Low salaries for enlisted members, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ineligibility and high rates of unemployment for military spouses are some of the factors contributing to military hunger.
Congress will allow SNAP benefits, formerly known as food stamps, to shrink to pre-pandemic rates on March 1. The change will impact millions of Texans.
If you've been to any area store that carries groceries, you might have noticed that the price of a carton of one dozen eggs has jumped from what you probably paid at the beginning of 2022. Your consumer senses are not off. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the price of one dozen eggs has jumped by about [...]
There are areas across San Antonio where people don't have access to healthy, affordable food. Those places are called food deserts. For members of District 4 on the West side, the opening of a new grocery store changes that.
he San Antonio Academy’s annual food drive surpassed previous school records by collecting over 22,000 items for the San Antonio Food Bank. The food drive occurred from Nov. 7-18, finishing just before Thanksgiving, according to a news release. Community service projects and the opportunity to serve others are essential concepts the San Antonio Academy works [...]
Staffers at Bread for the City, a venerable charity in the nation's capital, thought they were prepared for this year's annual pre-Thanksgiving Holiday Helpers food giveaway. The pandemic had faded, but inflation was high, so they budgeted to give out 12,000 meals, 20% higher than normal pre-pandemic levels.
You can give the gift of life this holiday season by donating blood. Right now, is the time of year the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center needs it the most. To that end, the center is partnering with the San Antonio Food Bank and the Big Love Pediatric Care Center.
Food banks across the country will enter this holiday season with their resources strained as inflation continues to pummel the economy. Soaring food prices and a drop in donations mean many food bank warehouses are more thinly stocked than in recent years, said Katie Fitzgerald, chief operating officer at Feeding America, a nonprofit overseeing a network of [...]
Spurs forward Isaiah Roby knows what it’s like to go to bed hungry. As a child raised by a single mother in a family that lived paycheck to paycheck in rural Dixon, Ill., he sometimes found a near-empty refrigerator waiting for him when he returned home after basketball practice. “My mom wouldn’t get off until [...]
On Monday, Spurs players took some time off the court to help distribute Thanksgiving dinners to 200 families on the East Side. They did so in partnership with H-E-B and the San Antonio Food Bank. Spurs players, including Zach Collins, Keldon Johnson, joined volunteers, handing out the meals and ticket vouchers for a future Spurs [...]
