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| Adela Flores (L) and Sara Marple (R) of Baylor School of Social Work's Texas Hunger Initiative in San Antonio. |
Texas is the
nation's second hungriest state. The
Texas Hunger Initiative (THI) seeks to make Texas food secure by 2015. Feed
security simply means having access to three nutritious meals a day.
In Texas 18.5 percent of households do not have reliable access to
three meals a day, compared with 14.7 percent of U.S. households
THI was started in 2009 by the Baylor
School of Social Work and the Christian Life Commission and was
recently awarded a $3.5 million contract to accomplish their goal.
This funding has enabled them to open 12 regional offices (including
the one at Baptist Temple).
Adela Flores is the San Antonio
Regional Director and is a graduate of University of Texas with a
Master of Public Health Administration from the Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard. Also on the team is Sara Marple, a recent
graduate of Texas Christian University and a Americorps VISTA
volunteer. Sara is the Food Planning Association Coordinator for San
Antonio. Two other team members will soon be identified.
We welcome THI to the family of
churches and non-profits working at Baptist Temple to show God's love
in tangible ways to our community and the world.
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