The Texas Health and Human Services Commission’s Community Partner Program, in partnership with Feeding Texas and the San Antonio Food Bank, is hosting a community event in San Antonio to help Texans with their Medicaid renewals. Staff will be available to assist Texans with questions or help them renew their benefits. They can also get [...]
Cela's Story May 2023 Teachers Witness Hunger First-Hand The biggest safety net for kids living with food insecurity is the National School Lunch Program. More than 200,000 students living in low-income households in the San Antonio area rely on school meal programs [...]
The San Antonio Food Bank is under stress going into summer, typically its busiest time of the year. In the first quarter, the Food Bank's requests for assistance grew 38%, while supplies of shelf-stable food have declined dramatically. Some 17,000 additional households requested food from February through March, according to Food Bank Chief Development Officer [...]
Radiant Plumbing & Air Conditioning got connected with the Central Texas Food Bank in the most unusual way. In early March 2023, the HBO late night show “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” did a 5 minute segment dissecting and analyzing our weirdly wonderful plumbing commercials. Thankfully, John was a fan and he issued Radiant a challenge. We were [...]
Michael Guerra of the San Antonio Food Bank joins Ursula Pari and Max Massey to let viewers know how they can help the nonprofit during the summer.
There is no denying San Antonio is one of the most economically disparate cities in the country. We will never forget the iconic San Antonio Express-News photos of San Antonio Food Bank lines. Even as our economy rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic, our workforce remains fragile. In many cases, families are less than the proverbial [...]
As federal lawmakers debate changes to the annual farm bill, the top official at hunger-fighting coalition Feeding Texas is calling on them to make it easier, not harder, to access food aid. The request by Feeding Texas — a network of 21 food banks and 60 hunger-fighting organizations — comes as Republican lawmakers vie to [...]
5/1/2023 UPDATE: For our second appearance on “Last Week Tonight,” John Oliver premiered the plumbing commercial he challenged us to make. Our efforts to create a masterpiece ad based on the 1999 film “Magnolia” were a success and delivered a $10K donation to the Central Texas Food Bank. Radiant also decided to match that donation and [...]
Thank You To Everyone Who Participated In Our Doing Good On The Green Golf Tournament! On Monday, April 24, Hunger Fighters joined us for a day of golf and philanthropy. We hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful courses of The Club at Sonterra, breakfast, luncheon, raffle, contests, and [...]
Thank you, Sundt Construction! Thanks to our friends at Sundt Construction, the San Antonio Food Bank was awarded $5,000 in support of our Kids Café. The program provides children residing in food insecure households with nutritious after school meals. Sundt Construction is committed to being the most skilled builder [...]
