West Texas food pantries bring help, hope to the South Plains

  • NEIGHBOR HELPING NEIGHBOR The South Plains Food Bank helps alleviate hunger and bring hope to individuals and families facing food insecurity, assisting local efforts in Lubbock and 19 surrounding counties. | COURTESY PHOTO
    NEIGHBOR HELPING NEIGHBOR The South Plains Food Bank helps alleviate hunger and bring hope to individuals and families facing food insecurity, assisting local efforts in Lubbock and 19 surrounding counties. | COURTESY PHOTO

    The holidays often bring increased grocery bills, and for many families across the South Plains, that makes it harder to keep their families fed, particularly in times of uncertainty as SNAP and other programs have been threatened. Throughout the region volunteers are working to ensure that no one goes hungry as they help food banks and mobile food pantries bring boxes to families and senior citiz…