Sabine ISD volunteer Misty Gee believes area school districts’ backpack programs help build relationships between families and schools. “(Families) know that someone is looking out for them,” she said. Districts, which rely on donations of money, food and more to operate the programs, are seeking community support as they begin News Room

Hundreds of students from Grace Community High School spent Thursday packing lunches, cleaning yards, and fulfilling a variety of other needs as part of the school’s yearly Community Service Day. Every year, Grace students are divided into groups and sent to help nonprofits in whatever means possible. “I see there News Room

Representatives from the East Texas Food Bank in Tyler recently visited Stephen F. Austin State University to kick off a six-week Cooking Matters program in Nacogdoches. This is the fourth year SFA’s School of Human Sciences has partnered with the food bank to provide this informative and interactive program to News Room

Students at John Tyler and Robert E. Lee high schools are duking it out to see who can do the most good for their community during the 28th annual Pantry Raid competition. Every year the schools go head-to-head to see who can collect the most nonperishable food items for the East News Room

The 28th annual Pantry Raid competition between Robert E. Lee and John Tyler High School students has kicked off.  The students at both Tyler ISD high schools have a friendly competition each year to help feed hungry East Texans.  Students are asking the community for their help by donating non-perishable News Room

Tyler nurse Celeste Fisher grew up eating one meal a day because her family could not afford to buy food. Her dad usually got the most to eat because he worked a manual labor job and needed the energy. “It wasn’t until the fifth-grade year that I realized breakfast and News Room