A $7,000 holiday donation from renewable energy company Sunscape is helping the Coastal Bend Food Bank bring food directly to families in Banquete, a rural community that lacks regular access to a food pantry.
$7K holiday donation helps feed families in Banquete
The donation will fund a mobile pantry program that delivers boxes of groceries to Banquete once or twice a month through a drive-through system.
“There was a school that had a pantry there but since then has closed,” said Bea Hanson, executive director of the Coastal Bend Food Bank.
The timing of the donation is crucial for the organization, which has faced financial challenges this year…