CTMC Donates Christmas Giving Bags To Families In Need

CTMC employees were asked to sponsor a Christmas Gift Bag for $15 to provide emergency food stores for families receiving assistance.

Hays County, TX – Central Texas Medical Center (CTMC) has been a great supporter of Hays County Food Bank (HCFB) for a long time.

They volunteer to distribute food to the community weekly, provide fresh produce from their Creation Garden monthly, and even donated the scale that HCFB uses to weigh all of their food.

“I see people that I know from the community [receiving food assistance], and it makes [volunteering] even more meaningful,” said Kimberly Ford, Wound & Hyperbaric Director at CTMC. “I see people we already serve through the hospital, and it’s nice to be able to help them [in] another capacity.”

CTMC’s giving spirit continued to grow this holiday season. Karen Morris, current HCFB board member and Administrative Director of Ancillary Services with CTMC, came up with the idea of gifting Christmas bags at all 6 of Hays County Food Bank’s regular weekly distributions.

CTMC employees were asked to sponsor a Christmas Gift Bag for $15 to provide emergency food stores for families receiving assistance. They collected over $6,000 and filled 860 bags with peanut butter, jelly, spaghetti noodles, mushroom pasta sauce, quick oats, rice, beans, tuna, potatoes, oranges, and apples.

Most of these foods were non-perishable, since clients already receive perishable foods at normal HCFB food distributions. CTMC helped hand the bags out at HCFB food distributions between December 12th and December 15th.

Mary Grace Rojas, CTMC Pharmacy Director, said “I think it’s wonderful we can give back to the community. It brightens our spirits as much as theirs. You start to build a bond.”

If your staff would like to volunteer with Hays County Food Bank as a group, please contact Jason Kamimoto, Volunteer Services Coordinator, at JKamimoto@HaysFoodBank.org or at (512) 392-8300 x222.