San
Antonio pastor, Dan Trevino, was surprised to find two boys in his
church's dumpster. He had arrived at the church at dawn one Saturday
to prepare breakfast for his men's group. The two boy's had sneaked
out of their home before their parents awoke in search of something
to eat. They were hungry and had no food in their home. Pastor Dan
brought them inside to enjoy a hot and wholesome breakfast.
Children
who live in poverty are able to get free breakfast and lunch at
school but are on their own for the weekend. For many, these school
meals are the only nutritious meals they are sure to receive. Some
will go hungry over the weekend.
Baptist
Temple's backpack program provides nutritious snacks to children at
risk to be hungry over the weekend. Children identified selected by
school staff, discreetly receive the snacks every Friday.
During
the summer, we provide free lunch to children in our community, a
large percentage of whom are on the free or reduced lunch program in
their schools.
Texas
is the second hungriest state in the US. One out of six people in San
Antonio struggle to afford food.
Last
year, Baptist Temple distributed more than 200,000 pounds of food;
providing groceries to over 200 families per month in partnership
with the San Antonio Food
Bank, the San Antonio
Baptist Association and the Texas
Hunger Offering.
Baptist
Temple works with the Texas
Hunger Initiative to seek a long-term solution to food insecurity
in San Antonio.
Your
contributions help Baptist Temple continue to fight hunger in our
community.
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