HungerMitao movement serves 10mn meals in Texas
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Houston, March 14 : Indian-American community-led fundraising effort, the HungerMitao movement, has served 10 million meals for the North Texas Food Bank (NTFB), in just over three years since its inception, a media report said.
The American Bazaar report on Saturday said the HungerMitao team has also launched a Spring Food Drive, which will run through the end of March.
The Indian-American community actively supports the work of Food Bank through advocacy, volunteering, and donating food and critical funds, according to a statement from HungerMitao.
IndianAmerican communityled fundraising effort the HungerMitao movement has served 10 million meals for the North Texas Food Bank NTFB in just over three years since its inception a media report said
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One of the people who was helped was Laree Bryant.
Laree Bryant, one of the recipients Friday, said her daughter lost her job because of COVID-19. Bryant said she is on Social Security and a small pension and is helping her daughter pay rent and utilities.
Food and clean water have been hard to come by for many people, especially after the winter storm in February. My pipes broke, so I had to fix that. We need money for basic things, said Adriana Leal, who got help at the Mega Food Drop
Catholic Charities of Dallas distributed more than 6 million meals last year, and the organization said it planned to exceed that number in 2021.