H-E-B/Central Market has made a commitment to support the Texas community amidst the COVID-19 outbreak. Part of that effort is an initial $3 million commitment to local organizations that are most in need during this time or are working hard to combat the spread of the new coronavirus.
“During these trying times, H-E-B is here for Texas,” Winell Herron, H-E-B Group Vice President of Public Affairs, Diversity and Environmental Affairs, says via press release. “Now, more than ever, H-E-B is keeping with our spirit of giving and helping here philosophies to do everything we can to support our fellow Texans.”
H-E-B’s Hunger Relief Program will donate $1.2 million to 18 food banks throughout Texas, according to the release, as well as deliver 15 truckloads of food and household supplies to food banks. One of the benefactors, a food bank affiliated with Feeding Texas, says this donation is very much needed during this time.
“H-E-B’s donation comes at a critical time as food banks across the state are stepping in to provide emergency food to the people and communities impacted by COVID-19,” Celia Cole, Feeding Texas CEO, says via press release. “We are grateful to H-E-B for its support. Together we will ensure no Texan goes hungry during this public health crisis.”
This commitment also includes $500,000 in financial assistance to mobilized home feeding services for seniors and low-income families, $300,000 to assist Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio and $1 million in financial support to H-E-B’s area nonprofits.