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McAllen VA and Food Bank partner to fight hunger

Posted on Thursday, August 29, 2019 10:00 amAugust 29, 2019 Posted in Health, Nutrition by Luis H. Loza Gutierrez 850 views

VA and the Department of Agriculture host the annual Feds Feed Families Food Drive and in Texas, of course, …

(Left to right) Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) employees Lorena Hertz and Yara Doyle place bags and boxes of produce into the bed of a pickup truck driven by a Veteran during the Free Produce Distribution Drive-thru held December 12, 2018, at the parking lot of the VA outpatient clinic at McAllen, Texas. (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs photo by Luis H. Loza Gutierrez)

Texas VA partners with local Food Bank to fight hunger

Posted on Monday, December 17, 2018 2:38 pmDecember 18, 2018 Posted in Nutrition, Veterans Homelessness by Luis H. Loza Gutierrez 562 views

McALLEN, Texas — More than 250 vehicles drove through a parking lot with boxes and pallets of produce as …