Ray is retired and spends his day’s taking care of his wife. She has been on Dialysis the last three years and recently suffered an injury that caused her to have a long hospital stay. Like many seniors in our community, Ray and his wife live on a fixed income. With medical bills piling on […]

Beatrice is no stranger to food. She worked as a nutritionist at St. Francis Medical Center for years until she retired. Now, she is spending her golden years looking after her great grandchildren each day after school. Like many seniors in our community, Beatrice lives on a fixed income and has to carefully budget to

When Jennifer began her new job as a meal delivery driver, she was eager and excited. But with the rising cost of food and gas, she’s finding it difficult to cover the cost of groceries on top of paying her bills. With food costs increasing almost 9 percent over the last year, many of our

There are many faces of hunger. It could be a coworker, a neighbor, or even a family member. When we met Michelle, she was waiting to receive groceries at our Mobile Food Distribution in Jackson Parish. She told us that money was tight right now for her family, and that her and her husband were

East Carroll Parish has one of the highest poverty rates in the country. Gertrude says the COVID-19 pandemic has made it even more difficult for her and her neighbors to make ends meet. “Most of us need the food, especially since the pandemic began,” she said. Gertrude visits the Food Bank’s partner agency in East

Bright Christmas bows decorate 52 year old Eva’s pickup truck. She was the first in line at a Food Bank mobile pantry in Richland Parish. Eva told us that she was excited to receive some extra help with groceries, as she sometimes has trouble making ends meet. She is the primary caretaker for her 8

Your support helps the Food Bank serve Jackson Parish through our network of five partner agencies and programs. Nutritious food is provided to our neighbors facing hunger, like 66-year-old Sharon. Sharon worked as a physical therapy tech for 18 years before being laid off last December. Sharon said she began to visit one of the

When we met Judith, she had been waiting in line at our mobile distribution in Tallulah for over an hour. Judith said she depends on the groceries she receives from the Food Bank to help make ends meet each month. “It’s been harder than I’ve ever had it in my life,” she said. Judith lives

We recently met Rosie, a 72 year old grandmother, at one of our distributions in Lincoln Parish. As a retired widow, she struggles to make ends meet on a small fixed income, and told us what a blessing the food was for her. Rosie said “May the Lord bless the donors”. According to the 2020