JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. \u2014 Feeding Northeast Florida raised enough funds to help provide more than 275,000 meals during its sixth annual Bourbon & Brisket event on January 31. <\/p>\n
The fundraiser, presented by Morgan & Morgan, was held at Strings Sports Brewery in Jacksonville Beach.<\/p>\n
The funds will support children, families and seniors facing food insecurity across the food bank\u2019s 12-county service area. <\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n In addition to fundraising, the event was designed to raise awareness about the daily challenges encountered by residents throughout Northeast Florida.<\/p>\n More than 200 people attended the fundraiser despite record-breaking cold weather in Jacksonville Beach. <\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n The event featured guided whiskey tastings and savory plates. Guests participated in exclusive giveaways throughout the night, and the fundraiser also included a silent auction for attendees.<\/p>\n More than 16 sponsors and vendors supported the sixth annual event. <\/p>\n Feeding Northeast Florida used the evening to highlight challenges faced by local residents and emphasized that access to nutritious food is a foundation for health and stability in the region.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. \u2014 Feeding Northeast Florida raised enough funds to help provide more than 275,000 meals during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[344,60147,347,25386,28,348,116,351,118,117,349,350,346,345],"class_list":{"0":"post-153050","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-action-news-jax","9":"tag-bourbon-and-brisket","10":"tag-cbs47","11":"tag-feeding-northeast-florida","12":"tag-florida","13":"tag-fox30","14":"tag-jacksonville","15":"tag-jacksonville-fl","16":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","17":"tag-jacksonville-news","18":"tag-northeast-florida","19":"tag-southeast-georgia","20":"tag-wfox","21":"tag-wjax"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}