FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS

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Starting in 2020 during the pandemic, The Silver Sage has proudly partnered with the San Antonio Food Bank, Bandera County, Bandera County Sheriff’s Department, Helping Hands, Arthur Nagel Clinic Alamo RCD, and the Boys and Girls Club to bring a major food distribution to the citizens of Bandera County.

 

Each family may only pick up food for themselves and one other family if we have the second family listed and you are their proxy. In practical terms this means you cannot just drive up and say you want to pick up for you and your neighbor and three others. You will only be allowed to pick up for yourself and one other. 

There will be no staff or coordinated deliveries. If you need this food distribution you must pick it up yourself or have someone that can bring your information (proxy) and pick it up for you.

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Registration will be done on-site only: Mostly demographic information like date of birth, male or female, veteran status, and ethnicity. Why do we need this information? This how we get grants to continue to provide this service to the residents of Bandera County. We need to tell our funders who we are serving. Some foundations only give grants to help veterans, so we need to prove we are helping veterans. Some foundations only give grants to help children. So, we need to show how many children are receiving this food. Some funders only fund programs for senior citizens. So, we need to show how many senior citizens we are serving.  Without this current data, it is impossible receive adequate funding. Without the funding we could not continue the distributions.
 

These distributions are an immense amount of work for The Silver Sage and SAFB staff as well so many wonderful volunteers. All we ask in return is that you be patient, kind, and courteous to our volunteers. They do not have to be there. Just a smile and a thank you makes it all worthwhile for them.