For 20 counties in West Texas, the South Plains Food Bank is a beacon of help and hope. According to its website, just over 96,000 people in the area were food insecure last year. The South Plains Food Bank served 56,243 people last year, but would like to be able to serve the close to 40,000 others who […]
Texans Help Ecuador Earthquake Survivors
April 25, 2016 by
By Natalie Ortiz The 7.8-magnitude earthquake that shook Ecuador on April 16 claimed over 650 lives, according to Reuters, and a second earthquake hit the country only four days later. Though the devastation occurred thousands of miles away, some Texans are feeling the pain as well. Jazmine Cuenca, who currently lives in Frisco, Texas, but is a […]
Donate Food in COMC Through Next Saturday
December 3, 2015 by
The Texas Tech chapter of the American Meteorological Society is holding a food drive in collaboration with the South Plains Food Bank through Dec. 12 in the College of Media & Communication building. The chapter’s goal is to collect 650 pounds of food, said Timothy Sliwinski, a doctoral candidate and the group’s treasurer, in an email to The Hub@TTU. […]
Season Of Giving
November 21, 2014 by
If you walk around inside 5001 Marsha Sharp Freeway, one of the first things you would see is the Toys For Tots donation box next to a Christmas tree. Exploring around the location, you will also see boxes filled to the brim with new toys for underprivileged children. Many of these boxes contain signs with age […]
