FORNEY, Texas — Texas Regional Medical Center recently donated over 12,000 servings of cereal and $3,600 to the Forney Food Pantry during its Healthy Over Hungry Cereal Drive.
FORNEY, Texas — Texas Regional Medical Center recently donated over 12,000 servings of cereal and $3,600 to the Forney Food Pantry during its Healthy Over Hungry Cereal Drive.
The drive was aimed at providing Forney area children struggling with hunger with a healthy breakfast, a press release stated.
“Texas Regional Medical Center at Sunnyvale is proud to support the Forney Food Pantry with 12,242 servings of cereal and $3,600 in monetary donations,” said Texas Regional Medical Center at Sunnyvale Chief Executive Officer Collin Lemaistre stated in the release.
“Donations were a combined effort made by our associates, medical staff and community members who donated boxes of cereal or money to support the cereal drive to help those struggling with food insecurity,” he stated.
Whole-grain cereal, when part of a healthy, balanced breakfast including dairy, fruit and lean protein, is a popular food item that experts say can easily address the hunger gap during the summer months when children are not in school, according to the release. Healthy cereal contains one serving of whole grain, no more than 200 calories per serving, six grams or less of sugar and at least three grams of fiber per serving.
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