San Antonio Food Bank

The food bank is the largest volunteer hub in the region, with 2,000 volunteers each week sorting and packing, prepping meals, and planting and weeding on multiple urban farms.

Around 700 families who had pre-registered lined up in the parking lot of Boeing Tech Port Arena.

It’s an initiative led primarily by H-E-B called “Harvest from the Heart.” About 1.2 million pounds of food has been donated so far, with that 4 million pound goal expected around January.

The San Antonio Food Bank is delivering 30,000 pounds of food to senior citizens today as part of project HOPE — or Healthy Options for the Elderly. It’s part of an ongoing program that started in 2003.

The end of the government shutdown will help ease hunger in our community.

Food insecurity grows as federal government shutdown continues.

About 284,000 people receive SNAP benefits in Bexar County, but that benefit will dry up on Saturday.

A sudden surge in hunger is hitting the local community as SNAP benefits are frozen and the federal government shut down continues. TPR has compiled a resource list of area organizations providing meals and support.

With the continued federal government shutdown and SNAP not being funded for November, San Antonio and many other communities are confronting a hunger crisis. The San Antonio Food Bank is working to meet the sudden rising need. We are joined by Eric Cooper, president and CEO of the San Antonio Food Bank.

Food banks have already directly felt the impact of federal funding cuts, including the termination of pandemic-era programs that provided $1 billion annually to combat food insecurity. Anti-hunger advocates are particularly concerned about the cuts to SNAP, arguing that for every meal the San Antonio Food Bank distributes, SNAP provides nine. As a result, families will be forced to ration food or lose benefits entirely.