Grande Cares Sponsors Turkeys Tackling Hunger

Hays County Food Bank is very pleased to announce the continued support by Grande Cares. This year, the Grande Cares members and Grande Communications raised enough donations in order to be recognized as a Platinum Sponsor for the Turkeys Tackling Hunger campaign. $4,400 was donated which will help provide 146 holiday meals to families in need throughout the Hays County area.

The Grande Cares Club has donated more than $2 million in grants since it was started in 2000. Community relationships are extremely important to the employees of Grande Communications, and it is with this in mind that they created the grant program to provide support in the communities they serve. Employees are encouraged to volunteer their own time at various nonprofits in their areas, and our local Grande Communications has held numerous food drives for the Hays County Food Bank throughout the years. For more information on Grande Cares, please visit www.mygrande.com/about/employee-philanthropy.

The Turkeys Tackling Hunger campaign will run until November 30th. If your business would like to become a sponsor, please contact Melissa Reed at mreed@haysfoodbank.org or at (512) 392-8300 x230. Your donation will be used to purchase supplies for the holiday meal boxes and to support the ongoing operating costs of the Hays County Food Bank. If you are an individual and would like to donate, please visit www.TurkeysTacklingHunger.org. 

You can help eliminate hunger in Hays County by making a donation to support the Hays County Food Bank. Your gift enables the Food Bank to provide nutritious food to our community. Visit haysfoodbank.org or call (512)392-8300 to make a donation. Go to www.haysfoodbank.org for details about public distributions, volunteer opportunities, the Get FED, HOPE and YEAH programs, and upcoming events.

The Hays County Food Bank, along with more than 40 partner agencies, distributed 528,964 pounds of food to more than 18,000 food insecure residents, including senior citizens and many others facing economic challenges, in 2014.  “Food security” refers to the availability of food and one’s access to it.  The Food Bank is a not-for-profit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the public to perform its mission.  For more information, please visit haysfoodbank.org or visit us on Facebook or Twitter at @HaysFoodBank.