Art exhibit at San Antonio Food Bank shares stories โAbout Hunger and Resilienceโ
Artist, Michael Nye, spent four-and-a-half years traveling the country and talking to people about their experience with hunger.His work resulted in a traveling exhibit featuring the stories of 50 people. Nye called them teachers and said the rest of us are students who can learn from them.
Leading SA: San Antonio Food Bank seeks volunteers, support during โMarch Sadnessโ
While the NCAA has March Madness, the San Antonio Food Bank is facing a "March Sadness" due to a shortage of volunteers, according to food bank president and CEO Eric Cooper, who joined Leading SA on Sunday morning.
Leading SA: San Antonio Food Bankโs chief sustainability officer discusses holiday season needs, programs
Michael Guerra, chief sustainability officer of the San Antonio Food Bank, joined Leading SA this weekend to talk about the current needs and various programs you can participate in during this holiday season.
Bexar County families receiving extra food benefits set to lose millions as pandemic policy ends
Thousands of local families are bracing for the end of extra food stamp benefits now that the federal government is ending a pandemic-era policy that gave millions of families on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program more money every month.
Nonprofits collect supplies for pets belonging to San Antonioโs homeless population
Itโs National Dog Day, a day to celebrate all dog breeds and raise awareness for public shelters and rescue dogs. But perhaps one population you donโt think about as pet owners are those experiencing homelessness.
How to escape food deserts, food swamps in San Antonio area
The City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Food Bank has separate programs with the same goal: Increase healthy food options in areas of town known as โfood deserts,โ which are defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as low-income areas where the nearest grocery store is more than a mile away.
One year later, San Antonio Food Bank commemorates largest emergency food distribution
On April 9, 2020, thousands of residents waited for hours at the parking lot of Traderโs Village to receive meals from the San Antonio Food Bank. It became the largest domestic emergency food distribution in the nation.