{"id":286195,"date":"2026-05-09T21:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T21:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/286195\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T21:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T21:13:09","slug":"central-texas-food-bank-dell-childrens-blood-cancer-center-announce-new-food-pantry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/286195\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Texas Food Bank & Dell Children’s Blood & Cancer Center announce new food pantry"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 The Central Texas Food Bank held an event at Dell Children\u2019s Blood and Cancer Center Thursday morning to announce a new onsite food pantry for patients and their families. <\/p>\n

Dell Children’s cares for families across an area that spans 46 counties. This initiative is described as a pilot program, marking the first food pantry fully embedded within a pediatric facility in Central Texas.<\/p>\n

“In our blood and cancer center alone, more than 400 families are navigating both a serious diagnoses and uncertainty of where their next meal will come from,” Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Dell Children’s Medical Center Deb Brown said. “Groceries are given to each family during their child’s appointment, removing barriers and meeting families exactly where they are.” <\/p>\n

The pantry is designed to connect families directly to nutritious food as part of their care. It will aim to help families navigating serious health conditions by providing approximately 40 pounds of culturally appropriate, diet-sensitive groceries per visit. <\/p>\n

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Through referrals from care teams, the program integrates food access into healthcare with the goal of supporting improved patient outcomes and reducing stress for families.<\/p>\n

“Families are screened for food insecurity and can select foods that meet their dietary needs, their cultural preferences, and medical requirements,” Brown said. <\/p>\n

According to the Central Texas Food Bank, the pantry is expected to serve up to 600 families each year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 The Central Texas Food Bank held an event at Dell Children\u2019s Blood and Cancer Center…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-286195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}