The San Antonio Food Bank distributed holiday meals to 15,000 families over three days, providing each family with enough food to last for a couple of weeks. A local philanthropist, Harvey E. Najim, made these distributions possible for the past 12 years.
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Garza quit her job as a welder last year when her daughter died, stepping up to be a full-time parent to her daughter’s four-year-old son and also helping with her five other grandchildren. It’s why she turned to the San Antonio Food Bank. “Family comes first and I couldn’t leave my grandson and go out of state like I used to, now I have to improvise and by the grace of God I’ve come across the food bank,” Garza said. The San Antonio Food Bank feeds 15,000 people over three days of food distribution to families of local school districts, South San ISD, Northside ISD and San Antonio ISD. Just today, 1500 families within SAISD are being fed, which will help about 5,000 people. Those being helped are not just getting canned goodsOne to two weeks of food, which would be about two grocery carts full valued at nearly $300, even including a holiday turkey. It’s all thanks to local philanthropist Harvey E. Najim for making these distributions possible for the past 12 years. “Interest rates, the price of rent and utilities, people are really struggling today and I don’t think there is anything more important than providing them with 150 lbs of food to last them through the holidays,” Najim said. And for Garza and her family of ten that she feeds, she is grateful. She said that distributions like this and others she gets from the Food Bank help them get by, saving them money monthl
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