Distribution will be from 1 to 3:30 p.m. and is limited to one per household.

“We have a lot of volunteers that want to help for Thanksgiving, but we also have such a large meal gap,” said East Texas Food Bank Programs Director Tim Butler. “Being able to offer food to help feed families at this time of the year is a great opportunity for the East Texas Food Bank and our volunteers.”
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Bishop, of Tyler, was one of several volunteers from the East Lighthouse for the Blind helping Monday at the food bank. The East Texas Lighthouse for the Blind sent roughly 25 staff volunteers Monday and Tuesday mornings to assist in the preparation of holiday meals.

“This is very, very special for me to be able to do,” Bishop said. “It means the world to me to be able to help. I’m just thankful I could help someone.”
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The nonprofit serves as a regional distributor for food banks across Northeast Texas. Each year the ETFB helps serve more than a quarter million people, including more than 64,000 children. The organization strives to provide healthy options to ensure families won’t have to make the choice between food and medicine or a healthy meal and inexpensive, unhealthy food.
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The event was free, but attendees were asked to bring plastic jars of peanut butter to donate.

“We just really want to encourage everyone around the holidays to focus on what hunger during the holidays means, and just to bring awareness to this issue that we care so much about,” said Lauren Barnes, ETFB communications and marketing director.
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