Over 373,000 Pounds of Produce Distributed in Austin This Fall!
On Friday, December 4, Brighter Bites wrapped up our first fall season of programming in Austin! Over the course of eight weeks, we distributed more than 373,000 pounds of produce to nearly 1640 families at nine elementary schools and one after school program, including:
- Casey Elementary School
- Cunningham Elementary School
- Houston Elementary School
- Langford Elementary School
- Odom Elementary School
- Perez Elementary School
- Pleasant Hill Elementary School
- Rodriguez Elementary School
- Widen Elementary School
- Foundation Communities Learning Centers at Sierra Vista and Sierra Ridge.
The volunteers at some schools had potluck celebrations to mark the end of the semester. Volunteers prepared dishes like soups, salads, and healthy protein dishes that were chock full of many of the fruits and vegetables seen in the Brighter Bites bags. We were also excited to see some new fruit and veggie combinations in some of their own recipes! We sincerely thank all of our volunteers who spent their time and flexed their muscles to make this program a success for eight weeks this fall. We look forward to working with these volunteers and schools in January when our program starts up again in the spring. Go Austin!