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THANKS REBECCA ONE COUPLE IS MAKING A POSITIVELY JAX DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
NEWS 4 JAX ANCHOR BRUCE
HAMILTON SHOWS US HOW THEY
SPEARHEADED A MASSIVE FOOD
DRIVE PROJECT FOR LUTHERAN
SOCIAL SERVICES NOURISHMENT
NETWORK FOOD BANK.
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>> THEY LYNCH AND ROUSEY KNOW THAT WHOLE COVID-19 IS TAKING ON THE COMMUNITY JEN BEING
RETIRED NURSES UNDERSTAND THE
URGENCY OF PROVIDING THE
SUBSIDIES AND SUPPORT TO PEOPLE
IN NEED.
THEY REACHED OUT TO THE
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES
NOURISHMENT NETWORK, A HUNGER
RELIEF PROGRAM SEE WHAT THEY
COULD DO ABOUT HELPING WITH
WEEKLY
FOOD DONATIONS WHEN THEY GOT
THEIR ANSWER THEY ENLISTED THE
HELP OF FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS
AND THEIR DOUGH WITH COMMUNITY
TO AS THEY PUT IT PARTICIPATE
IN THE
GOOD FIGHT THAT PROCESS WANTED
TO TURN A CLIMATE OF FEAR
CONCERN ACCORDING TO ONE JUROR
IS THROUGH SHEER DETERMINATION
WITH THE HELP OF OTHERS, THEY
COLLECTED $3,000
A CONCERT. THEY’VE BEEN ABLE TO
MAKE FOOD DONATIONS SEVERAL
TIMES A WEEK SINCE THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IT
THEY’VE DELIVERED AN ESTIMATED
25,000 POUNDS OF FOOD, WE CAN
GO TO FRESH PRODUCE AND HYGIENE
ITEMS. IT’S ALL BECAUSE THEY
WANTED TO MAKE A POSITIVELY
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JAX DIFFERENCE.
>>LAUREN VERNO: JOINING US NOW ARE POSITIVELY JAX AWARD WINNERS DALE AND JAN JERAS SEC,
GOOD MORNING TO THE 2 OF YOU,
THANKS SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE. THIS MORNING WHAT A
GREAT THING THAT YOU DID TAKING
THE CONCERN
FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS AND YOUR
COMMUNITY AND ACTUALLY DOING
SOMETHING
ABOUT IT I LOVE THIS IDEA TELL
ME HOW HARD IT WAS TO GET YOUR
OTHER NEIGHBORS ON BOARD.
>> THERE’S A VERY GENEROUS
GIVING A COMMUNITY AND IT
HASN’T BEEN DIFFICULT AT
ALL WE WE PUT THE WORD OUT AND
PEOPLE JUST BEEN CONTINUING
TO DONATE.
>>LAUREN VERNO: YEAH, IT’S ONE
THING TO HAVE AN IDEA AND IT’S
ANOTHER TO EXECUTE IT AND HOW
HARD WAS IT TO GET YOUR HEAVY
ON BOARD THAT IT WASN’T THAT OR
YOU GUYS IN IT TOGETHER.
I LOVE IT SO LET ME ASK
YOU THEN HOW DID HOW DID YOU GO
FROM THE IDEA TO THE EXECUTION.
HOW DID YOU GO FROM
RAISING THE FUNDS TO GETTING
THE FOOD BECAUSE IT WASN’T JUST
MONEY THAT YOU COLLECT IT WAS
ACTUALLY FOOD AND AND
SANITATION ITEMS AS WELL.
>> PEOPLE WERE ASKING WHERE THEY COULD DONATE AND SO I STARTED INVESTIGATING DIFFERENT
FOOD BANKS.
IT TOOK US 2 WEEKS TO COLLECT
FOR OUR FIRST.
AND WE’D ELECT TODAY WILL BE
DELIVERING OUR 42ND LOAD THE
FOOD AND
I E-MAILED CAPTAINS OF THE
VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY
CONTACT THEIR THEIR NEIGHBORS
AND PEOPLE JUST DROPPED OFF AT
OUR HOUSE AND WE JUST KEEP
DONATING FOOD TO THE FOOD BANK.
THAT’S AMAZING. >>LAUREN VERNO: DALE I’M LOOKING AT YOU THEY’RE SITTING
SO NEXT YEAR WIFE AND I’M
LOOKING AT THESE PICTURES AS
WELL THE FRESH FRUITS AND THE
FRESH VEGETABLES ARE THOSE
THINGS THAT YOU GET
FROM GROCERY STORES OR ARE
THOSE ITEMS DONATED TO THE FOOD
BANK THAT YOU. ACTUALLY
SUBSIDIZE THROUGH YOUR
DONATIONS.
