{"id":90747,"date":"2025-12-20T18:24:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T18:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/90747\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T18:24:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T18:24:11","slug":"food-for-families-feeds-needy-orlando-sentinel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/90747\/","title":{"rendered":"Food For Families Feeds Needy \u2013 Orlando Sentinel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Caitlyn Sears loads bags of food into a pickup truck...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOS-L-FoodForFamilies24482_03f514.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Caitlyn Sears loads bags of food into a pickup truck at West Orlando Baptist Church in Ocoee on Saturday, December 20, 2025.  The food items are for the \u201cFood for Families\u201d food drive which was started 34 years ago by Johnnie Dyal, who was a Publix employee. Food for Families sorts, packs and delivers food for up to 1200 of the neediest families in Central Florida. Publix donates the food for this program. (Stephen M. Dowell\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Boxes of food and home good items are loaded into...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOS-L-FoodForFamilies24468_77b53e.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOS-L-FoodForFamilies24468_77b53e.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Boxes of food and home good items are loaded into cars by volunteers at West Orlando Baptist Church in Ocoee on Saturday, December 20, 2025.  The items are for the \u201cFood for Families\u201d food drive which was started 34 years ago by Johnnie Dyal, who was a Publix employee. Food for Families sorts, packs and delivers food for up to 1200 of the neediest families in Central Florida. Publix donates the food for this program. (Stephen M. Dowell\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chloe Fears (middle) distributes toilet paper to other volunteers at...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOS-L-FoodForFamilies24475_363eb7.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOS-L-FoodForFamilies24475_363eb7.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Chloe Fears (middle) distributes toilet paper to other volunteers at West Orlando Baptist Church in Ocoee on Saturday, December 20, 2025.  The food and home good items are for the \u201cFood for Families\u201d food drive which was started 34 years ago by Johnnie Dyal, who was a Publix employee. Food for Families sorts, packs and delivers food for up to 1200 of the neediest families in Central Florida. Publix donates the food for this program. (Stephen M. Dowell\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"From left: Benjamin Jungwirth, Kenneth Jungwirth, and Elijah Robinson carry...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOS-L-FoodForFamilies24444_a7998d.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOS-L-FoodForFamilies24444_a7998d.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>From left: Benjamin Jungwirth, Kenneth Jungwirth, and Elijah Robinson carry bags of food at West Orlando Baptist Church in Ocoee on Saturday, December 20, 2025.  The food items are for the \u201cFood for Families\u201d food drive which was started 34 years ago by Johnnie Dyal, who was a Publix employee. Food for Families sorts, packs and delivers food for up to 1200 of the neediest families in Central Florida. Publix donates the food for this program. (Stephen M. Dowell\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Boxes of food and home good items are loaded into...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOS-L-FoodForFamilies24462_d8b612.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOS-L-FoodForFamilies24462_d8b612.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Boxes of food and home good items are loaded into cars by volunteers at West Orlando Baptist Church in Ocoee on Saturday, December 20, 2025.  The items are for the \u201cFood for Families\u201d food drive which was started 34 years ago by Johnnie Dyal, who was a Publix employee. Food for Families sorts, packs and delivers food for up to 1200 of the neediest families in Central Florida. Publix donates the food for this program. (Stephen M. Dowell\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Benjamin Jungwirth, 5, struggles to lift a big bag of...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOS-L-FoodForFamilies24456_e61b1e.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOS-L-FoodForFamilies24456_e61b1e.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Jungwirth, 5, struggles to lift a big bag of food items at West Orlando Baptist Church in Ocoee on Saturday, December 20, 2025.  The items are for the \u201cFood for Families\u201d food drive which was started 34 years ago by Johnnie Dyal, who was a Publix employee. Food for Families sorts, packs and delivers food for up to 1200 of the neediest families in Central Florida. Publix donates the food for this program. (Stephen M. Dowell\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Boxes of food and home good items await distribution at...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOS-L-FoodForFamilies24470_46293c.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOS-L-FoodForFamilies24470_46293c.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Boxes of food and home good items await distribution at West Orlando Baptist Church in Ocoee on Saturday, December 20, 2025.  The items are for the \u201cFood for Families\u201d food drive which was started 34 years ago by Johnnie Dyal, who was a Publix employee. Food for Families sorts, packs and delivers food for up to 1200 of the neediest families in Central Florida. Publix donates the food for this program. (Stephen M. Dowell\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Boxes of food and home good items await distribution at...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOS-L-FoodForFamilies24471_ab2b96.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOS-L-FoodForFamilies24471_ab2b96.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Boxes of food and home good items await distribution at West Orlando Baptist Church in Ocoee on Saturday, December 20, 2025.  The items are for the \u201cFood for Families\u201d food drive which was started 34 years ago by Johnnie Dyal, who was a Publix employee. Food for Families sorts, packs and delivers food for up to 1200 of the neediest families in Central Florida. Publix donates the food for this program. (Stephen M. Dowell\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"5-year-old Benjamin Jungwirth carries a bag of food and home...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOS-L-FoodForFamilies24448_a366c2.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOS-L-FoodForFamilies24448_a366c2.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>5-year-old Benjamin Jungwirth carries a bag of food and home good items at West Orlando Baptist Church in Ocoee on Saturday, December 20, 2025.  The items are for the \u201cFood for Families\u201d food drive which was started 34 years ago by Johnnie Dyal, who was a Publix employee. Food for Families sorts, packs and delivers food for up to 1200 of the neediest families in Central Florida. Publix donates the food for this program. (Stephen M. Dowell\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 9<\/p>\n<p>Caitlyn Sears loads bags of food into a pickup truck at West Orlando Baptist Church in Ocoee on Saturday, December 20, 2025.  The food items are for the \u201cFood for Families\u201d food drive which was started 34 years ago by Johnnie Dyal, who was a Publix employee. Food for Families sorts, packs and delivers food for up to 1200 of the neediest families in Central Florida. Publix donates the food for this program. (Stephen M. Dowell\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caitlyn Sears loads bags of food into a pickup truck at West Orlando Baptist Church in Ocoee on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[28,114,1335,139,141,140,914,106],"class_list":{"0":"post-90747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-florida","9":"tag-latest-headlines","10":"tag-orange-county","11":"tag-orlando","12":"tag-orlando-headlines","13":"tag-orlando-news","14":"tag-state","15":"tag-things-to-do"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90747","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=90747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}