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West Texas Food Bank receives $300 donation from Woodforest Charitable Foundation.

22-May, 2012

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EL PASO, TX – West Texas Food Bank receives a $300 contribution from Woodforest Charitable Foundation. 

For more than 20 fulfilling years, West Texas Food Bank’s mission has been the same: to alleviate hunger through community partnerships. Last year, the Food Bank distributed close to 11 million pounds, almost 9 million meals, of food to over 170 nonprofit Partner Agencies, which are essential in providing food throughout such a vast geographic area. These partnerships help serve the West Texas Food Bank’s primary purpose, which is to provide partners with corporate and private donations of food and groceries, who, in turn, distribute that food out to close to 800,000 individuals.

Included in the network of charitable organizations are daycare centers, youth programs, senior centers, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, residential shelters, rehabilitation centers and food pantries. As the clearinghouse and hub of a giant food distribution wheel, the Food Bank is able to give these small-scale organizations bulk-buying power and bulk storage space. In addition, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Federal Emergency Management Administration has entrusted West Texas Food Bank to provide emergency and disaster food assistance throughout West Texas and to provide other regions with emergency assistance as needed.

The Food Bank offers a Weekend backpack program that supplies participating schools with nutritious, kid-friendly, self-serve food designed to fit into a child’s backpack and feed a child over the weekend during the school year. Children identified by school personnel as being at risk of hunger receive approximately two meals worth of food each Friday. There are several groups that work directly with the Food Bank to feed children over the weekend, when they are most at risk of hunger. The cost of a food bag averages about $4.

“We are truly grateful for your gift and your partnership with the Food Bank. Your support of our efforts is an encouragement to us,” said Libby Campbell, Deputy Director of West Texas Food Bank.

For more information on Woodforest Charitable Foundation’s contributions to this organization, please contact this agency directly at (915) 595-1060 or visit www.wtxfoodbank.org.

The Woodforest Charitable Foundation was created by Woodforest National Bank in 2005 as a direct result of its desire to support and invest in the communities in which it serves.  The Foundation is creating a legacy of commitment to those in need, enriching lives and communities through dedicated leadership and faithful administration by providing funding to qualifying 501(c) (3) charities. For additional information regarding The Woodforest Charitable Foundation, call (832) 375-CARE (2273) or visit the foundation’s website at www.woodforestcharitablefoundation.org.

Celebrating 32 years of service and ranked among the top earning banks in the United States, the Woodforest family of banks currently has assets of approximately $3.7 billion and services more than 1 million customers with branches in excess of 780 throughout 17 states:  Texas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.  For information about Woodforest National Bank, please call k832-375-2000 or visit the bank’s website at www.woodforest.com.