Last modified Tue., November 20, 2007 - 03:57 PM
Originally created Wednesday, November 21, 2007

NAS Jax Food Locker in need of donations

From Staff

Ten-year-old Jayshun Johnson and 6-year-old Alazadria Williams help stock the NAS Jax Food Locker after helping deliver a load of food items collected by the children at the NAS Jax Youth Activities Center during the holiday food drive Nov. 14. Photos by Kaylee LaRocque

The NAS Jacksonville Food Locker needs donations for this year's holiday food drive to help shipmates in need.

Help a military family enjoy a nutritious holiday meal for Christmas by donating boxes of stuffing, mashed potatoes, packaged gravy, canned corn and green beans, cranberry sauce and other non-perishable items.

Donations can be dropped off in the bins near the commissary doors or in Building 1, Room 242 weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Once all the items are collected and eligible families are determined, volunteers will create bags with all the fixings needed for a traditional holiday meal. The bags will also contain a voucher for a free turkey available at the base commissary. All monetary donations to the food locker go into a special account to purchase these vouchers.

Food items are also available year-round to families screened by the Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society, command master chiefs and the base chaplain's office.

For more information, call 542-2934/4545.

ENCS Junious Johnson, acting command master chief, happily accepts canned food items from Tiara Grace, Alazadria Williams, Daquan Johnson, Jayshaun Johnson and Jaylyn Tucker of the NAS Jax Youth Activities Center.

Daquan Johnson and Tiara Grace lead the group as they donate food items to the NAS Jax Food Locker.