The Killeen Food Care Center has lots of food for those who need it, officials said Friday.
A drive-thru food distribution is going on today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the center, 210 N 16th St., Killeen, and again on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
âWeâve been blessedâ recently, said Raymond Cockrell, executive director of the local food bank. âThe community has been really great with donations . Our shelves our full.â
The center gives away food to anyone who needs it.
P&Z paves new way for Camping World to come to Killeen
At a Monday night workshop meeting, the City of Killeen Planning and Zoning Commission voted, in effect, to revisit the idea of bringing a national RV dealership to Killeen.
In a unanimous vote, the commission decided to approve, per eventual approval by the Killeen City Council, a conditional use permit for the property located at 701 and 709 East Central Texas Expressway, which was formerly Gander Mountain, which closed down in 2017. The property has stood mostly vacant since then.
The conditional use permit would allow for the rezoning of the property to allow for Camping World, a prospective owner, to use the property for a new Killeen outlet, allowing specifically for outdoor sales and service of recreational vehicles.
Military connected families in the Killeen and Fort Hood area received Christmas meals from the Killeen Food Care Center on Tuesday.
The food care center in partnership with the Military Family Advisory Network (MFAN) provided the food to 500 families that drove through the food care center parking lot and had the meals loaded into their vehicles by volunteers.
MFAN is a virtual group of military spouses that go around the country locating places where food insecurity exists within the military population and trying to fix that problem.
Erin Kahn, the response manager for MFAN, spoke about the decision to bring food to Killeen and the Fort Hood population.
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