H-E-B Donates $75,000 to Corpus Christi Meals on Wheels, Largest Gift in Program\u2019s History<\/a><\/p>\nThrough Christmas Eve, customers who donate $1 at any Whataburger location in the Coastal Bend will receive a coupon for a free Whataburger with the purchase of a medium fry and a 32-ounce drink. The coupon is valid through Jan. 31.<\/p>\n
Michaela Stewart with the Coastal Bend Food Bank said the partnership has been long-standing and continues to make a significant impact during the holidays.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhataburger has always been a longtime friend and partner of the Coastal Bend Food Bank,\u201d Stewart said. \u201cEvery $1 that is donated will provide four meals to families here in the Coastal Bend, so that\u2019s a big impact.\u201d<\/p>\n
Whataburger officials say the campaign is off to a strong start. Field marketer Laurie Ramirez said the first week of donations brought in nearly $20,000.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur goal is $80,000 to $100,000, so we really need the community to come together and help support this campaign,\u201d Ramirez said.<\/p>\n
Nonprofits who rely on the food bank are also benefitting from the increased support. Diana Frutos, a cook with Timon\u2019s Ministries in Flour Bluff, said the donations help her serve dozens of people experiencing homelessness.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I hear free food I\u2019m more than willing to come pick up because I do feed lots of homeless people,\u201d Frutos said.<\/p>\n
She added that Tuesday\u2019s shipment was especially helpful.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cToday is all meat, so they\u2019re going to have lots of meat this week,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Officials with the Coastal Bend Food Bank say that demand is up approximately 20% this year, so even a small donation can help provide a better holiday season for families across the region.<\/p>\n
KIII\u2019s Share Your Christmas food drive will take place Wednesday, Dec. 10, with live coverage from 3 to 5:30 p.m. You can donate\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A $1 add-on at 35 local Whataburger locations supports the Coastal Bend Food Bank. Every dollar helps provide…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":{"0":"post-73692","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corpus-christi","8":"tag-corpus-christi","9":"tag-corpus-christi-headlines","10":"tag-corpus-christi-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73692","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=73692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}