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The South Texas Food Bank seeks to end hunger in South Texas by collecting and distributing food through many partnerships while raising awareness and educating the community on the realities of hunger.
The Laredo Energy Arena-South Texas Food Bank Empty Bowls IV fundraiser on Aug. 25 for the hungry at the LEA honors State Sen. Judith Zaffirini for her support of the food bank mission and features 1970s musical sensation Three Dog Night in concert.
Statistics show the need
By SALO OTERO
The fifth annual Border Media-South Texas Food Bank radio drive for the hungry of the Laredo area is June 28 to July 11 over the five Border Media stations — La Ley 100.5, Hot 106.1, Digital 107.3, The Works 94.9 and Norteno 1490.
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Representatives of the Diocese of Laredo Catholic Schools present a check to the South Texas Food Bank, monies they collected during a recent lenten sacrifice. In this photo taken by Goyo Lopez of the diocese with Mike Kazen of the food bank staff and Jaime Arizpe of the food bank board are school children and administators, including Supt. Dr. Rosa Maria Vida. Almost $2,000 was collected by St. Augustine, Mary Help of Christians, Guadalupe, St. Peter and Blessed Sacrament Schools.
Fundraiser at Hal’s for South Texas Food Bank has Little Sister in concert on May 6. Family budgets are not the only ones hit hard during tough economic times like the present. The coffers of charitable non-profit organizations also suffer.
The Texas Food Bank Network (TFBN) and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) are partnering to get more Texans to apply for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly Food Stamps.
Olga Maldonado was elected the first female president of the South Texas
Food Bank board at the February monthly board meeting at the Lamar Bruni
Vergara South Texas Food bank office.
Maldonado, a graduate of Eagle Pass High School (1974) and Texas
A&I-Kingsville, is the manager of external affairs for AEP and has also
worked with the company in Corpus Chirsti, Uvalde and Laredo since 1982.
The mother of three children ages 25, 23 and 21, Maldonado has been in
Laredo since 1992.
“The food bank is a great organization that helps a lot of people. We have
a great team of board members and staff,“ Maldonado said. “The hunger
issue is huge in Laredo.“ She served as board vice president last year and
on the development and speakers bureau committees. She chaired the
speakers bureau and co-chaired the radio drive fundraiser.
Other officers elected were Kevin Romo, vice president; Annie Zapata
Dodier, secretary and Danny Cuellar, treasurer. The outgoing president is
Erasmo Villarreal. The officers take over in March.
By SALO OTERO
South Texas Food Bank Director of Development
The campaign is called the Biggest Loser. But the winners are Feeding
America’s food banks across the nation.
The South Texas Food Bank had record distribution of product in 2009 in a
seven area counties.
According to Elia Solis, agency coordinator for the South Texas Food Bank,
which is located in Laredo, the food bank served a record number of
clients.
The South Texas Food Bank continues its 20th anniversary celebration this
month with open house tours of the facility at 1907 Freight at
Riverside.