Post eclipse food glut benefits local food pantry

  • Helping Center volunteer Edna Dunger prepared donated plastic bags for the clients at the facility. The facility, 1016 Broadway in Marble Falls, is accepting donations of used plastic bags.
    Helping Center volunteer Edna Dunger prepared donated plastic bags for the clients at the facility. The facility, 1016 Broadway in Marble Falls, is accepting donations of used plastic bags.
  • Marble Falls Helping Center Executive Director Sam Pearce thanked downtown merchant Joy Bedsole for donating her excess food purchase in anticipation of eclipse event traffic which, she says, fell flat. Photos by Connie Swinney/The Highlander
    Marble Falls Helping Center Executive Director Sam Pearce thanked downtown merchant Joy Bedsole for donating her excess food purchase in anticipation of eclipse event traffic which, she says, fell flat. Photos by Connie Swinney/The Highlander
  • Pictured, from left, Donna Wheeler and Brandy Henry, both site coordinators for the Community Resource Center, assisted with non-perishable food donations April 19 at the Marble Falls Helping Center.
    Pictured, from left, Donna Wheeler and Brandy Henry, both site coordinators for the Community Resource Center, assisted with non-perishable food donations April 19 at the Marble Falls Helping Center.
  • Donald Hansche of Tobyville welcomed the opportunity to stop by the Helping Center – a relief from 'high' grocery prices, he says.
    Donald Hansche of Tobyville welcomed the opportunity to stop by the Helping Center – a relief from 'high' grocery prices, he says.
  • Helping Center board member Cassie Oberhaus (right), assisted Marble Falls merchant Joy Bedsole with a donation to the pantry, 1016 Broadway.
    Helping Center board member Cassie Oberhaus (right), assisted Marble Falls merchant Joy Bedsole with a donation to the pantry, 1016 Broadway.
  • Helping Center Executive Director Sam Pearce coordinated a large bread and sweets donation April 19 from H-E-B. Store officials unloaded an oversupply of the items, following the total solar eclipse a week earlier.
    Helping Center Executive Director Sam Pearce coordinated a large bread and sweets donation April 19 from H-E-B. Store officials unloaded an oversupply of the items, following the total solar eclipse a week earlier.
An exuberant effort at pre-orders in anticipation of the recent eclipse has left businesses with an overabundance of perishable food items.As a result, a number of merchants have opted to donate the food to local food pantries instead of throwing it all away.“It’s kind of winding down, but over the past week and a half we’ve had a lot that was put on the shelves for the eclipse,” said Helping…

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