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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Each day in our community, thousands of children go hungry. However, this summer, kids and families can help fight child hunger in Jacksonville through a fun, new fundraising campaign.
Second Harvest Food Bank of North Florida is teaming with local Panera Bread®...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.- Thomas Mantz has been named as executive director of the Second Harvest Food Bank of North Florida.
The longtime First Coast resident comes to Second Harvest after five years as the chief operating officer at Christ Episcopal Church in Ponte Vedra Beach, where he oversaw operations and managed fundraising and construction for a $14 million building project that expanded the ministry capacity of the church. He also led a coalition that...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - With summer vacation just around the corner, many school children in Jacksonville will find their only nourishment through meals and snacks provided to them through summer enrichment programs.
In Florida, 16 percent of children under 18 are at risk of going to bed without dinner each night. In Jacksonville alone, more than 39,000 children live in poverty.
Chick-fil-A at Roosevelt Square in Jacksonville has stepped...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Ready. Set. FOODFIGHT!
Fine food and spirits will abound - along with a festive battle for best culinary presentation - on Thursday, June 4, when the 19th Annual Jacksonville FOODFIGHT™ takes place at the Crown Royal Touchdown Club East in Jacksonville Municipal Stadium.
This year's event will bring together more than 45 of the First Coast's finest restaurants, caterers and beverage wholesalers for a friendly competition...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - For the second consecutive year, the First Coast community has responded in a big way and shattered the record for food collected in the annual "Stamp Out Hunger" Food Drive.
The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Florida received more than 325,000 pounds of donated food from a four-county area as part of the 17th Annual National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive on Saturday, May 9. The record total is more than 12 percent higher...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Students at Beacuclerc Elementary School in Jacksonville opened the 17th Annual National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive by collecting 2,208 pounds of food in a one-day event held at the school on Friday, May 1.
The food collected at Beauclerc will create 1,472 meals for people in need throughout north Florida - or more than one meal per student at Beauclerc.
The school’s efforts jump-started the week leading up...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - With the Second Harvest Food Bank of North Florida facing its greatest demand for food in the agency's 29-year history, it is calling on the First Coast community to join in the cause of fighting hunger and also provide important food resources for its neighbors in need during the May 9 "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers.
This year's food drive may be the most important ever for Second...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Second Harvest Food Bank is reaching out to the First Coast community for its support in helping to fight hunger through the 2009 PLAYERS Championship Birdies for Charity contest.
The unique, community-based fundraiser is once again being held in conjunction with THE PLAYERS, which will be played May 4-10 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach. The tournament annually features the strongest field on the PGA Tour.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - With its grand opening in December last year, Whole Foods Market immediately began contributing to its new Jacksonville community. Before the store even opened, Neda Yazdanpanah, marketing director at Whole Foods Market Jacksonville, contacted Second Harvest Food Bank about donating surplus food for weekly pickups.
The Food Bank is picking up food three times a week — dry grocery goods, produce, dairy, deli, prepared food and...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The results are in from the 8th Annual Canstruction competition at the Jacksonville Main Library, and the hands-down winner among local voters was the "Cat In The Can," a structure made in the form of Dr. Seuss' timeless classic, The Cat In The Hat.
The structure was created by the Skanska USA Building with Ghyabi & Associates using 1,725 cans of soup, tuna and tomato sauce. More than 260 ballots were cast by the general public in this year's...
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