/PRNewswire/ Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) has joined forces with Feeding America®, the nation s largest domestic hunger-relief organization,.
, one out of every seven residents of Southeast Texas is food insecure, meaning more than 1 million people go without access to proper daily nutrition. To help combat that reality, the Food Bank has established hundreds of partnerships throughout Houston to ensure individuals and families donât go hungry. One of those partnerships is a mobile food distribution program at the University of St. Thomas.Â
âLast year, UST reached out to us and they were interested in becoming a food scholarship partner,â says Brandi McInnis, education partnerships liaison at Houston Food Bank.Â
Originally, the two organizations wanted to enroll food-insecure students to receive up to 60 pounds of groceries twice a month. Plans changed when Covid-19 hit the city.Â
The Church has joined local faith and community partners in Houston to provide short-term respite for migrant families who have been cleared at the border and need shelter, food, hygiene facilities an
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