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Woodforest Charitable Foundation Donates $750 to Loaves & Fishes of the Rio Grande Valley, Inc.

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HARLINGEN, Texas (October, 2009) – Loaves & Fishes of the Rio Grande Valley, Inc. welcomes a $750 donation from the Woodforest Charitable Foundation.

Founded in 1991, Loaves & Fishes of the Rio Grande Valley is a non-profit organization that offers the homeless and needy a place to go to restart their lives in a caring and supportive environment.  The mission of Loaves & Fishes of the Rio Grande Valley is to improve the community by restoring broken lives.  Loaves & Fishes does this by: feeding the hungry; sheltering the homeless; training and placing into jobs those that desire to rejoin the community as productive members; and, by providing monetary and non-monetary aid to those experiencing a life altering event that takes away their ability to afford the necessities of life.

Loaves & Fishes was established to provide dinner to anyone who was hungry and showed up at their door with “no questions asked.” The first year, 11,189 meals were served to an average of 36 people a day.  Today, Loaves & Fishes prepares and serves a hot breakfast and dinner for an average of 341 people a day.  The organization also provides low-income families with “food bags” whenever they may have need.  Families, dependent upon size, receive one or more food bags per month.  Currently, over 2,400 families are aided each year.  “The Loaves & Fishes program provides food bags to families that earn less than 185% of the national poverty level.  In many cases, simply getting some help with food and clothes could prevent an onset of homelessness for a family,” said Janet Hubbard, Director of Development for Loaves & Fishes of the Rio Grande Valley.  “Loaves & Fishes will use Woodforest Charitable Foundation’s financial contribution to purchase food that will be placed into our food bags.”

For more information about Loaves & Fishes of the Rio Grande Valley, send an e-mail to info@lfrgv.org, call (956) 423-1014, or visit www.lfrgv.org.

The Woodforest Charitable Foundation was created by Woodforest National Bank in 2005 as a direct result of its desire to support and invest in the communities in which it serves.  The Foundation is creating a legacy of commitment to those in need, enriching lives and communities through dedicated leadership and faithful administration by providing funding to qualifying 501(c)(3) charities. For additional information regarding The Woodforest Charitable Foundation, call (832) 375-CARE (2273) or visit the foundation’s website at www.woodforestcharitablefoundation.org.

Celebrating 30 years of service and ranked among the top earning banks in the United States, the Woodforest family of banks currently has assets of approximately $3.2 billion and services more than 770,000 customers with branches in excess of 700 throughout fifteen states: Texas, Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. For information about Woodforest National Bank, please call 832-375-2000 or visit the bank’s website at www.woodforest.com.