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Joshua Williams receives Health Access Hero Award from Sun Life and DentaQuest for addressing food insecurity across South Florida
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[{"type":"text","content":"Joshua Williams receives Health Access Hero Award from Sun Life and DentaQuest for addressing food insecurity across South Florida\n\n\nJoshua Williams receives Health Access Hero Award from Sun Life and DentaQuest for addressing food insecurity across South Florida\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\nPR Newswire\n\n\nMIAMI, Dec. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Joshua Williams has been recognized as a 2025 Health Access Hero Awards recipient by Sun Life U.S. and DentaQuest. Individuals are nominated by friends and colleagues to shine a light on their work and receive a $10,000 donation to a charity of choice. Williams was nominated for his work addressing food insecurity in underserved communities across South Florida for nearly two decades. More than 3.2 million people in Florida don't always have enough food to eat, and 25% of them are children. The annual Health Access Hero Awards recognize individual change-makers and nonprofits working to broaden access to health services for communities in need.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWilliams has been compelled to help the hungry and the poor since he was just 4 years old, when he founded Joshua's Heart Foundation (JHF). Twenty years later, he has led and inspired over 60,000 youth volunteers in the fight against hunger and poverty, empowering them to address social change. JHF has reached more than 800,000 individuals and distributed more than 8 million pounds of nutritious food and essential hygiene items to families in need. More than 40,000 individuals have been served in the past year alone.\nAs the leader of the youth-based organization, William's isn't just mobilizing large teams to deliver direct aid, he is empowering young people through leadership training and community engagement. Joshua's model focuses on dignity-driven care, mobile outreach, and overcoming barriers to health access for low-income, minority and immigrant families.\n\"At JHF, we're really concerned about solving anything that you're hungry for, whether it's skills, community, food or something else. Health in general spans not just the physical body...