THE FOOD BANK aimed at serving more local Community Pantries and soup kitchen was launched last May 14, 2021 at Marian Missionaries of the Holy Cross - Seminary, Saint Francis Subdivision in Barangay 5, Silay City. The initiative was spearheaded by Louie Peter Gamboa of Walang Iwanan Alliance-Negros Occidental, Fr. Eduardo De la Cruz of Marian Missionaries of the Holy Cross, Globe Employees along
with various group in the city. Globe Employees choose to support the Food Bank concept by pooling their resources together to be an active part of the spirit of the community pantries. Food can be repacked here and it is convenient for larger donors who do not know how to distribute their donations, it can cater to many community pantries in the city.”
Currently we have five existing community pantries that are reaching out to various barangays. The food bank is timely in Negros Occidental amid the impending "tiempos mu***os" or dead season, a cyclical four-month period in the sugar industry where there is little or no work at all. With the pandemic still raging in the province, there is an anticipation of a hunger surge as well. The community pantries will be committed allies in the fight against hunget
