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SNAP
May 13, 2025

Proposed SNAP Cuts Would Be the Largest Rollback of Food Assistance in Our Nation’s History

The latest plan would take food away from vulnerable Texans and upend SNAP’s funding structure. TEXAS – Today, the U.S. House Agriculture Committee is scheduled to markup its reconciliation bill, which requires $230 billion in spending cuts. Bill language released yesterday shows that the committee plans to hit that target
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March 26, 2025

ETFB responds to federal funding cuts for food banks

From David Emerson, East Texas Food Bank Chief Executive Officer: “The East Texas Food Bank has been notified that several truckloads of previously expected food from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will not be delivered. This food equates to 360,000 pounds valued at $750,000. In addition, the Local Food
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March 1, 2025

Walmart and Sam’s Club Fight Hunger. Spark Change Campaign Returns to East Texas to Help People Facing Hunger

For the 12th straight year, all U.S. Walmart stores and Sam’s Club locations are launching the Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign, including right here in East Texas. The goal of the annual cause marketing campaign is to provide people facing hunger with access to the food and resources they say
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February 12, 2025

East Texas Food Bank receives 42,000 pounds of food from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Forty-two thousand pounds of mixed goods were delivered to the East Texas Food Bank on Wednesday, February 12, 2025. The food, amounting to 25 pallets, was donated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. East Texas Food Bank (ETFB) has a 26-county service area and operates multiple resource
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Starla Bickerstaff
January 6, 2025

East Texas Food Bank Announces New Director of Organizational Engagement

The East Texas Food Bank has hired Starla Bickerstaff as the new Director of Organizational Engagement. Bickerstaff has extensive experience in East Texas in retail management, manufacturing marketing, advertising management, and healthcare marketing. She has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management from the University of Texas at Tyler. She
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December 19, 2024

Hormel Foods and Brookshire Grocery Co. donate $100K of Hormel® Cure 81® hams to help thousands in need

Hormel Foods Corporation and Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC) partnered to donate nearly 8,000 Hormel® Cure 81® hams to help feed those in need this holiday season. The two companies are donating $100,000 worth of hams to the East Texas Food Bank and other food banks in the company’s market area
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