What We Aim To Solve
Over the last number of years, community leaders in Southwest Texas have identified gaps in services for individuals in need of human and social services. One of the top priorities identified was access to food, particularly healthy food. With the backdrop of a multi-million dollar meal gap, hundreds of thousands of people struggling with food insecurity, many of them children, and the tremendous impact that nutrition-related illnesses like obesity, diabetes, and hypertension are having on work and school attendance/performance, the need for coordinated, efficient, and collaborative solutions to hunger are more than evident. There is a significant amount of excess food available in the community the challenge is accessing it, and getting it to right people , in the right amounts , at the right time .
Student Based Organization Being Applauded For Helping Organize The Monthly Food Drives
Although it takes a full-fledged Matador effort to help feed families in Seguin and surrounding areas, there is one unique core group of students who no doubt has become the backbone of the operation. Families needing food assistance are reminded about todays monthly food distribution drive hosted by the Seguin ISD and San Antonio Food Bank. The drive is being held today from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Seguin ISD Central Office parking lot.
Ensuring that food gets into the hands of those who need it are the students of the Seguin Works Transition Program led by Transition Teacher Terri Hartman.
Hartman says the transition program has been a key component in helping to prepare these students for their futures.
I came from a different district, and it was something that I had done before and they said, hey, they are going to do this, and I just threw this out and said okay, you want to run it? And, I said sure, sure! The program itself services 18-to 22-year-old young adults with disabilities. What it does is it provides transitional services, and these services promote them from school toward post-secondary activities whether it be education its preparing them for life beyond high school and from a vocation perspective, working within their community, independent living skills and giving back to the community and this giving back also provides many job skills. The biggest domain area where we work off of minutes is in the vocational field, said Hartman.
Largest Crowd So Far Expected For Food Giveaway
SAN ANTONIO The largest crowd so far is expected Thursday morning for the San Antonio Food Banks mega food distribution.
Michael Guerra, a spokesman for the food bank, was anticipating that about 5,000 families would be fed, as compared to the 2,200 who showed up at each of the previous three events.
The food bank began offering the drive-thru distribution service in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Through these events, the agency aims to continue offering help to those in need without leaving the safety of their vehicles.
People began lining up outside the grounds of Traders Village Flea Market, the site of the latest giveaway, hours before it started.
One man said he arrived at 6 p.m. Wednesday for the event which wasnt scheduled to begin until 10 a.m. Thursday.
Pre-registration is required for all of the mega food distributions.
The food bank has other events planned for next week.
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Largest Holiday Distribution To Be Held On Tuesday At At& t Center
SAN ANTONIO Update:
The San Antonio Food Banks holiday distribution location is now filled to capacity, the food bank announced Saturday.
Anyone who is still in need of assistance is urged to contact the San Antonio Food Banks Client Services Team at 210-431-8326 or 1-800-246-9121. You can also reach them via email at clientservices@safoodbank.org.
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There is still time and room to pre-register for the San Antonio Food Banks holiday distribution event on Tuesday.
The event will take place at 9 a.m. at the AT& T Center.
H-E-B is donating 10,800 H-E-B Meal Simple holiday dinners, along with 40,000 pounds of fresh produce in lieu of hosting its annual Feast of Sharing dinner. The San Antonio-based grocery giant was forced to pivot due to the pandemic.
In addition to food, gift cards, coloring books, gas cards, vouchers to illumiNight: A Magical Drive-Thru Experience and much more will be handed out to families.
Spurs Give, Frost Bank, Valero, EVO Entertainment and several other partners donated the non-food items for Tuesdays event.
You can sign up for the distribution event by clicking here.
The food bank expects about 2,000 households to take advantage of the food distribution.
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New Braunfels Food Bank To Distribute Thanksgiving Fare Thursday
Volunteers Donna Huser, left, and Valerie Oviedo slide a box down the table after adding bread and macaroni and cheese to it Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021 at Tree of Life Church in New Braunfels for a mega food distribution on Thursday. On Thursday, Nov. 18, the Family Life Center in partnership with the New Braunfels Food Bank and Tree of Life Church will hold a mega distribution which will include a turkey, a second meat, dairy products and two boxes of goods from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Tree of Life Church in New Braunfels.
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Kay Scott, executive director of Family Life Center gathers volunteers and explains how to fill the food boxes of non-perishable goods Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021 at Tree of Life Church in New Braunfels for a mega food distribution on Thursday. On Thursday, Nov. 18, the Family Life Center in partnership with the New Braunfels Food Bank and Tree of Life Church will hold a mega distribution which will include a turkey, a second meat, dairy products and two boxes of goods from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Tree of Life Church in New Braunfels.
- ALMA E. HERNANDEZ / HERALD-ZEITUNG
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Thanksgiving brings happiness and togetherness, but for many low-income families it also brings stress and worry.
The San Antonio Food Banks local branch will give out the Thanksgiving experience Thursday, Nov. 18 with turkeys and sides at the Tree of Life Church and Westside Community Center from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
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