Coastal Bend Food Bank
Feeding with impact. Delivering hope.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
As an organization, we will fight to reduce hunger and promote wellness for a healthier Coastal Bend area.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Nutrition Education
Coordinators teach clients how to prepare and eat healthy nutritious meals. Clients are taught to read labels and how to properly maintain temperatures for stored and cooked foods.
Outreach Program
The coordinator goes into the community and rural areas to educate and assist potential clients to complete the applications for Long Term Care for Seniors, Food Stamps, CHIPS, Medicaid, TANF, and Women's Health Programs.
Diabetes Education
In light of the diabetes and obesity epidemic in South Texas, the Food Bank of Corpus Christi offers the Diabetes Hands-On Program to individuals at risk or suffering from diabetes. This is an 8 week program that offers hands-on experience and education in the management of diabetes. The program is offered free of charge.
Kid's Cafe
Several after school sites help low income children with their homework, tutoring, music, reading, and life skills. These children are provided with hot meals twice a week and snacks the rest of the week.
Back Pack Program
The Back Pack Program provides a bag of healthy and nutritious food each Friday during the school year for children on the free breakfast and lunch program to have to eat on the weekends.
Mobile Pantry
Mobile Pantry trucks will deliver and distribute food to rural communities where residents have no access to donated food.
Perishable Program
Our trucks pickup perishable items such as milk, meats, eggs, produce, breads, pastries, and frozen items daily from local area food stores.
Teen Table
The Food Bank of Corpus Christi and the Corpus Christi Independent School District partnered together to aid teens who are homeless without adult supervision. These teens tend to be "couch surfers" temporarily staying at a variety of places for a short period of time before moving on to another location. In addition to a two-week supply of food given to these teens, the Teen Table program also provides clothing, shoes, school supplies and connections to community resources as needed.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
Feeding America 1982
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of people within the organization's service area accessing food aid
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Families, Economically disadvantaged people
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
The Coastal Bend Food Bank helped approximately 980,000 individuals in 2019 across 11 counties. CBFB partnered with 105 food distribution sites and dispensed over 13 million pounds of food.
Number of meals served or provided
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
During the 2019operating year, the Coastal Bend Food bank distributed approximately 13.4 million pounds of food in a 11 county area in partnership with over 140 organizations.
Number of emergency meals provided
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
In fiscal year 2019, over 8.5 million pounds of food was distributed throughout our 11 county service area for emergency relief.
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The Coastal Bend Food Bank aims to accomplish the following goals.
1. Increase the number of households served and the number of pounds distributed by seven percent
2. Increase the number of clients educated about diabetes and the need to improve their health condition by six percent
3. Increase the pounds of rescued food by 10 percent
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
The Coastal Bend Food Bank plans to take the following actions to accomplish its goals.
1. Create additional food distribution sites
2. Encourage agencies to increase their capacity by providing excellent customer service and end-of-the year incentives; encourage agencies to “think like a client"
3. Identify people who need education about the importance of checking and monitoring diabetes conditions and increasing the number of schools allowing the nutrition staff to provide classes
4. Hire a Store Donations Coordinator to develop and nurture relationships with retail store staff members
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
The Coastal Bend Food Bank has the capability to accomplish its goals by taking advantage of the following opportunities.
1. Successful staff searches that located additional sites to operate Mobile Pantries that deliver food directly to clients
2. Creative and dedicated nutritional staff members that proposed and successfully enabled a new deliver method (Produce Mobile) increasing the amount of fresh produce given to clients during regular pantry distributions that does not overburden agency volunteers
3. Successful grant writing efforts to fund diabetes and nutritional education efforts and to fund the hiring of a Store Donations Coordinator
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
As stated in the mission statement, “The Coastal Bend Food Bank reduces hunger in South Texas through food distribution and nutrition education." Following is a sample of the how the Food Bank has successfully accomplished its goals thus far.
1.In May of 2010, the first mobile pantry distributed 4,002 pounds of food to clients that were not being served in Driscoll, Texas. The initial 5-year plan for the Mobile Pantry program was to grow the program to 20 locations distributing one million pounds of food. In just four years, the program has grown to 25 locations distributing 1.5 million pounds of food. Outcomes are well above the targeted 5-year plan. New locations are continuously being explored to meet the needs of the underserved.
2.The Food Bank has partnered with the HEB Food Stores to develop a plan to share the proceeds of the annual “Share Your Christmas" and “Help End Hunger" tear pad campaigns conducted in the local stores. Sharing the proceeds from these campaigns directly with the Food Bank agencies empowers agencies to grow their programs by either increasing the amount of pounds given to each household each month or by increasing the number of households served each month. Criteria have been developed to measure the effectiveness of this plan. Outcomes show increased agency capacity which results in more food reaching those in need.
3.In addition to the creation and successful addition of the new Produce Mobile Program, in 2014, the Nutrition Education Program staff experienced the most successful year since the inception of the program in 2006. A new curriculum, “OrganWise Guys" was used to directly reach elementary age children. Total classroom contacts for all ages for the year totaled 20,892.
4.The Coastal Bend Food Bank Diabetes Hands On program was originally funded by Nueces County Commissioners to aid in the diabetes epidemic present in South Texas. The Food Bank of Corpus Christi was the first food bank in the nation to hire a registered nurse to specifically meet the medical needs of its clients with diabetes. Since inception staff have pioneered the efforts to combine food banking operations with the on-going and ever-increasing diabetes crisis facing the nation. In 2011, Bristol-Myers Squibb provided funds that were used to equip pantries with tools to educate clients about diabetes prevention and treatment while they wait for food service. In addition, Healthy Food Boxes were given to clients that contained the types of food that should be consumed. This program has been highly successful. Diabetes Hands On staff members have been asked to present guidance on how to start this type of program and program outcomes to a variety of national conferences.
5.In July of 2013, FBCC received a grant from Wal-Mart that funded the hiring of a Store Donations Coordinator. Since the hiring of this coordinator, there has been an increase of 16 percent (412,718 ) pounds and 3 new donors.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Coastal Bend Food Bank
Board of directorsas of 02/22/2022
Mr. Greg Hatton
Retired/Community Volunteer
Term: 2020 - 2021
Mary Anne Sinclair
Coldwell Banker Pacesetter Steel
Bronwyn Moench
HEB
Blair Anderson
AH Church of Christ- Bread for Life Pantry
Michelle Braselton
Braselton Homes
Robert Cuevas
Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP
Mike Lakhpaty
Subway Development
Greg Hatton
Retired/Community Volunteer
Patrick McVay
Buckley & Associates, P.C.
Brantley White
The Carlson Law Firm
Matt Manning
Nueces County District Attorney's Office
Lori Dellinger
Frost Bank
Carol Houston
Psychologist
Christina Cisneros-Guzman
Citgo
Roger Bateman
Retired/Community Volunteer
Michelle Pedraza
Marriott/Residence Inn
David Weatherston
Prosperity Bank
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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