With the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, food banks across Texas are seeing a rise in demand for resources). To help fill that demand locally, H-E-B has given the East Texas Food Bank a $40,000 donation to continue its mission of fighting hunger and feeding hope.
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Non-profit agencies across Deep and East Texas are thinking outside the box when it comes to service during a pandemic.
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The East Texas Food Bank isn’t just helping feed people, they’re also helping families change the way they think about eating.
Nutrition Education Manager Kinsey Jeffers teaches a 6-week course called Cooking Matters, that challenges participants to rethink the way they shop, cook and feed their families.
“The first four weeks we talk about nutrition education and kitchen and food safety,” Jeffers said. “The fifth week we go on a grocery store tour, and the sixth week is a potluck and we play a nutrition (trivia) game.”
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The East Texas Food Bank is working with its more than 200 partners to provide emergency food assistance during COVID-19, otherwise known as coronavirus.
In partnership with Tyler Independent School District, which is serving free curb-side meals to students during the Community Mitigation Period through March 20, ETFB will be distributing free emergency food assistance boxes.
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