We've had a great experience volunteering at the New Braunfels Food Bank…read more Service: We help with gardening and pantry support. The staff is welcoming and organized. Quality: The volunteer experience is meaningful and well organized. Value: Giving our time to help the community is priceless. It's a wonderful way to serve, learn, and make a difference. More of our experiences on YouTube: Alicia Harp.

It was a great time volunteering with my work peeps! I highly recommend doing this with friends,…read morefamily, or teammates. It was well organized and their facility is well maintained. The staff there is excited about what they do and they kept us motivated through the boxing.

The Hays County Food Bank is a non-profit organization that provides food to those in need in Hays…read moreCounty and surrounding communities that are served by the San Marcos Consolidated ISD and Hays Consolidated ISD. I'm writing this review not as a Food Bank patron, but as a donor. Everyone hears about the food drives at Thanksgiving and Christmas, and gives a can or two of food here and there, or gives $1 or $5 at the checkout stand, but most don't realize the desperate plight of the food banks. It's easy to appreciate the services the food banks provide to the unemployed, the elderly, and the disabled. But, what most don't realize is that there is a new parasitic drain on the food banks that's gnawing away at their resources. Without turning this into a social commentary or political rant, let's just say it's all about the low-cost retail sector. Corporate employers that refuse to pay a living wage actually provide new employees the address of the food bank and how to apply for assistance as though it were one of their company's employment benefits. The net effect of this is that food bank resources are being stretched incredibly thin to compensate for these abuses. What can the Hays County Food Bank do with your contributions? Well, for $20, they can provide a needy Hays County family with a Thanksgiving meal, including a frozen turkey and all the trimmings. Or they can help the Women's Shelter. Or they help stock the Crisis Bread Basket in Wimberley, which recently saw devastating floods. The list goes on and on. Many benefit from this one, simple, unadorned food bank. In Hays County, 24,000 people are defined as "food insecure". Food insecure means one lives in hunger or fears starvation. In plain-speak, it means you don't know where your next meal is coming from. In the San Marcos CISD, 71% of students qualify for school lunch programs. Texas ranks #2 for food insecurity for those under 18 and #4 for those over 50. Charity begins at home. While there are starving children and adults all over the world, let's not forget that they also exist right under our noses in America. Please give to your local food bank, and give generously. No one should have to worry about where their next meal will be coming from. Not at Thanksgiving. Not at Christmas. Not ever.

Donated many times over the years, from checks before Thanksgiving to organizing food drives at…read morework. I've always found people helpful whether they're helping me carry bags in from my car or dropping off informational pamphlets to share. They have lots of drives throughout the year and opportunities to help out so you can find what's best for you, and there's lots of online information about distribution if you know anyone who needs help.

The Salvation Army is one of the great beauties of New Braunfels!…read more Recently, I had the pleasure of helping with their Cheer Fund in distributing care packages to elderly/handicapped residents. New Braunfels had so many volunteers that they finished hours early! I didn't even have to load my vehicle! A team of kind strapping men loaded my car full of boxes in less than 5 minutes (mind you the boxes weighed about 45lbs!). The organization and time devoted to the Cheer Fund by volunteers and staff was amazing! The Salvation Army doesn't just provide relief packages... they go out of their way to provide ministry and financial assistance to those in need. The next time you pass by this wonderful organization, remember all they do for the betterment of the community! Don't forget to donate to your Salvation Army Red Kettle while entering/exciting local stores...the volunteers go out of their way to keep the mission alive! The Salvation Army Center is located at: 617 S Business Ih 35 New Braunfels, TX 78130 ...the address posted is not accurate.