FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Tarrant Area Food Bank (TAFB) has extended their agreement with Fort Worth ISD to hold Mega Mobile Markets at Herman Clark Stadium through the month of August. This will allow Tarrant area families to continually receive food assistance from this location, one of TAFB’s most consistent distribution locations of the past year.
Mega Mobile Markets are designed to serve all residents of the Tarrant area who are in need of food assistance, as well as anyone whose access to nutritious food has been affected by hardships, such as the COVID-19 pandemic or February’s winter storm.
Food insecurity is still an issue that many families in the Tarrant area are facing. During the pandemic, TAFB saw a 60% increase in the number of families who relied on food bank services for the first time. Because of this, many families are still recovering from the effects of COVID-19.
“We know that summer hunger is a huge issue with kids who don’t have access to breakfast or lunch provided from school and so we want to make sure we can feed every family who shows up to Herman Clark on Fridays,” said Michael Polydoroff with the TAFB. “We’ve been feeding about 1,200-1,500 families as we see the unemployment numbers dip, we still see the ne4ed so we are still going to be there and excited to be there all summer long,” he said.
He said each family will get a box of food that will provide 4 to 5 days of meals for 4 people. The food is donated by various vendors and grocery stores.
The Food Bank Dates are as follows:
June: 4, 11, 25
July: 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
August: 6, 13, 20, 27
All will be held at Herman Clark Stadium- 5201 CA Roberson Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76119.