Placemaking at its Best: Reimaging Historic Eastside
More than 150 years after the community’s inception, the Eastside is Jacksonville’s last cohesive, historically Black neighborhood from the 19th century. Historic Eastside is probably…
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Expansion in store for Feeding Northeast Florida
2022 ended on a high note for Feeding Northeast Florida (FNEFL) as it announced the purchase of its new food bank facility in the finals…
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Spirit of giving, dedication to homeless alive in downtown Jacksonville
As Northeast Florida’s largest provider of comprehensive services for homeless men, women and children, I. M Sulzbacher Center plays a major role in the city’s…
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Meeting the needs of the hungry without discrimination
As a well-known advocate for the lost, the vulnerable, the needy, the poor, the hurting, the helpless, and the hopeless, it comes as no surprise…
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Becoming part of “something bigger than myself”
It was the song “Fill a Heart” Tori Kelly wrote for the campaign Child Hunger Ends Here that inspired the Williams sisters, Khadjah and Vivica,…
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Major food bank distributes food so hungry can be fed
There is no single human need greater than food, and because hunger triggers crime, and affects unemployment, worker productivity, and education, Feeding Northeast Florida is…
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Food pantry nurtures mind, body and soul
The sun has barely risen when people begin to line up to receive food at The Lord’s Pantry, a food distribution center run by Community…
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Offering hope, healing and change for the homeless and hungry
Providing shelter and a hot meal is a big part of what City Rescue Mission (CRM) provides to homeless and individuals struggling with food insecurity,…
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Putting compassion into action to feed the hungry
Feeding the hungry is a big part of Catholic Charities mission. Although the nonprofit seeks to reflect “the compassion of God in Christ,” taught by…
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Nonprofit aids low-income families with supplemental groceries
The folks at Downtown Ecumenical Services Council (DESC) don’t need fancy statistics to tell them hunger is a serious problem in the River City. “One…
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BEAM answers need for crisis help in beach communities
Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry (BEAM) envisions a future in which no resident of Jacksonville’s beach communities goes hungry or is haunted by fear of eviction….
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Food Insecurity By The Numbers
Hunger knows no boundaries. It affects people in rural and urban areas, the college-educated and the uneducated, single-parent households, families supported by two breadwinners, and…
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Racking up 1,010 volunteer hours in one day
St. Johns Country Day Student Body In September 2015, the entire St. Johns Country Day Upper School student body spent a day volunteering at several…
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