Escape into a Cause

Escape Into Hungry Souls

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Join us as we escape into Hungry Souls! 🎙️

We sat down with Breanna Porter, Director of Operations, and Claire Hutson, Director of Development from Hungry Souls to learn how this organization is tackling food insecurity for children and families in Austin.
 
Hungry Souls was founded in 2011 by Celeste and Jason Stanford after discovering just how many children in their own school district were going hungry on weekends and school breaks. What started in one school now feeds over 2,300 families each week across 32 schools, providing fresh produce, protein, recipes, and even crockpots to help families prepare full meals at home.

Ways Hungry Souls Makes an Impact:

🍲 Filling the Weekend Gap – Delivering fresh groceries, produce, and protein to families when school meals aren’t available.
🚗 Meeting Families Where They Are – Offering delivery and pickup options across Austin to reduce barriers to access.
🧡 Empowering with Dignity – Providing recipes, crockpots, and thoughtful support that help families cook nutritious meals at home.

How to Get Involved & Earn Some Bragging Rights:

🧡 Donate - $30 helps feed a family for a weekend, $120 provides meals for a month, and $1,560 supports one family for an entire year.
https://www.hungry-souls.org/

🧡 Volunteer - Help pack, deliver, and distribute meals across Austin every week.
https://www.hungry-souls.org/volunteer 

🧡 Host a Food Drive or shop their Amazon Wish List for needed items
https://www.hungry-souls.org/host-a-food-drive 

September is Hunger Action Month, and Hungry Souls will be featured at the Round Rock Express game on Saturday, Sept 13. Use code SOULS when buying tickets to support their mission.

And save the date: their biggest fundraiser of the year is happening Thursday, Oct 9 at Pecan Springs Ranch with live auctions, raffles, country music, and more!

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Special Thanks:

Thank you Nightlight Insurance Agency for making this podcast possible and your donation to Yellow Bike. A big thanks to Todd Thompson for editing & mixing, Ashlynne O'Neal for content management, Graham Thompson and Jaden Dyer for the music, and Cory McKane at Just Push Record Studios.