Hunger News

December 18, 2025

Texarkana Food Distribution Supports East Texas Families

The East Texas Food Bank (ETFB) will host a food distribution event on Monday, December 22, in Texarkana, TX at Liberty Eylau Middle School, sponsored by Church on the Rock-Texarkana and CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System, to provide additional food assistance to local families during the holiday season. “The ETFB
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December 9, 2025

Brookshire Grocery Co. Donates More Than $100,000 to East Texas Food Bank to Support Families During Christmas Season

Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC) donated more than $100,000 in food to the East Texas Food Bank on December 9. The donation includes nearly 4,000 hams and a truckload of fresh produce. The hams are part of a partnership with Hormel Foods Corporation to donate 9,000 Hormel® Cure 81® hams to
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November 25, 2025

December Mobile Pantry Aims to Support East Texas Families

The East Texas Food Bank (ETFB) will host a special mobile pantry event on Monday, December 1, at the Angelina County Expo Center in Lufkin, sponsored by Mike Love and Associates, to provide additional food assistance to local families during the holiday season. “The ETFB will offer a 25-pound box
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November 19, 2025

Thanksgiving Week Mobile Pantry Aims to Support East Texas Families

Green Acres Baptist Church (GABC) will host a special mobile pantry event, “Feed Our Friends,” on Monday, November 24. Held in partnership with the East Texas Food Bank (ETFB), the distribution is designed to provide additional food assistance to local families ahead of Thanksgiving. “The ETFB has teamed up again
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Hunters for the Hungry
October 30, 2025

Hunters for the Hungry kicks off this week, East Texas Food Bank showcases a new deer trailer

This weekend begins the start of deer hunting season in Texas, and the East Texas Food Bank is hoping participants will donate some of their venison through the Hunters for the Hungry (HFH) program. The program is made possible through a partnership with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and
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October 27, 2025

Texas Food Banks Mobilize as Government Shutdown Threatens SNAP Benefits and Federal Paychecks

As the federal government shutdown enters its fourth week, food banks across Texas are ramping up emergency response efforts to support families facing missed paychecks and delayed nutrition benefits. With federal employees and armed service members in Texas at risk of income disruption, and SNAP benefit delays beginning November 1,
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