Baylor

Food for Families

Baylor student-athletes have participated in the annual Food for Families drive for over ten years. Athletes from different sports unload trucks, sort food and lift packed boxes on to crates for delivery. The Army National Guard, KWTX, H-E-B and Boy Scouts of America sponsor the event, which benefits the Capital Area Food Bank, the Salvation Army and Caritas. Some of the collected food is stored, but the Salvation Army and Caritas distribute the majority to needy families across central Texas. In 2003, Baylor athletes helped Food for Families gather more than one million pounds of food.

Local news anchor Elyse Morgan spoke with members of the Baylor baseball team about the effort.

Athletes from a number of sports came together to work last year's Food for Families event.

Cody Hall and Matt Forestiere (baseball) accept donations from a member of the Waco community.	Candace Reilly and Melissa Humke (soccer) volunteered to sort the donated food.
Josh Bell, Braelon Davis, Chis Evans and Brandon Whitaker load packed boxes of donations onto trucks for delivery.	Women's golfers Meredith Jones and Kelli McKandless assisted with Food for Families in 2003.