By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post
On Sept. 16, the Robert E. and Patricia Schmidt Foundation donated $20,000 to Community Assistance Center food bank in Hays.
Theresa Hill, food bank director, said the food bank has been struggling to meet the food needs of local households. As of early September, she said the food bank shelves were almost bare, and the food bank had been spending about $1,000 a month to purchase food.
The food bank serves 60 to 100 households per month.
Hill said the Schmidt foundation donation will take the food bank a long way toward meeting food needs in the community.
She said she thought inflation, which is driving up food costs, is increasing the need for food among local families.
Hill said the food bank always accepts monetary and food donations.
The next food drive for the food bank will be Trick-or-Treat So Others Can Eat, which will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 11. Volunteers will go door to door, collecting food donations that night.
Find more information about donating to local food banks or how to find food in the Hays Post related story: Hays-area food banks' shelves bare: inflation likely to blame.