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>>ZAC LASHWAY: MAY IS MILITARY
APPRECIATION
MONTH, SO FEEDING NORTHEAST
FLORIDA IS RAISING AWARENESS
ABOUT FOOD INSECURITY AND
HUNGER WITHIN OUR LOCAL
MILITARY COMMUNITY. JOINING ME
NOW SARA DOBSON THE DIRECTOR OF
DEVELOPMENT OF FEEDING
NORTHEAST, FLORIDA. AND MICHAEL
BRIAN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE GREATER JACKSONVILLE US
I THANK YOU
♪
BOTH FOR TALKING WITH US THIS
MORNING. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US SARAH I WANT TO START WITH YOU CAN YOU BREAK DOWN THE IMPACT OF FOOD INSECURITY AMONG
THE MILITARY COMMUNITY HERE
THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST, FLORIDA,
SOUTHEAST, GEORGIA. YES,
>> SO THE DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 8.25% OF OUR VETERANS IN THIS COUNTRY OR FOOD
AND SECURE. SO THAT EQUATES TO
ABOUT 3,000 TO
9,000. INDIVIDUALS WHO
HAVE SERVED US MILITARY HERE IN
THE FIRST WHO ARE CURRENTLY
STRUGGLING WITH HUNGER TO SOME
DEGREE. THEN ON THE ACTIVE DUTY
MILITARY SIDE.
THE GREATER JACKSONVILLE
REPORTS THAT THERE ARE ABOUT
7500 ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY WHO
ARE ALSO FOOD INSECURITY TO
SOME DEGREE. HOW DOES THIS
HAPPEN.
>> AND YOUNG THINGS I CAN JUST
TALK ABOUT
YOU KNOW YOUNG ENLISTED AND
FAMILIES TIME TO GET MARRIED
EARLIER, YOU HAVE CHILDREN
EARLIER THAN THE CIVILIAN
POPULATION AND QUITE HONESTLY
THAT THEIR
INCOMES ARE PRETTY LOW. I NEED
3 MAKES ABOUT 23,024 $1000.
AND OFTEN TIMES
THE SPOUSE, YOU KNOW CANNOT
WORK BECAUSE THEY CAN’T AFFORD
CHILD
CARE SO A FAMILY OF 3 A FAMILY
OF 4 IS LOOKING KIND OF INCOME
AND IT’S REALLY REALLY TIGHT.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: YOU KNOW MAKE
SENSE WHEN YOU PUT IT INTO
PERSPECTIVE LIKE THAT
YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, I’M NOT
TELLING YOU ANYTHING YOU DON’T
KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO THIS
BEING A MILITARY TOWN THIS IS A
HUGE MILITARY AREA PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO WANT TO
HELP OUT HOW CAN PEOPLE GET
INVOLVED HOW CAN PEOPLE HELP
THESE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT MOST.
>> WELL YOU THIS PROGRAM, THE HEALTHY MILITARY FAMILIES INITIATIVE
STARTED ABOUT 3 AND A HALF
YEARS AGO AND FEEDING NORTHEAST
FLORIDA. IT WAS RIGHT THERE
FROM DAY ONE AS WE STARTED
PLANNING THIS INITIATIVE RIGHT
NOW WHERE WE’RE ADDRESSING
ABOUT A 140. THE YOUNG ENLISTED
FAMILIES LIKE I MENTION
THEY’RE RECEIVING FRESH FRUITS,
VEGETABLES AND LEAN NEEDS.
TWICE
A MONTH. SO LET’S ANYWHERE FROM
300 TO $400 THAT THEY’RE NOT
SPENDING IN
THE COMMISSARY THEY NOW CAN YOU
INVEST IN A BETTER FAMILY
VEHICLE. THEIR HOUSING
SITUATION OR SO
WE ARE I THINK HAITIAN THEY
COULD NEVER AFFORD AROUND THE
HOLIDAY SEASON. SO FAMILIES
OTHER NONPROFITS CORPORATIONS
YOU CAN SUPPORT THE U.S. O
TO ALLOW US TO GROW THIS
PROGRAM TO SCALE RIGHT NOW WE
ARE ONLY CAPABLE OF HANDLING A
140 FAMILIES PER MONTH. LECTURE
MENTION KNOW. I DID IT SHOWS THERE’S OVER 700 FAMILIES THAT WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM
SO THE SUPPORT PAGE ACTUALLY
WAS SO DON MOORE IS A GREAT WAY
TO
GET STARTED.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: YEAH, I’M SURE
AFTER PEOPLE SEE THIS THEY ARE
GOING TO BE STEPPING UP TO THE
PLATE HELPING ANY WAY
THEY CAN MIKE I’M GOING TO ASK
YOU FIRST FOR MORE INFORMATION
WHERE CAN PEOPLE GO TO HELP OUT
WITH AND THEN SARAH, SAME GOES
FOR YOU.
>> JACKSON JX GOT AWARD.
JUST GO ON
I’M IN YOU CAN YOU CAN
CONTRIBUTE ON AND YOU CAN
ALSO VOLUNTEER. WE DO LOVE
ABOUT 20,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS
EVERY YEAR
YOU KNOW ON PIERS ARE REALLY
THE LIFEBLOOD OF OUR HERE IN
NORTH FLORIDA. JAX DOLLAR JUST
GIVE US A CALL AND GET
INVOLVED.
>> AND WE ALSO
YOU KNOW PART OF WHAT WE’RE
FEEDING NORTHEAST. FLORIDA
DOESN’T SUPPORT OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AND
TOUCHED THE VETERAN COMMUNITY
SIMILAR TO WHAT MIKE. EXPLAIN
WHAT THE ACTIVE
DUTY MILITARY. SO WE COULD
ABSOLUTELY USE THE HELP FALLEN
TEARING AS MIKE SAID IF YOU
HAVE THE TIME AND ARE ABLE COME
BOWEN TEAR FOR FEEDING
NORTHEAST, FLORIDA ASIC 8, 4,
VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES
AND THEN IF YOU ARE ABLE
DONATE EVERY
DOLLAR DONATED DOES A GREAT
DEAL FOR FEEDING NORTHEAST
FLORIDA AND FOR ORGANIZATIONS
LIKE THE USL WHO HELPED THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH
FOOD INSECURITY SO FAR.
WEBSITE IS FEEDING AND
E F L DOT ORG FOR FEEDING
NORTHEAST, FLORIDA. FEEDING ANY
OF THAT WAR AND YOU CAN FIND
OUT HOW TO GET
INVOLVED THERE.
>> MOREOVER IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE
WHO’S STRUGGLING KINDER OR IF
YOU YOURSELF ARE. STRUGGLE
WITH HUNGER. THERE’S A LIST OF RESOURCES THAT ARE FOR 300 PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN
HELP PROVIDE ACCESS TO.
>> HEALTHY HIGH QUALITY FOOD