Harvest Texarkana

Cause Area

  • Children & Youth
  • Community
  • Disaster Relief
  • Homeless & Housing
  • Hunger

Location

3120 E 19th STPO Box 707Texarkana, AR 71854 United States
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Mission Statement

Harvest Texarkana Regional Food Bank works to eliminate hunger in Southwest Arkansas and Northeast Texas through Food Distribution and Education.

Description

Since 1989, Harvest Texarkana has been helping feed the needy in our community through Food Rescue. The program collects excess, edible food from area bakeries, grocery stores, restaurants and other food providers. The food collected would otherwise be discarded.

In 2005, Harvest Texarkana expanded into Food Banking and now serves as a warehouse and distribution center for over 100 hunger relief organizations in 10 counties across southwest Arkansas and northeast Texas. In 2010, over 50,000 individuals were served nearly 5 million pounds of food through this program.

Harvest Texarkana also operates a backpack program in 6 school districts. This program makes sure that the most volunerable - hungry children - do not miss meals over the weekends when they are away from school provided meals during the week.

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by Jill W. from Texarkana, AR (Administrator for this Organization) (2011-08-03 08:01:33.0)
Harvest is a strong organization that puts all its resources into providing food for those that need it. Food is one of the most basic needs, and it is good knowing that the volunteer work helps so many.
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