Food for Thought: An Interview With Emelie Irving, Executive Director, Southeast Texas Food Bank

Very often, that person is the CEO or executive director. Such is the case with the Southeast Texas Food Bank, located in Beaumont, Texas. According to the organization's website at setxfoodbank.org, one in every four children and 15 percent of the elderly in Texas live in poverty. The Southeast Texas Food Bank serves the counties of Jefferson, Orange, Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Polk, Sabine and Tyler. It distributes to approximately 130 nonprofit agencies within those eight counties. More than 16,000 households receive food each month from the food bank's member agencies, and approximately 200,000 meals are prepared each month with food provided by the food bank.