East Texas Food Bank
Food Bank
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Available here 9
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Affiliation: America's Second Harvest
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Food Distribution, Children, BackPack Program
The backpacks come filled with nutritious, easy-to-open food that does not require stove-top cooking. Empty backpacks are returned by the students and refill...
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Services, Family, Children, Recreation, Kid's Cafe Program (Youth)
Kids Cafe is an on-site feeding program that provides nutritious, well-balanced meals to children in a safe setting. Children in the surrounding neighborhood...
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Volunteer Opportunities, In General * (ANY/ALL Types)
For further information visit http://www.easttexasfoodbank.org/volunteer.html
Needed here 23
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Donations, Financial/Monetary Donations
The East Texas Food Bank relies on the financial contributions of individuals, corporations, foundations and other groups to raise the yearly monies needed t...
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About this facility
- Service
- Temporary
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The East Texas Food Bank provides food to over 200 member agencies, consisting of church pantries, emergency relief agencies, shelters, children's homes, day care centers, rehabilitation programs, senior citizens centers and other outreach programs.As a clearinghouse for donated food, the East Texas Food Bank forms a partnership with the food industry by collecting, inspecting, sorting, packaging and distributing food to member agencies, which provide food directly to those in need.
Population served
Number of counties served: 26
Total pounds of food distributed annually: 13,790,933
Types and number of services agencies distributing food
Emergency: 110
Soup Kitchen: 3
Shelter: 7
Residence: 10
Day Care: 7
Multi-service: 21
Senior: 12
Rehabilitation: 16
Youth Programs: 20
Other Programs: 0
Basic programs being run (i.e. CK, KC, produce, job training)
Basic Food Bank, Backpack, Food Prep, Produce Prog, Dir Serv, Rep Bulk, Job Training, Kids Cafe, Reclam, Salv, Purch, TEFAP, Non-food Distribution, Nutrition Eduction, After School Programs
Individuals, organizations and businesses, including commercial food companies, are encouraged to donate food to the East Texas Food Bank Monday through Thursday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (closed for lunch from 12:00 noon until 1:00 p.m.) or Fridays from 8:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. To have food picked up or to donate, contact Rosemary McClain, Director of Food Resource by phone 903.597.3663 or 800.815.3663, or e-mail rmcclain@secondharvest.org
Volunteers are needed during regular business hours, 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m., Monday - Thursday, and 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Fridays. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, you may download a volunteer application or contact Karolyn Davis, Communications/Public Relations, by phone at 903.597.3663 or email info@easttexasfoodbank.org.
http://www.easttexasfoodbank.org/volunteer.html