Tarrant Area Food Bank The Second Harvest Food Bank serving Fort Worth and 13 Texas counties.
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2008

 

 

 

IDEAS for FIGHTING HUNGER start at Fighting Hunger Overview and continue with 25 Years Ago and Now, Fighting Hunger with Food, Fighting Hunger with Friends, Fighting Hunger with Funds.

       
SAVE THE DATE!
 

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Stamp Out Hunger! nationwide food drive by the National Association of Letter Carriers. 

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

¡ADIÓS, HUNGER! with buffet dinner and live music, 6 - 9 p.m., Joe T. García's Fiesta Gardens.

 

Now through June 1, 2008

 

U-Pack A BackPack

Send childhood hunger packing by supporting Tarrant Area Food Bank’s BackPacks for Kids through the national virtual food drive sponsored by U-Pack.

All donations are tracked by ZIP Code and stay with the Second Harvest food bank serving the donor’s community.

 

Donations from residents of Tarrant and the other 12 counties in Tarrant Area Food Bank’s service region will be used to provide food for the weekend backpacks sent home each Friday with the neediest school children.

To learn more about the U-Pack A BackPack initiative and to donate, log on to www.U-PackaBackPack.org .

 

To learn more about Tarrant Area Food Bank’s  BackPacks for Kids program, see our Special Programs section.

 

MARCH - AUGUST 2008

 

SPRING/SUMMER HUNGER BUSTER FOOD & FUND DRIVES

Food drives during the spring and summer stock the Food Bank's shelves to help feed children while they cannot access school-sponsored meals.

To register your food drive with Tarrant Area Food Bank, call Susan Frye at 817-332-9177, or go to the Food/Fund Drive Action Form that can be e-mailed or faxed to her.  For tips for successful food/fund drives, to to Tips.

 

May 5 - 9 & May 10, 2008

 

Join the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) for their 16th Annual STAMP OUT HUNGER National Food Drive to help feed children this summer. 

Take the local letter carriers beyond the nearly 225,000 pounds they collected last year for Tarrant Area Food Bank and its partner charities.

 

EARLY DONATIONS

Although the official date for Stamp Out Hunger is May 10, post offices in Tarrant County are providing donation bins in their lobbies May 5 - 9 for customers to fill with boxed and canned goods.

GROCERY BAG DISTRIBUTION

Over May 7 and 8, letter carriers in the Fort Worth area will deliver to each residence, a grocery bag for Stamp Out Hunger donations. The bags are being provided by Kroger Food Stores.

MAY 10

On the OFFICIAL DAY of STAMP OUT HUNGER, place nonperishable food in you Stamp Out Hunger grocery bag

(and other bags if needed) at your mailbox for your letter carrier to collect.

MOST NEEDED FOODS

The foods most needed by the Food Bank include canned meats and fish, canned vegetables, canned fruits, rice, pasta, cereals, boxed instant foods, peanut butter (no glass containers), baby formula, dried milk and food with pop tops for easy access by children.

Questions?  Call Susan at Tarrant Area Food Bank, 817-332-9177, ext. 110. 

May 17, 2008

House of Hot Rods Presents the 2nd Annual

Latchkey Kids Hot Rods and Custom Show

Time: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Hot Dogs $1 all proceeds go to Latchkey

All donations excepted

To show your vehicle you must bring one or more canned food or

non-perishable items to benefit Tarrant Area Food Bank.

Bring the family out and show off your ride at the same time!

Location: 2301 Highway 1187 Mansfield, TX 76063

Phone: 917-466-9942

www.myspace.com/houseofhotrods

 

Tuesday, June 3, 2008
 

 

presents

 

The Final

 

¡ADIÓS, HUNGER!

 

with a tip of the sombrero to the

Renfro Foods Family

   

ˇAdiós, Hunger! held in the festive patio gardens of a Cowtown Tex-Mex institution has become a tradition in Tarrant County. For the past 10 years, ˇAdiós, Hunger! attendees have assisted Tarrant Area Food Bank in its mission to fight hunger. 

After a decade of success, it's time to say adiós to ˇAdiós, Hunger!  Tarrant Area Food Bank invites you to send this longtime favorite out with a bang!  The guests of honor will be the Renfro Foods family, known for 60 years for their spices and peppers.

On June 3, the Fiesta Gardens of the world-famous Joe T. Garcia's Mexican Restaurant will once again play host to this annual Tarrant Area Food Bank fundraiser.

From 6 to 9 p.m. on the first Tuesday of June, you are invited to enjoy a Tex-Mex buffet dinner, dance to the sounds of Trey & the Tritones and take a chance at winning tickets to popular sports, entertainment and arts venues. Your attendance will feed hungry children and families this summer. 

Sponsor tables are $1,500.  Individual tickets are $75. Tickets may be purchased with MasterCard, Visa or American Express online via a secured server or by phone at 817-332-9177, ext 110.  Checks can be sent to:  Tarrant Area Food Bank, 2600 Cullen Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107.

The Final ˇAdiós, Hunger!

Tuesday, June 3, 2008, from 6 to 9 p.m.

Joe T. Garcia's Fiesta Gardens, 2201 N. Commerce Street, Fort Worth.

The Renfro Foods family has been a part of Fort Worth for more than 60 years. They began providing spices and peppers throughout Fort Worth from the garage of their north Fort Worth home in 1940. Bill Renfro served on the founding Board of Directors of Tarrant Area Food Bank in the 1980s and was a longtime member of the Food Bank's Food Advisory Committee. His nephew, Doug Renfro, serves on the Food Bank's current Board of Directors and the Food Advisory Committee.

 

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