Prekindergarten students at the Lone Star Early Childhood Center in New Braunfels are buzzing with excitement. The chattering youngsters can’t wait to eat their fruits and vegetables — no, really — that they helped grow in the school’s gardening program. Teacher Jenny Massie said her students love discovering new foods and learning about plants.

Last year, when a natural gas outage caused hardships in Guadalupe County, the San Antonio Food Bank quickly pitched in to help county residents with food.

Free Tax Preparation Assistance Available At The New Braunfels Food Bank The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA) is an IRS-sponsored program offering free tax preparation assistance to people with $55,000 or less taxable income on their tax return. The VITA staff and volunteers are held to the highest standards [...]

The holiday season can be stressful for many and for various reasons, including lack of availability of food. Leadership at the New Braunfels Food Bank knows all too well about those stressors and is around to help. But the food bank also needs an assistance from the community in making the Christmas season bright for [...]

Natural Bridge Caverns is decking its caverns with holiday décor for its annual Christmas at the Caverns. The holiday festivities run on weekends from Dec. 3 through Dec. 23 at 26495 Natural Bridge Caverns Road. The popular destination is offering a number of activities on weekends in December and during the week leading up to [...]

Before diving into the turkey and stuffing, let’s take a second to dissect the holiday, George Costanza style. With Thanksgiving, you’ve got two great things combined — the thanks, and the giving. That, my friends, is a pretty good recipe already.

Hunger education will be the topic of discussion during Thursday’s general meeting of the IDEA Forum. The meeting will take place at the New Braunfels Food Bank, located at 1620 S. Seguin Ave., starting with light refreshments from 6-6:30 p.m. and followed by the meeting from 6:30-7:30 p.m., which will cover topics such as the [...]

Lending a helping hand in more ways than one, Big Serve brought out over 1,000 community members to help local nonprofits and make a difference during one of New Braunfels’ largest volunteer weekends. Thanks to the Big Serve 24 Meals on Wheels recipients have freshly mowed lawns, local schools and parks have improved curb appeal [...]

The New Braunfels Food Bank is a branch of the San Antonio Food Bank, which serves 29 counties throughout the Feeding America network. Originally founded in 2010 as The Kitchen Table, the NBFB has expanded to serve the growing community. The NBFB assists around 7,000 individuals with the help of about 2,000 volunteers every month. [...]

Late Friday, New Braunfels Utilities announced its customers would see interim adjustments in the Power Cost Recovery Adjustment, or PCRA, portion of their electricity bill for August and September while electric usage is high. Effective Monday through Sept. 30, NBU customers will see a 2.1 cents per kilowatt hour reduction in the PCRA portion of [...]