Mobile Pantries

While some of the SPFB's clients are able to come to the SPFB and get their food boxes, there are others who are not able to get to the SPFB. They may not have transportation or they may not be able to be there during business hours. In West Texas, there are a lot of clients who live in rural areas and if someone is food insecure, they are most likely not going to be able to afford to drive to Lubbock for food. The solution: MOBILE PANTRIES!!

What exactly is a mobile pantry? Just as the name implies, it is a traveling food pantry. The SPFB is able to drive trucks, full of food boxes, to the rural areas of the South Plains and hand them out. As the population in rural West Texas ages, this service is increasingly important. The elderly are a vulnerable population to begin with and with the baby boomers reaching retirement and fixed incomes, mobile pantries are only going to become more imperitive for food banks across the country. Your food and monetary donations help make it possible for the SPFB to reach the rural population on the South Plains!