The annual Food for Families Food Drive is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, November 20, at Our Daily Bread, Lake Whitney’s food bank at 100 Sims Drive in Whitney.
Food for Families Food Drive is a joint annual project of the Longhorn Council of the Boy Scouts of America, H.E.B. Grocery Company and KWTX News 10. The Waco news station will be televising from the food bank during the day.
All November donations will be counted toward the Lake Whitney food bank goal of 75,000 pounds. The food bank is open Mondays from 10-12 a.m., Wednesdays from 4-6 p.m. and Thursdays from 1-3 p.m.
Donations may also be dropped off at Whitney City Hall, Lake Whitney Public Library, Gladiator Farms, Pizza Junction and any of the Whitney and Aquilla ISD campuses, as well as all of the area churches.
The Lake Whitney Ministerial Alliance food bank operates completely through donations and with help from volunteers. All donations are accepted and appreciated.
Non-perishable food items most needed include canned vegetables, boxed or bagged goods, such as Hamburger Helper, macaroni and cheese, instant mashed potatoes, canned meats, pasta sauce, fruit and soup (no glass jars.)
All donations remain in our community and go directly to providing for those in need.
Monetary donations are also greatly appreciated. Our Daily Bread Food Bank is part of Feeding America and Feeding Texas through the Tarrant Area Food Bank (TAFB), which serves 13 counties.
Our Daily Bread receives two trucks per month from TAFB, but the items received do not provide the basic staples to the 400-plus families served each month. For this reason, the food bank must purchase a large percent of the protein and healthy food items from local retail stores.
Monetary donations can be mailed to Our Daily Bread Food Bank, c/o Lake Whitney Ministerial Alliance, P.O. Box 1502, Whitney, TX 76692 or made at the website www.lakewhitneyministerialalliance.org (or www.whitneyfoodbank.org.)
Donors may also drop off a check at the food bank and receive a tax-deductible receipt.
