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NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK
The Mission
The North Texas Food Bank was founded in 1982 and supplies food through 250 partner agencies in 13 North Texas counties. The food bank provides about 175,000 meals a day to hungry people in our region. About 304,000 children in North Texas are “food insecure,” which means they lack nutrition, experience anxiety about food and often have no grocery stores in their neighborhoods. About a third of food bank clients have someone with diabetes in their households, and more than half report they have unpaid medical bills. The food bank distributed about 62 million meals in 2014, including 12.8 million pounds of fresh produce. The need is growing, and the food bank has set a goal of serving 1 million meals more in 2015.
How To Give
Individuals, community organizations, schools and businesses can volunteer boxing food at the food bank on Cockrell Hill or helping out at fundraising events.
At least 93 cents of every donated dollar goes directly to food aid. Here are ways cash donations help the food bank:
• $1 provides three meals
• $5 provides a weekend backpack with food to a chronically hungry child through the Food 4 Kids program. Teachers can enroll children in that program when they have shown signs of chronic hunger, including rushing the lunch lines, hoarding food and exhibiting anxiety. These children receive a backpack filled with shelfstable foods every Friday during the school year.
• $200 supplies a child with a weekend backpack for the entire school year.
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