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Celebrate National School Lunch Week October 14-18

Oct 16 2019
Staff

School meals help children have the nutrition they need for growth, health and learning. Did you know that the National School Lunch Program has been helping to feed America’s children for mo...

Healthy Over Hungry: The Hospitals of Providence and Tenet Healthcare Cereal Drive

May 20 2019
Staff

Healthy Over Hungry Cereal Drive The Hospitals of Providence are partnering up once again with Tenet Healthcare for the annual "Healthy Over Hungry" national cereal drive, June 7-14, 2019....

27th Annual Stamp Out Hunger

May 10 2019
Staff

Give to the letter carriers’ national food drive Saturday On Monday, postal carriers left blue plastic, non-recyclable bags in our mailboxes to announce the annual National Associati...

Salvation Army brings kitchen to feed migrants

May 06 2019
David Crowder, El Paso Inc.

With thousands of Central American migrants arriving in El Paso, the Salvation Army has set up a field kitchen to feed them at a new migrant center opened by Ruben Garcia and Annunciation ...

Companies and The Burkitt Foundation Come Together to Donate Trucks to El Pasoans Fighting Hunger

Nov 13 2018
Staff

This generous gift strengthens the Food Bank’s fleet of dependable vehicles that can rescue surplus food from our generous food donors at grocery stores, farmers and dairies and deliver it to...

Mothers Build Friendships While Giving Back

Sep 25 2018
Staff

It’s a group of ten women who all gather together on a Wednesday morning. They’re eager to be put to work, ready to pack boxes, sort through food and laugh as they catch up about how their we...

Tune into El Pasoans Fighting Hunger's First Ever Radiothon with Mattress FIrm & iHeart Media

Feb 27 2018
Staff

Mattress Firm and iHeart Media will host the first ever radiothon for El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank on Friday, March 2. The all-day radio event will air on 96.3 KHEY Country, Sunny ...

14th Annual Empty Bowls Event

Feb 20 2018
Staff

14th Annual Empty Bowls Event is a grass roots effort to bring awareness to hunger in our community and to raise funds for El Pasoans Fighting Hunger to continue serving 91,000 food insecure ...

Artspace Lofts Mobile Pantry Feeds Working Families

Feb 19 2018
Staff

The mobile food pantry and health fair for the Roderick Artspace Lofts in Downtown El Paso helped feed over 70 families in the nearby area. "We came here today for food and resources," Elizab...

Hunger Action Month: Food Bank Asks El Paso to Take Action

Hunger Action Month: Food Bank Asks El Paso to Take Action

Aug 30 2017
Brianna Hernandez

El Pasoans Fighting Hunger at Hotel Indigo (Kendra Scott Fashion Show)

Feeding Hope! Summer 2017 Newsletter

Aug 09 2017
Brianna Hernandez

A note from Victor In just a few short years, we have been able to increase our good distribution significantly. In 2016, we distributed 11 million pounds of food or 9,166,600 meals, and i...

Plastic Molding Technology Contributes $50,000 to Food Bank

Jun 08 2017
Brianna Hernandez

Plastic Molding Technology (PMT) Inc. presented El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank with a $50,000 cumulative gift, on behalf of CEO and Owner Charles Sholtis and Training & Development Coor...

25th Annual Letter Carriers' Stamp Out Hunger Collects Over 150,000 Pounds of Food

May 13 2017
Brianna Hernandez

The 25th annual letter carriers’ food drive, Stamp Out Hunger, collected 153,249 pounds of food. The National Association of Letter Carriers’ (NALC), helped give back to communities by encour...

Tin Man Unveils a Heart For Food: Growler Proceeds Benefit El Pasoans Fighting Hunger

May 11 2017
Brianna Hernandez

Tin Man calls attention to our community with all proceeds from a one-of-a-kind growler benefiting El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank. The announcement was made at Tin Man Montecillo 4935 N...

Food Rescue Month: Burkitt Foundation Grants $20,000 for 11 Pantries to Receive Refrigerators

Apr 20 2017
Brianna Hernandez

El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank (EPFH) received a $20,000 grant to purchase refrigerators for partner pantries to store and distribute produce. The grant was part of a larger grant of $1...

El Pasoans Fighting Hunger is in Luck this St. Patrick's Day!

Mar 17 2017
Brianna Hernandez

Thanks to the generosity of grocery shoppers at Albertsons and the Albertsons Companies Foundation, a $100,000 check and 6 tons of food was donated to the Food Bank. Community leaders suc...

Walmart Foundation Truck Dedication

Jul 11 2016
Staff

El Pasoans Fighting Hunger (EPFH) Food Bank will now reach more adults and children in need, thanks to a generous grant awarded through the Walmart Foundation. As a result of this grant, the ...