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One of Our VISTAs is an AmeriCorps National Video Competition Finalist
By Alese Colehour As an AmeriCorps VISTA, I have the honor of collecting and sharing stories of people living in real poverty in Central Texas. Video is a compelling medium for contemporary...
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Family Food Box Update: Serving rural communities takes a coordinated effort
CAFB’s work is well-known in a major city like Austin, but did you know we also serve rural communities throughout Central Texas? More than 50 Partner Agencies (and more to come!) support the Summer...
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New Federal Policy Makes it Easier for Children to Access Free School Meals
Under a new USDA policy, all children in a household are eligible for free school meals if anyone in the household is receiving assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),...
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Successful Start for Boys & Girls Club of Bastrop
by Emily Eckelkamp, Nutrition Educator The Boys & Girls Club of Bastrop, a Partner Agency of the Capital Area Food Bank, has faced many ups and downs in the past year. In August 2009, the club was...
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New Poverty Measure to Support Effective Strategies to Combat Poverty
Many experts agree that the Federal Poverty measurement, steeped in politics and antiquated methods, does not accurately reflect the true state of need in America. When the cost of food was...
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Weekend Deal: Get a Domino’s Pizza for less than $4 with a CAFB donation
Austin-area Domino’s Pizza stores are offering an amazing deal! Donate two or more healthy, non-perishable food items this weekend (July 24 and 25) and receive a one-topping medium pizza for $3.99...
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InfoGraphic: Texas’s Administration of Federal Nutrition Assistance Programs
Last month, the United States Government Accountability Office released a report entitled “Domestic Food Assistance: Complex System Benefits Millions, but Additional Efforts Could Address Potential...
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Hunger is UNacceptable video chosen as official selection of...
Lights. Camera. Help., the world’s first film festival exclusively for cause-driven film, is back in 2010. We are delighted to announce our Hunger is UNacceptable video was chosen as an official...
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Thank you, Wells Fargo customers, for voting CAFB as your top nonprofit
When thinking of mergers and acquisitions, philanthropy doesn’t usually come to mind. For long-time CAFB supporter Wells Fargo, community involvement and nonprofit support are part of their core...
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This Saturday, Boy Scouts make it easy for you to support the KEYE TV Food Drive
KEYE TV is teaming up with Randalls grocery stores and the Capitol Area Boy Scouts for the 10th annual Food Drive benefiting the Food Bank. Here are three ways to participate: If you received a door...
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Real Stories: Emmett, a college student, builds his future while fighting off...
Emmett, a student at Texas State University, is trying to make it through the summer months. “Now that school is out, I thought it would be easier to find a job because students would be moving away,...
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Congressman Doggett visits children receiving summer meals.
Congressman Lloyd Doggett visited with children at the Boys & Girls Club in South Austin on Tuesday to view CAFB’s Summer Food Service Program in action, and learn about the program’s impact in the...
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To rejoice or recoil…that’s the question
by Wendy Heiges, Senior Director of Advocacy and Public Policy REJOICE. The Senate is ready to move the Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill forward. QUESTION. How should they pay for this...
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Happy Healthy Summer Pledge update: thank you!
Thanks to the community’s support this summer, we’ve made an impact in lives of thousands of Central Texas children who are more at risk of hunger during the summer months than any other time of year....
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It’s spicy. It’s hot. It’s saucy. Best of all, it nourishes the hungry.
Mark your calendars now for the Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival. In its 20th year, the festival has nourished our souls with great music, more hot sauce than you can shake a chip at, and...
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Legislative update: Congress made difficult choices today. Hungry people make...
by Wendy Heiges, Senior Director of Advocacy and Public Policy This afternoon, Congress voted to provide funding for Medicaid and save the jobs of public school teachers, government employees and...
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Volunteers who inspire us: Joyice West
by Catherine McKinney, Programs VISTA Bartlett, Texas, is a small town with an old western movie-style downtown about fifty miles northeast of Austin. The “Wheels of Sharing” Mobile Food Pantry...
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The KEYE TV Food Drive wraps up another successful event.
Thank you, Central Texas, for donating food and funds at Austin-area Randalls, and for leaving bags of healthy, nonperishable food for Capitol Area Boy Scouts to pick up. More than $10,000 and 500,000...
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Child Nutrition Advocacy and Policy Chat
Wendy Heiges, Senior Director of Advocacy and Public Policy at CAFB, discusses the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill and what we’re doing at the Food Bank to ensure federal support for these...
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Food stamp fund too important to be compromised
This opinion piece appeared in the Austin-American Statesman on August 18, 2010. by David Davenport, President and CEO Policymakers make difficult choices. Hungry people make them every day. The...
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