Operation Barnabas is hosting its 2nd Celebrity Christmas Cookie Challenge featuring local celebrity "bakers" in a Food Network style competition judged by a panel of foodie influencers! This event will help Operation Barnabas with its mission to end veteran incarceration, homelessness, and suicide in NE Florida and beyond. The Toasted Yolk Cafe Baymeadows is our host on Friday, December 5th, 2025 from 6:30-8:30PM. Get tickets and discover the impact Operation Barnabas is having in our community at www.operationbarnabas.com.

Ken Hearda, 80, is one of the 135 veterans who were experiencing homelessness in 2024. Now, he's got a life-changing opportunity, thanks to Operation Barnabas and Operation Lifeline in Clay County.

Join the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, the Clay County School Board Police, Green Cove Springs Police Department, Orange Park Police Department, Clay County Emergency Management, Clay County Fire Rescue and Operation Barnabas for a chili cook off! Proceeds raised will go towards a local Clay County kid, Shane, who is currently fighting cancer. See you December 18 at 2pm at Whiteys Fish Camp.