{"id":422369,"date":"2026-10-08T16:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T16:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422369\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T16:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T16:22:13","slug":"church-hosts-free-food-giveaway-for-moncrief-families-until-noon-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422369\/","title":{"rendered":"Church hosts free food giveaway for Moncrief families until noon Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Hebron Community Church is giving away free food to 150 families until noon Thursday in Jacksonville\u2019s Moncrief neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The event is scheduled for 10 a.m. to noon at 3328 Moncrief Road, across from Faust Temple Church of God in Christ. Organizers said fresh vegetables, fruit and other items would be available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cWe have families that are working hard, and because of the price of rent and the price of gas and other commodities, it helps to assist them in the daily necessities of life,\u201d Pastor Stanley Platts of Hebron Community Church said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The church organized the giveaway with Beaver Street Enterprise Center and the Florida Central First Jurisdiction of the Church of God in Christ, led by Bishop Gary Hall Sr. and Mother LaShawn Young.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Platts said the effort was intended to support families and build on positive work in the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ilkOIf copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorSophia Vitello headshot<img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/QDMM5MB6O5DALEHYV4PVTJ3DM4.png\"\/><a class=\"sc-bmzYkS fERtCt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/team\/4JPDQWUYJVATA9X3DFCY7YW8AW\/\" title=\"View Sophia Vitello&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sophia Vitello<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ctDavV cigBRW\">Sophia Vitello joined the News4JAX team in September 2025. She&#8217;s a military spouse and The Morning Show traffic anchor! Story idea? Send it her way! svitello@wjxt.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Hebron Community Church is giving away free food to 150 families until noon Thursday in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[502,116,118,117,5436],"class_list":["post-422369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-community","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-morning-show"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422369","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=422369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}