More meals will be provided from the East Texas Food Bank thanks to a $50,000 donation from The Rotary Club of Tyler. All of the funds benefit the new “Tyler Rotary Repackaging Room”. The room will give volunteers and rotary members the opportunity to work on different projects such as repacking rice, beans, pastas and grains.
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The East Texas Food Bank continues its efforts to help tornado victims in Alto and San Augustine. Here’s a look how they help during story recovery.
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Volunteers of the East Texas Food Bank can officially spend less time avoiding forklift traffic and more time helping the organization serve those in need throughout the region.
On Thursday evening, the nonprofit held a grand opening celebration where it unveiled its new Volunteer and Nutrition Education Center to donors and special guests.
The $3 million project — titled “More Space. More Meals” — provides facilities for volunteers, space for nutrition education, and is an expansion of the cold dock area and an improvement of existing warehouse storage capacity.
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Save the date. East Texas Giving Day (ETGD), an 18-hour online event that provides critical funding for area non-profits, is set for Tuesday, April 30.
East Texas Communities Foundation partners with area non-profits annually and provides citizens across a 32-county service area an easy platform to support the mission of local non-profits that serve the communities.
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The Alto Food Bank received a donation of food from the East Texas Food Bank.
Alberta Pope has little to no food in her home, due to the storms that impacted Alto.
“We lost a little food because our lights and electricity was off, and we couldn’t cook, and my deep freezer … it was kind of cold but still I lost some of my food in there. I just thank God for the food pantry and everything and we can come down here and get some food,” said Pope.
Her sister Bertha Pope was also impacted, but says she is thankful for all of the support they have received.
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