Hunger Blog
Volunteers help fight hunger and feed hope during COVID-19 pandemic
Volunteers are an essential part to helping the East Texas Food Bank continue our mission of “fighting hunger and feeding hope in East Texas”. They have played a much more vital role recently as we have been distributing even more food due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic everyone Stories, Volunteers
“We feel like someone cares here.”
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
Summer Food Program continues to serve meals despite COVID-19
East Texas Food Bank, T.L.L. Temple Foundation address food insecurity in deep East Texas
The T.L.L. Temple Foundation has awarded the East Texas Food Bank a 1.89 million dollar grant to launch the Deep East Texas Food Security Initiative on July 1. Over the next several years, the initiative will address four key focus areas: Partner Agency Development and Capacity Building Increased Fresh Produce Distribution News, News Room