By Max Marbut
Financial News & Daily Record
Monday was one of those “Chamber of Commerce days.”
It would have been a perfect afternoon for a round of golf, a trip to the beach or some time on a fishing boat. That’s usually how people who come to Jacksonville for a national business conference look at things. But a group of financial advisors from Nationwide Retirement Plans and Nationwide Retirement Solutions looked at the afternoon in a different way...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Florda was among nine North Florida charities that received much-needed donations courtesy of SunTrust Bank, announced John Schmitt, chairman, president and chief executive officer of SunTrust Bank, North Florida, on Dec. 22.
“These gifts, a special year-end donation, will provide our community the support many people need in these difficult times,” Schmitt said. “On behalf of our board of directors and our...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The months of November and December produced significant response from the Jacksonville community to the needs of the Second Harvest Food Bank. More than 100 corporate and community food drives took place, resulting in thousands of pounds of non-perishable donations at a critical time for Second Harvest.
The 14th Annual Jaguars Family Food Drive – sponsored by Winn-Dixie – kicked off the holiday season of giving and generated more than 55,000...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Dec. 16, 2008) - Lift Up America and the Jacksonville Jaguars teamed up with Tyson Foods, Inc. to help bring the gift of food to the First Coast's less fortunate on Tuesday, Dec. 16. The Second Harvest Food Bank distributed 902 cases of frozen chicken to 29 Second Harvest agencies that help fight hunger on the First Coast. The chicken donation totaled 31,218 pounds.
The distribution took place at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, with selected Jacksonville Jaguars...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Jacksonville FOP Foundation has donated $7,500, along with a donation of $20,000 from the Allied Veterans of the World, to help feed hungry families who live in Jacksonville.
Wayne Rieley, Executive Director of Second Harvest Food Bank which was the recipient of this needed gift, stated that the donation will help purchase more than one million dollars worth of food for families who live in Jacksonville.
Nelson Cuba, President of the...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The 24th Annual Empty Bowls Luncheon attracted more than 1,200 attendees and raised more than $75,000 for the Second Harvest Food Bank of North Florida – both record numbers in a year when people needing assistance from the agency has reached an all-time high.
The Nov. 18 event at the Prime Osborn Convention Center –...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Planning for the 8th Annual Canstruction, Jacksonville's annual Design/Build Competition, is already underway, with a "Call For Entries" being issued to local Jacksonville architects, engineers, contractors and designers.
A charity committed to ending hunger, Canstruction challenges local professionals to design and build structures made entirely from canned foods within a defined space, with the food used in the Canstruction eventually...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The empty shelves at Second Harvest Food Bank will look less barren after Winn-Dixie donated a truckload of food on Tuesday, Oct. 21 - marking the official launch of the Jaguars 14th Annual Food Drive at the Winn-Dixie store located on Baymeadows and SR 9A . The event featured Jaguars players and members of The ROAR, who signed autographs and posed for photographs.
The Jaguars and Winn-Dixie are calling upon First Coast residents to donate...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – More than 2,000 one-of-a-kind ceramic bowls are being created around the city of Jacksonville in preparation for the 24th Annual Empty Bowls Luncheon benefiting the Second Harvest Food Bank of North Florida. The luncheon is set for Tuesday, Nov. 18, at the Prime Osborn Convention Center, and the ‘firing’ of the bowls is just one of many preparations already underway.
Children from more than 50 schools on the First Coast...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Florida will host a “Food for Families” Mobile Pantry on Friday, Oct. 24, at Gerdau Ameristeel in the Baldwin community. Distribution will begin at 9 a.m. and will end when the last box has been distributed. The employees of Gerdau Ameristeel, located at 16670 Rebar Road (32234), consider themselves as “Neighbors Helping Neighbors,” and the company will be partnering with Second Harvest...
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