Support for South Texas Food Bank

For $120, you can sponsor a family for a year, providing food worth more than $1000.

Please send your donation to:

South Texas Food Bank
P.O. Box 2007
Laredo, TX 78044

or go to their website at http://www.southtexasfoodbank.org to get more information on how you can help. Their number is (956) 726-3120.

It's tax deductible and it makes you feel great! If you can't afford to sponsor a family, donate what you can. The food bank will not reject any donation. With almost 70,000 Laredoans depending on the food bank, you can't afford not to help.

More photos

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Originally uploaded by laredofoodforthought

We've finally added more wonderful photos from the reception/book signing and press conference for Gerda Weissmann Klein. Check them out!

Foundation honored

We got honored by the city council yesterday for all the work we did on One City, One Book. Thank you to everybody who helped make the program possible!

Pictures added

We've added a few pictures from Gerda Weissmann Klein's visit to Laredo.

Check out the Pictures section and enjoy!

Hurricane Ike and the Houston Food Bank

According to CNN, the Houston Food Bank is struggling with the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. Thousands of people are asking for help, and the food bank is trying to fulfill their needs.

"The Houston Food Bank is "utterly overwhelmed with people asking for help,"
said its president, Brian Greene. The food bank needs 500,000 pounds of food a
day for the next six weeks to satisfy the "staggering" needs of Texans who have
no food or water after the storm, he said. "

You can help by donating money to the food bank in a time where they are most in need. Go here to donate money online.

Food for Thought

Although Gerda Weissmann Klein's visit to Laredo has gone by, the food drive continues. The response has been extremely good!

We have already counted 3 tons of food that we've received from people already, including large amounts of food from schools around the city.

You can still participate in the food drive by dropping off your food at one of these locations:

J.B. Alexander High School library
3600 E. Del Mar Blvd.

Laredo Regional Food Bank
2802 Anna Ave.

South Texas Food Bank
1907 Freight St.

Or we can pick up your food, especially if you have large amounts. Please call (956) 744-8702 to make arrangements.

Gerda Weissmann Klein speech

The response to Gerda Weissmann Klein's visit to Laredo was phenomenal!

"I've never seen such a reaction in fifty years of speaking." - Ms. Klein

Food was stacked on and all around a table from people who brought cans so they could get in. People were dying to get her autograph, or just a glimpse of Ms. Klein.

We had about 1900 people attend her speech at the Laredo Civic Center. All day Thursday, we had people calling us and asking us how to get a ticket.

This was a better response than we had ever hoped! The first year of One City, One Book was a definite success.

Pictures up soon.