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El Pasoans Fighting Hunger (EPFH) is El Paso's only food bank and a member of Feeding America, the nation's largest hunger relief network.
The Food Bank serves as the distribution center for over 100 partner pantries across the borderland region and is a collaborative hub for hunger initiatives, providing assistance with SNAP applications and nutrition education. EPFH also distributes healthy and nutritious food to an approaching 1,000 client-choice, mobile pantries which provide food to underserved/unserved communities, including colonias.
The food bank currently serves over 181,000 food insecure people with 1 in 3 El Pasoans unsure of where their next meal will come from. Food insecurity is defined as being limited at times to having adequate food because of a lack of money and other resources.
