The AT&T Foundation has come to the assistance of the East Texas Food bank by contributing $25,000 to the Food Bank’s Comprehensive Technology Infrastructure Enhancement project.  This will finance the creation of an up-to-date, integrated technology system the food bank will employ to efficiently manage and distribute food to  partner agencies, enhance the work of Buy Cialis Online Without Prescription volunteers and overall daily operations.

AT&T Director of External Affairs Candice Gast presented the check to East Texas Food Bank Executive Director Dennis Cullinane, East Texas Food Bank Board President Ann Howell, Senator Kevin Eltife, who serves as an advisory board member, and Food Bank board member Herbert Buie.  Gast explained her corporation’s willingness to fund the food bank’s activities.

“The East Texas Food bank does a tremendous amount of good work in assisting people in 26 counties who need a helping hand.  Their territory covers more than 20,000 square miles,” she said.  “AT&T has a long-standing history of being involved in the community, and it is a great privilege to follow Senator Eltife’s lead in helping the food bank, such a critical organization in the area.”

Eltife was central in securing this funding.  He, Gast and other AT&T Foundation representatives toured the food bank and discussed with its leadership the technology plan and its components.  More than the $25,000 is coming.  An anonymous donor is matching the gift, and AT&T employees are volunteering their time and efforts by working at the food bank.  Eltife emphasized the bank’s current importance to this area.

“The East Texas Food Bank is one of our best-run non-profits, and we all know in these difficult economic times how great the need is in our community,” he said.  “The East Texas Food Bank is always there to help acomplia without prescription with that need.  We appreciate AT&T providing this much-needed donation that will help improve the technology at the food bank, allowing them to operate more efficiently and serve more people.”

Cullinane expressed the food bank’s gratitude to AT&T for this vital assistance.

“The East Texas Food Bank is grateful to AT&T for their very generous support of our programs,” he said.  It would be impossible for us to continue to provide efficient hunger relief programs without the active interest and involvement of progressive donors such as AT&T.”

Cullinane said that because children comprise 44% of those assisted by the food bank the facility’s work is even more crucial.  He appealed to East Texans to become involved.  Volunteers are needed for several positions currently filled by aging ones. Donations of food and money are also needed.

The food bank presently distributes about 17 million pounds of food to more than 200 partner agencies annually.  The objective is a hunger-free East Texas through supply not only food and general support, but education to those in need.  The bank is a member of Feeding America and the Texas Food Bank Network.  For more information please visit www.easttexasfoodbank.org.