The Food Bank of Corpus Christi is a nonprofit organization that solicits and distributes food which might otherwise go to waste or be discarded by manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers. Since 1982, we’ve been fighting hunger in the Coastal Bend by providing food and personal care products to various charity and service agencies in an 11–county area throughout the area, including Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, McMullen, Nueces and San Patricio counties.

As one of only two food banks in the state certified by H-E-B to receive perishable goods, the Food Bank of Corpus Christi is able to store and distribute perishable items such as meat, produce and dairy products. USDA products are also dispensed to agencies that qualify to receive government commodities. Our 20,000 square–foot warehouse is equipped to safely handle all types of food products and includes a 43,758-cubic-foot refrigerator-freezer.

It is estimated that 19,000 people eat food from the Food Bank of Corpus Christi on any given week.

Some quick facts about the people served by our agencies:

• 62% of the recipients are women
• 38% are children under age 18
• 16% are seniors 65 or older
• 38% are from households that have at least one adult working.
• This year, the Food Bank distributed 5.4 million pounds of food.