Facts
Our Mission Statement
The East Texas Food Bank exists to fight hunger and feed hope in East Texas.
Our Vision
Our vision is a hunger-free East Texas.
By The Numbers
- 20,900,000 – Meals provided to hungry East Texans in FY2018.
- 6th – Texas ranks fifth in child food insecurity, according to the Feeding America.
- 26 – Number of counties in East Texas, over 20,000 square miles and 200 nonprofits, we partner with.
- 473,000 – East Texans who are “at-risk of hunger”, according to the American Communities Survey.
- 1 in 4 – East Texas children are food insecure.
- 1 in 5 – East Texas adults are food insecure.
- 252,900 – Number of clients served by the East Texas Food Bank and our over 200 partner agencies yearly, according to the 2014 Hunger in America study.
- 64,700 – Number of children served yearly, according to the 2014 Hunger in America study.
- 68,800 – Number of older adults served yearly, according to the 2014 Hunger in America study.
- In the 2014 Hunger in America study, East Texans shared about the difficult choices they are having to make:
- 75% made a choice between paying for food and paying for utilities.
- 72% made a choice between paying for food and paying for transportation.
- 76% made a choice between paying food and paying for health care.