.CTXFoodBank opened a food pantry today in South Austin to address a growing need for fresh food.
In recent weeks, the food bank has had more first-time visitors than usual. Vatske said that the ice storm earlier this month may have had something to do with that.
"With inflation, cost of living, and particularly during the ice storm, we saw people maybe relying on our support,” Vatske said. “Groceries spoiled, there were increased expenses due to damage, and so maybe people who wereAustin City Council Member Vanessa Fuentes, who represents neighborhoods near the new food pantry, such as Del Valle, Dove Springs and Pleasant Hill, said increasing food access in her district has long been a priority.
“It is not okay that we have families here in this city, a prosperous city, as Austin is, who have to struggle to make ends meet and sometimes are forced to make tough decisions between putting food on their table or paying for health care or having a fund set aside for any emergency,” Fuentes said. “We have to do better by our community. No family should be going hungry in this city.”
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