Letter Carrier Food Drive, May 11

The food distribution hosted by the nonprofit Farm Share is Saturday at 9 a.m. until supplies last.

Today’s Stamp Out Hunger food drive is happening for the first time since 2019.

Feeding Northeast Florida picked up thousands of items donated in the Positivley JAX food drive on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

According to Feeding Northeast Florida, roughly 237,000 people in Jacksonville and its surrounding counties are food insecure, meaning they don’t have consistent, reliable access to nutritious food.

Callahan First Baptist hosts two food giveaways a monthIf you need help with WJXT’s or WCWJ's FCC public inspection file, call (904) 393-9801.

Hundreds of people received food on Thursday through multiple drive-in giveaways across our area, including Callahan and Durkeeville. Cars were lined bumper to bumper at the non-profit Families of Slain Children on North Myrtle. “It’s a blessing to be here today to get this food and these people giving us because we really need it,” Jacksonville resident Betty Jean Bean said. “I had children coming up here asking for food,” Beverley McClain, CEO of Families of Slain Children, said. We can’t do that, we can’t have that.”Church volunteers, with the help of the non-profit Farm Share, served 415 families today on Thursday, roughly 1,500 people.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. A Jacksonville Elks Lodge is sponsoring a food drive for the Mandarin Food Bank all month. The Mandarin/St. Johns Elks Lodge said the food bank is now feeding double the amount of families because of the ongoing pandemic. Donations can be dropped off every Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. at the Mandarin/St. Johns Elks Lodge #2866 at 4280 Oldfield Crossing Dr. behind Tapout fitness and next to the Lowes parking lot.