Southeast texas food bank school tools

Our vision is to eliminate hunger and inadequate nutrition in Southeast Texas. The following programs have been established to do just that.

With your help we can continue to provide these programs to your friends and neighbors in the Southeast Texas region. We have qualifying schools in seven counties — Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, and Tyler — and deliver to 46 schools to serve over 1, children. The supplemental food that these children receive each week may help offset or reverse some of the developmental delays caused by even mild malnutrition that is associated with poverty.

The Mobile Pantry Program is a direct service to reach those who are struggling to access the help they need. With this program the Food Bank brings the pantry to the neighborhood. We partner with an agency or organization that wants to help, but does not have the ability to operate a regular pantry.

This innovative program has improved nutrition in rural areas where fresh produce and basic food items are often hard to come by. The Southeast Texas Food Bank offers nutrition education classes to all age groups. In the class, our Nutrition Education Specialist makes a presentation and may be accompanied by a cooking demonstration and tasting.

The fun, interactive presentations include useful information for kids, adults, seniors, and expectant mothers on healthy eating, games, and sometimes a healthy snack! Southeast Texas Food Bank staff regularly visit partner agency sites or other locations in proximity to low-income communities around the region to promote enrollment in social services programs, especially SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The purpose of this program is to afford those who can qualify for social services assistance an enrollment opportunity that can provide them with supplemental assistance to improve situations such as their nutrition, overall health care, insurance benefits, and economic need.

Through this program, those who face barriers to food access because of competing economic demands in their lives can receive some economic relief that may help improve their food access situation. The Retail Store Donation Program is a strategic initiative that enables the Southeast Texas Food Bank to increase our emergency food distribution by collecting food from participating grocers that would otherwise be thrown away. Because of strict guidelines, stores often need to discard items even though they are nutritious and completely safe to eat.

These goods are then distributed to our agencies in our eight-county wide service area. Our goal is to ensure these children have the tools they need to succeed early in the educational process and have the ability to be on the same playing field as other students. Consider donating by clicking here. Interested in learning more about School Tools?

Send us an email! By making a donation, you are helping to ensure that hungry children in Southeast Texas are adequately nourished, that none of our senior citizens are forced to chose between medicine and food, and that every family facing a crisis can at least have the assurance of food on the table.

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Southeast Texas Food Bank is a c 3 non-profit organization. Your gift goes a long, long way! Share on facebook. You may want to check the Feeding America website to find a food bank in your home state. Learn More. Hardin County. Jefferson County. Orange County. Sabine County. Jasper County. Newton County. Polk County. Tyler County. Log In.