="2972,2973,2971,2974,2941"] 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...
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 in...
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...