Fighting Hunger Together This summer, the Food Bank partnered with First West Baptist Church in West Monroe and the Boys & Girls Club of North Louisiana to help feed children and families in Ouachita Parish. Members from First West wanted to help serve children struggling with hunger during school breaks, so they contacted the Food

Your Support Will Feed Kids this Summer Summer is here, and that means many children are enjoying their favorite summer activities like swimming, riding bikes, and enjoying delicious cookouts with family and friends. But when schools shut their doors for the summer, thousands of our local kids who depend on the free school meal program

Feeding Families in Lincoln Parish With your support, the Food Bank serves thousands of our neighbors facing hunger in Lincoln Parish each month. At one of our recent mobile pantries in Ruston, we met Natasha, a mother of two who has been unable to work recently due to a health condition. She says with the

A Very Kind Donation KIND, a company with a mission “to make the world a healthier and kinder place,” made a donation of 150,000 KIND Bars.  These bars are being provided to children, families and seniors who face hunger in our area. “We are so thankful that KIND has made such a wonderful donation to

New Tensas Parish Mobile Pantry About 20 percent of our neighbors living in Tensas Parish may face hunger in 2021. According to recent estimates from Feeding America, 36% of children there may live in households that experience food insecurity. Thanks to community support, the Food Bank was able to provide about 32,000 meals to children,

Serving Through a Year of the Unexpected… As I write this, it has been one year since our world changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At this time last year, we were watching the news and beginning to make changes in our lives for what we thought would be a few months. At the Food