Central Texas Food Bank

So far, The Hays County Food Bank has already distributed more in 2024 than this time last year, which was a year of record for the organization.

Health

'Demand has just gone up and up': Food banks struggle to keep up post-pandemic

Maya Fawaz

The Hays County Food Bank is relocating to a bigger space to accommodate the growing need for its services. The food bank expects to distribute more food this year than ever before.

Yaquelin Cornejo holds a grocery basket full of vegetables and fruit she chose for her kids while picking out items at a new school-based food pantry.

Education

An Austin-area food bank wants students to get healthy meals, so it opened a food pantry at a school

Becky Fogel

The Central Texas Food Bank officially launched its Feeding Futures School Pantry Program at a Del Valle ISD elementary school on Wednesday. The organization hopes to provide 30 meals per student each month.

Multiple packages of bottled water are seen with a minivan in the background along with a semi-truck with the words "Fill their table" on it. The water was part of a mass food and water distribution event organized by the Central Texas Food Bank at Del Valle High School in Del Valle, Texas following a winter storm in February 2021. (Gabriel C. Pérez/KUT News)

Austin

Central Texas Food Bank faces a critical need for volunteers this holiday season

Luz Moreno-Lozano

The food bank is in need of volunteers to help at its warehouse, drive food to its mobile food pantries, and monetary donations.

The Central Texas Food Bank opens their food pantry to the public.

Austin

Central Texas Food Bank opens food pantry in South Austin to meet growing needs

Haya Panjwani

The pantry will have fresh and shelf-stable food available five days a week.

Cars line up to receive food boxes during a Central Texas Food Bank emergency food relief distribution at Toney Burger Stadium on April 30.

Health

Austin Public Health Partners With Amazon, Central Texas Food Bank To Expand At-Home Food Delivery

Andrew Weber

The e-commerce giant will deliver free packages of canned and dried goods to those who qualify every month.

COVID-19

Food Insecurity Rose In Central Texas With The Pandemic. Organizations Still Need Hundreds Of Volunteers To Help.

Marisa Charpentier

Meals on Wheels Central Texas has gained 1,500 new clients since the start of the pandemic. The organization needs more volunteers to keep up with demand as it transitions back to daily meal deliveries.

AUSTIN, TX. Dec. 14, 2020. Volunteer Mark Steves, of Austin Voices for Education and Youth, loads groceries into a vehicle during a drive-thru food distribution at Navarro Early College High School. Another food distribution is scheduled for Dec. 21, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Burnet Middle School. Michael Minasi/KUT

COVID-19

Thousands Of Central Texans Are Facing Hunger Because Of The Pandemic. The Need Isn't Going Away Anytime Soon.

Marisa Charpentier

December is typically the busiest month for the Central Texas Food Bank. As COVID-19 cases spike around the holidays, the food bank anticipates the need for food will only increase in the months ahead.

Austin

COVID-19 Is Magnifying Food Insecurity – And The Digital Divide – In These Travis County ZIP Codes

Andrew Weber

Children in 11 Central Texas ZIP codes are at high risk of food insecurity because of COVID-19, a new study finds. And the situation is further compounded…