Kerrie Slattery joins the food bank to lead fundraising efforts Jacksonville, Fla. –– November 22, 2021 –– Feeding Northeast Florida (FNEFL) announced the expansion of its executive leadership team, bringing on Kerrie Slattery as the nonprofit food bank’s first Chief Development Officer. Slattery started her new role...
By Susan King, Feeding Northeast Florida President and CEO JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – This Veterans Day, Feeding Northeast Florida (FNEFL) wants to acknowledge the courageous men and women who have put their lives on the line to protect and serve. We cannot allow this Veterans Day to...
Jacksonville, FL – September 28, 2021 – FlexCold announced that, along with ARCO Design/Build, a donation has been made to Feeding Northeast Florida (FNEFL), the region’s largest food bank serving eight counties in Northeast Florida. The financial contribution was made in lieu of a larger...
Pet Food Provided to Families Facing Financial Hardship Jacksonville, FL – September 23, 2021 – Feeding Northeast Florida (FNEFL), a Feeding America member food bank serving eight counties in Northeast Florida, recently received a 38,000 pound pet food donation from PetSmart Charities, the leading funder...
Feeding Northeast Florida Announces Hunger Action Month Efforts Food bank encourages community to join national hunger awareness campaign in September Jacksonville, Fla. –– Sept. 1, 2021 –– Feeding Northeast Florida (FNEFL) today announced its plans to support Hunger Action Month this September, an annual observance in which people...
Conversation highlighted how the American Rescue Plan (ARP) is helping to put food on the table for local families Jacksonville, Fla. –– March 23, 2021 –– Feeding Northeast Florida (FNEFL) hosted United States Vice President Kamala Harris at its headquarters for a roundtable discussion about food security. The...
Funds will support mission and prescriptive nutrition program Jacksonville, Fla. –– March 31, 2021 –– Feeding Northeast Florida (FNEFL) today announced that it received a multi-year grant from The Jim Moran Foundation to commemorate The Foundation’s 20th Anniversary. The grant will support FNEFL’s Prescriptive Nutrition program in...
Jacksonville, Fla. –– May 10, 2021 –– Research compiled by Veteran Affairs estimates that anywhere from 8 – 25 percent of the veteran population is food insecure. In Northeast Florida, that equates to 3 – 9,300 men and women who served in the U.S. Military...
Food bank plans distributions and programs to help children this summer and beyond Jacksonville, Fla. –– June 14, 2021 –– Feeding Northeast Florida (FNEFL), the region’s largest nonprofit food bank, is fighting childhood hunger this summer and beyond. Through the distribution of snack packs, mobile pantries...
Feeding Northeast Florida today announced it received a $70,000 grant from Truist Financial Corporation in support of its recently launched Project S.H.A.R.E. (Solving Hunger and Assisting Restaurant Employees). Project S.H.A.R.E. is an innovative program born out of the new realities we are facing with COVID-19. With...