Tag Archives: Food First

Special Meals

Any meal you share with friends is instantly more special. Take that feeling and multiply it times several hundred, and you’ll understand how we feel about the North Texas Food Bank’s annual Empty Bowls Luncheon. The event is one of the food bank’s biggest fundraisers and helps to feed hungry people right here in Texas. The event always begins with each attendee picking a handmade … Read More…

Thanks for Sharing the Love!

We had a great February here at First Choice Power, largely because you were such sweet Valentines! Thanks to your help, our I Love Fighting Hunger campaign on Facebook donated 500 meals to the Texas Food Bank Network. It was part of our Food First™ program to stop hunger here in Texas, and we donated each time someone shared our I Love Fighting Hunger Valentine. Great work, … Read More…

Be Our Valentine

As today is Valentine’s Day, we’ve been thinking a lot about love. Not to get all mushy, but if there’s a time of year that’s good for that sort of thing, this seems to be it. It’s no secret that we love Texas, and we love helping out people who need it. And all that love stuff inspired our I Love Fighting Hunger campaign on … Read More…

Life’s Unexpected Awards

Last November, we were happy to take part in the Food for Families event as part of our Food First™ program to end hunger in Texas. Food for Families is the largest one-day food drive in Texas, and it takes place on the Friday before Thanksgiving. We thought that donating 12,000 meals to Caritas of Waco seemed like pretty good way to celebrate and give thanks. … Read More…

Last Month We Whirled; This Month, the Can-Can

When we were little, we loved those game shows where contestants got to spin a big wheel to win money and prizes. So we were pretty excited about our December Food First™ Facebook promotion, where we helped fulfill Texas food banks’ “holiday wish list” items with our own spin the wheel game. And the Texas Food Bank Network was the big winner! Your spins raised … Read More…

Vote to End Hunger This November

Hard to believe it’s already November, which means the holidays are not too far behind! We know this can be a tough time for some of our fellow Texans who struggle to put food on the table. That’s why this year, we’re bringing back our highly-competitive Food First TM poll, in which we’re asking our customers and the communities we serve to weigh in on … Read More…

BBQ Helps Feed the Hungry in Bosque County

When we adopted hunger as our No. 1 cause and created our Food First™ program, we didn’t want to stop supporting our community partners we’d worked with for years. We wanted to do both. Todd Clift, First Choice Power’s business development manager for Bosque and surrounding counties, has made that happen on a number of occasions. Last weekend was perhaps his biggest success at bringing … Read More…

Texas City Wins “Clash of the Cans” Against Galveston Ball High School

The students at Texas City and Galveston Ball high schools created many winners out of their Clash of the Cans competition last weekend. For the second time, these two schools competed and came together – at the same time – to raise awareness about hunger in Galveston County and provide meals for those most in need. The two schools collected more than 6,000 pounds of food during … Read More…

#HungerAction Day 30: Live a Day on a Food Stamp Budget

Did you know: The food stamp budget for one person is $200 for a month, or $6.67 per day? (That’s according to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.) Today, on the last day of #Hunger Action Month, we encourage you to live a day on this budget – and share your experience via Facebook, Twitter or personal blog post. This was by far the … Read More…

#HungerAction Day 28: Set an Empty Plate at Your Table to Remind You of Those at Risk of Hunger

Today’s task is perhaps the easiest and the most powerful of the month. Eighteen percent of Texans do not know where their next meal is coming from. We rank second worst in the country! So, what does that exactly look like? Take a look at the photo to the left – it’s an empty seat at my dinner table. Set an empty place at your table tonight, … Read More…