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A fellow concerned citizen partnered with a local school to identify the community in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The elementary and middle school students residing in this neighborhood are unable to get free school meals due to the parent\u2019s inability to take off work and lack of transportation. The families served are primarily immigrants and refugees who severely lack access to proper care, hygiene, updated information, and medical resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The care packages included fresh produce, meat, canned goods, juice, bread, snacks, hygiene products, stationery items, and low- and no-income resources. The Salvation Army and Feeding Northeast Florida collaborated to provide the items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful for the opportunity to serve those in need during this crisis, and it\u2019s only because of the generous support of our friends, donors, and partners in ministry, we\u2019re able to provide food for the hungry. The Salvation Army will continue to be on the frontlines of&nbsp;<em>doing the most good<\/em>&nbsp;during these unprecedented days,\u201d says Major Keath Biggers, Administrator for The Salvation Army serving Northeast Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.SalvationArmyUSA.org\/covid19\">www.SalvationArmyUSA.org\/covid19<\/a> to support The Salvation Army&#8217;s relief efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/salvationarmyflorida.org\/2020\/04\/03\/the-salvation-army-distributes-care-packages-amid-covid-19-crisis-in-northeast-florida\/\">Click here to view the original post and additional pictures.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-10961\">The Salvation Army <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Salvation Army of Northeast Florida assembled and delivered care packages to 50 families, providing food and supplies to 184 children and adults. 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