{"id":72976,"date":"2025-07-18T15:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/72976\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T15:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:29:10","slug":"clara-white-mission-gets-400k-for-its-food-distribution-program-to-fight-food-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/72976\/","title":{"rendered":"Clara White Mission gets $400K for its food distribution program to fight food insecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla.<\/strong> \u2013 The Clara White Mission got $400,000 for its Food Distribution II Initiative at Eartha\u2019s Farm &amp; Market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Representative Wyman Duggan was joined by the President and CEO, Ju\u2019Coby Pittman, board members and local residents at the farm to talk about the funding appropriation at a press conference on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Duggan said Northwest Jacksonville residents have faced food access disparities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWith this appropriation, we\u2019re building on the mission\u2019s outstanding legacy, rooted in more than a century of service dating back to the founder, Dr. Eartha M. M. White,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Officials said the funding will enhance food distribution capacity and extend educational programs that will support long-term self-sufficiency for area residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The initiative builds on the farm\u2019s mission to create economic opportunity and health equity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Pittman said the funding is a game-changer for the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWith this support, Eartha\u2019s Farm &amp; Market can reach deeper into our community, providing fresh food, training, and hope where it\u2019s needed most,\u201d Pittman said. \u201cWe\u2019re planting more than seeds, we\u2019re sowing economic opportunity, health, and dignity for families who deserve a chance to thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The Clara White Mission got $400,000 for its Food Distribution II Initiative at Eartha\u2019s Farm&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":72977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,17919,3188,723,7310,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-72976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-clara-white-mission","10":"tag-fl","11":"tag-florida","12":"tag-jacksonville","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114874952085566145","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}