San Antonio Food Bank partners with metropolis to present thousands of boxes

San Antonio Food Bank Convoy of Hope image. (KSAT)

SAN ANTONIO – When seniors participate retirement, a bully magnitude of them trust solely connected Social Security checks arsenic income and sometimes, the checks aren’t capable to screen groceries.

That’s wherefore the San Antonio Food Bank steps successful with help, called the Convoy of Hope.

For 15 years, the metropolis of San Antonio has partnered with the San Antonio Food Bank for its Convoy of Hope, a programme that delivers thousands of boxes of nutrient to eligible seniors successful San Antonio.

But this is not the lone clip of twelvemonth erstwhile the nutrient slope provides boxes to seniors --in fact, it’s each month. Monday’s event, however, progressive metropolis assembly members delivering the boxes personally for the vacation season.

“Those boxes are much important than ever during the vacation play and pandemic. With the terms of nutrient rising, a batch of our seniors are going location with little nutrient successful their market cars and leaning connected america a small more,” Eric Cooper, CEO of the San Antonio Food Bank said.

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The trucks are filled with boxes that thousands of country seniors beryllium connected each month. It’s a programme that provides escaped groceries to seniors astatine metropolis operated elder centers.

The nutrient goes to seniors similar Yolanda Sing and her husband, who accidental beingness for them has not been easy. The nutrient helps them retired precise much.

”It means a batch due to the fact that he’s got dementia, and I’ve got cancer,” Sing said. “We don’t work, we are surviving connected a choky budget. I emotion them truthful much. God bless them.”

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