>> WHAT WE’VE DONE IS THAT WE
HAD A PROGRAM WE
RAISE MONEY TO PAY FOR
PRODUCE FROM A WONDERFUL FOOD,
THE FOOD STAND WALDO
FLORIDA AND SO WE USED TO GOAL
AND PICK THE FOOD ITEMS UP
THERE. AND ABOUT A MONTH AND A
HALF AGO THE PEOPLE IN WALL
WILL JUST TOOK OUR AND NOW THEY
BRING THE FOOD THEY BRING
THE PRODUCE 2 OF LUTHERAN,
SOCIAL SERVICES FOOD NETWORK.
>> I JUST THANK YOU ALL ARE
AMAZING PEOPLE DON’T KNOW DEL
WEBB NOCATEE IS A 55 PLUS A
COMMUNITY HAVE
I WANT TO SAY PROMOTED THIS,
BUT YOU KNOW PEOPLE FIND OUT
ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU’RE DOING
GOOD DEEDS. AND HAVE OTHER PEOPLE CONTACTED YOU IN ORDER TO LEARN WHAT YOU’RE DOING HOW
YOU’RE DOING IT SO THAT THEY
CAN DO IT IN THEIR OWN
COMMUNITIES.
>> WE’RE HOPING THAT WITH A NEW
SHOW THAT OTHER OTHER
COMMUNITIES WILL TAKE OUR
ACTION AND HELP BECAUSE THE
NEED IS GOING TO CONTINUE AND
IT’S A GREAT NEED
RIGHT NOW.
>>LAUREN VERNO: AND I DO WANT
TO HEAR IS HAVE YOU HEARD HOW
HOW YOU’VE MADE AN IMPACT WHAT
IS LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES
TELL YOUR HAVE YOU HEARD FROM
ANY OF THE FAMILIES THAT YOU’VE
TOUCHED AS
A RESULT.
>> OF YOUR YOUR KINDNESS BILL
GRAHAM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAID
THAT BECAUSE OF ITS I
OUR DONATION OTHER PEOPLE’S
OF DONATION. THEY’RE ALLOWING
NOW PEOPLE TO COME TO TIMES A
MONTH TO GET.
AND THE FOOD BANK AT ONE TIME
IT WAS ONLY ONE TIME A MONTH.
SO I KNOW THAT WE’RE MAKING AN
IMPACT AND HELPING PEOPLE
WITHIN
OUR AREA.
>> WELL YOU ALL ARE AMAZING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINENT
JUST WELL.
>> JUST ONE CORRECTION AND THAT
IS IT WE’RE IN JOE WEBB PART OF
THE DRUG. THERE IS A DOLL OF NOCATEE DOWN THE ROAD FROM US BUT WE’RE DON’T LOVE PART OF
THE DRAIN. THE PEOPLE THERE
JUST HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUSLY
GENEROUS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
CORRECTION, LET’S GET DEL WEBB
NOCATEE TO HELP OUT
YEAH HAHA WELL WE WANT TO BRING
IN JIM MOYER WITH FEELS AUTO
GROUP FOR THE AWARD
PRESENTATION AND JIM WHEN YOU
STARTED THIS THIS IS THE KIND
OF THING THAT YOU’RE TALKING
ABOUT NEIGHBOR HELPING
NEIGHBOR.
>> I’LL TELL YOU WHAT I’VE BEEN
DOING THIS QUITE A WHILE
WITH SIDE. POSSIBLY JACKSON
EVERY TIME WE GIVE AN AWARD TO
SEEMS LIKE IT’S
HIGHER LEVEL OF
JUST INTENSE IA PEOPLE JUST
GIVING THEIR TIME BACK JUST
WANTED TO HELP THE COMMUNITY
AND
THE FACT I I NO DOUBT WHAT IS
SOMEWHAT OF A RETIREMENT
COMMUNITY. SO I DON’T KNOW IF
I’M DOWN JAN THEY
YOU GET THAT OUT OF THEIR
COMMUNITY FOR WORKING SO HARD
BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID I HAVE
TO THE FIELDS AUTO GROUP OVER
OVER
3,000 EMPLOYEES, YOUR LAST THAT
WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT
DO THESE TYPE OF THINGS
AND GOD BLESS YOU GUYS, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING
YOU DO.
>> THE ADS WORK OUR HANDS OH
HOW WONDERFUL
DAYLAN JAN KEEP ON KEEPING ON
AND JIM, SO GOOD TO SEE YOU IF
YOU KNOW SOMEONE OR SOMETHING
THAT IS POSITIVELY JAX PLEASE
NOMINATE