News4Jax collects donations for 'Feeding Northeast Florida' nutrient drive

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Close to 237,000 radical successful Northeast Florida experienced nutrient insecurity successful 2021.

Here’s however that fig breaks down:

  • According to the USDA, 53 nutrient deserts beryllium crossed Feeding Northeast Florida’s 8-county work country – 38 wrong Duval County alone

Food insecurity is defined arsenic the authorities of being without reliable entree to a capable quantity of affordable, nutritious food. That is wherefore News4JAX is hosting a Positively JAX lawsuit to assistance provender those families successful 2022.

On Monday, Jan. 17 from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., we volition big a nutrient thrust astatine the Channel 4 studios. You tin driblet disconnected non-perishable nutrient items. Just propulsion into the beforehand parking batch and you’ll beryllium greeted by our volunteers. You won’t adjacent person to get our of your car.

Food thrust collection (Copyright 2020 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.)

Our studios are located astatine 4 Broadcast Place, Jacksonville, Florida 32207.

If you can’t marque it that day, you tin besides assistance by donating online astatine Feeding Northeast Florida’s virtual nutrient thrust astatine https://fooddriveonline.org/feedingnefl/index.php?s=WJXTNews4JAX

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The tract is acceptable up to lucifer a market store wherever donors tin determination products disconnected the support and scan astatine the register.

Our squad of volunteers collects donations for our Positively Jax nutrient thrust Monday. (Copyright 2021 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.)

Positively Jax features radical and organizations making a quality successful our community. Know idiosyncratic who’s doing large work?  Nominate them for a Positively Jax Award

Join the PosJax movement! Check section volunteer opportunities successful Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia

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