By Wendy Hanson | VP for Community Impact
During the summer United Way of Southern Cameron County continued to fight against hunger. Together with community partners we provided meals to immigrants, worked to increase fresh produce at our homeless shelters and soup kitchen and brought together local pantries to best understand how our organization can better help local families.
Our community still sees hundreds of immigrants crossing our border with no more than the cloths on their backs and hope in their hearts for a better life. A hot meal, bag of snacks, food for their baby or even a fresh piece of fruit is greatly appreciated. At our homeless shelter and soup kitchen the selection of food often depends on what is available at the food bank. Adding fresh produce to the menu greatly improves the quality of food being served.
Bringing the local pantries together to understand how we can help them is an important step to improving the local food system for our community's most vulnerable populations. Understanding the needs and gaps in services provides us with the opportunity to pivot as needed to meet emerging needs.
Hunger did not end in Cameron County over the summer, it continues to be an issue especially for our elderly and our immigrant population. We appreciate the continued support to alleviate hunger in our community.
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