Local Food Bank Needs Online Votes To Get Donations From Wal-Mart
El Pasoans Fighting Hunger, formerly the West Texas Food Bank and El Paso?s only Food Bank, has a chance to win $1 million or $50,000 through the Wal-Mart Fighting Hunger Together competition. The contest runs from April 9 ? April 30.
Wal-Mart will donate $1 million to the area with the most votes and $50,000 to the 20 runners up. Visit facebook.com/walmart, and click on the Fighting Hunger Together tab to vote. Facebook.com users may vote once per day.
Wal-Mart selected 200 Food Banks from communities across the country with the highest unemployment rates to compete for the donations. A donation of this size would make a significant difference as El Pasoans Fighting Hunger is a new food bank that took over the service areas of El Paso, Hudspeth, and Culberson Counties from the West Texas Food Bank because these areas were being underserved. One out of every four El Pasoans are food insecure – that is 135,000 children, and 85,000 adults TODAY. Visit http://goo.gl/p8OZG to vote for El Paso.
About El Pasoans Fighting Hunger El Pasoans Fighting Hunger, formerly the West Texas Food Bank, is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that collects donated food and distributes it to 115 charitable agencies feeding the hungry serving El Paso, Hudspeth, and Culberson Counties. As a relief organization, the food bank serves as a clearinghouse to solicit, store, inspect, and repack surplus food for distribution. In 2011 the organization distributed 6,538,118 million pounds of food to the hungry. El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank is a member of Feeding America, the nation?s food bank network. The organization is supported by foundations, private contributions and fundraising events. For information on services offered by the El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank, call (915) 595-1060 or visit elpasoansfightinghunger.org.
About Feeding America Feeding America provides low-income individuals and families with the fuel to survive and even thrive. As the nation?s leading domestic hunger-relief charity, our network members supply food to more than 25 million Americans each year, including 9 million children and 3 million seniors. Serving the entire United States, more than 200 member food banks operate 63,000 agencies that address hunger in all of its forms. For more information on how you can fight hunger in your community and across the country, visit feedingamerica.org.
