“Nutritious food is important to have with young children,” said Kaprenai, who we met at an East Texas Food Bank distribution recently. “This food will help out a lot,” she told us. Kaprenai has a busy household, with six children ranging from 4 to 14 years old. She said that Stories

“We are just like everyone else right now,” said David who recently attended a food distribution. “I’m currently on furlough at work and my wife just went back after a 2 month furlough.” David said his family of 5 is doing “okay”, however they are feeling the effects of the Stories

“I got up this morning about 3:30 a.m. and made it here at 4:18 a.m. to be second in line,” Rosie recently told us when we met her at an emergency food distribution. Being an early riser, it was no problem for her and her friendly personality to be in line Stories

For the past three months, the East Texas Food Bank has held drive-thru distributions in cities all over our 26 county service area.  The distributions were developed as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and we saw an immediate, increased demand for families affected by job loss, school closures and Stories