88R16429 TBO-D
By: Leach H.R. No. 893
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Proud members of Feeding Texas are gathering in
Austin to celebrate Texas Food Bank Day at the State Capitol on
April 13, 2023; and
WHEREAS, Established in 1986, the Feeding Texas network
consists of 21 food banks that work through more than 4,000
community agencies to reduce hunger and improve health in all 254
Texas counties; and
WHEREAS, To further these goals, the network has fostered
many public-private partnerships, including the Texans Feeding
Texans Surplus Agricultural Products Grant Program, which helps
provide food to low-income families by offering incentives to
growers to donate fresh produce that would otherwise be left in the
field; this initiative offsets the costs of harvesting, packaging,
and transportation and has resulted in the distribution of 350
million pounds of surplus produce across the state; and
WHEREAS, Members of Feeding Texas have also established a
partnership with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to
improve the diets of low-income Texans by offering nutrition
education and disease prevention services; and
WHEREAS, By leveraging their expertise and experience,
members of Feeding Texas respond to families in need swiftly and
effectively when crisis strikes; Texas food banks delivered one
billion pounds of food during the first year of the COVID-19
pandemic; and
WHEREAS, Network members have partnered with the Texas Health
and Human Services Commission to provide client education and
application assistance for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance
Program, greatly increasing the efficiency of the
eligibility-determination process; and
WHEREAS, By facilitating the distribution of surplus food,
responding to disaster, raising awareness about good dietary
practices, and helping to prevent diet-related disease, Feeding
Texas is reducing hunger and contributing greatly to the health and
well-being of the people of Texas; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
Legislature hereby recognize April 13, 2023, as Texas Food Bank Day
at the State Capitol and extend to the staff and volunteers of
Feeding Texas sincere best wishes for continued success in their
important work; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Feeding Texas as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.