Capital Area Food Bank

By Lew K. Cohn, Managing Editor
The Highlander

According to FeedingTexas.org, there are 2,770 children at risk of hunger in Burnet County as an estimated one in six people live in what are termed “food insecure” homes.

A food insecure home is one in which “consistent access to adequate food is limited by a lack of money and other resources at times during the year,” according to FeedingTexas.org, formerly known as the Texas Food Bank Network, a non-profit, statewide 501(c)(3) organization which works to feed the hungry throughout the state.

Burnet County's numbers are on par with the state as 16.9 percent of Burnet County residents and 17 percent of Texas residents overall are living in “food insecure” homes. 28.2 percent of children live in these homes, which accounts for the 2,770 children noted earlier in this article.

BY GLYNIS CRAWFORD SMITH

THE HIGHLANDER

Wheels for Meals, the benefit for local food pantries, drew classic car enthusiasts and fried catfash lovers to Save the World Brewery in Marble Falls on Saturday, April 16.

Proceeds of the $20-per-plate dinner event will support the Marble Falls Helping Center, Joseph's Food Pantry in Granite Shoals and Sharing the Harvest in Kingsland. Each serves as a Capital Area Food Bank resource for those in need in Burnet and Llano counties and each one was offering the oppertunity to volunteer as well as to donate.

The Helping Center, 830-693-5689, is located at 1315 Broadway Street in Marble Falls. Joseph's Food Pantry, 830-220-2344, is located at 706 North Phillips Ranch Road in Granite Shoals. Sharing the Harvest, 325-388-0620, is located at 3435 Ranch to Market Road 1431 West in Kingsland.