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Superstition Community Food Bank requests $75,000 to expand weekend student packs and sustain emergency programs
Summary
Executive Director Eric Arriola told the commission the food bank served roughly 44,300 people last year and is seeking $75,000 from the city to maintain emergency food distribution, holiday meal boxes and to expand a weekend student backpack program to additional Apache Junction schools.
The Superstition Community Food Bank asked the Apache Junction Health and Human Services Commission on March 10 for $75,000 in FY2026 funds to sustain and expand local food programs, including a student weekend backpack program.
Executive Director Eric Arriola said the food bank helped about 44,300 people last year across its service area and that Apache Junction proper accounted for about 27,000 of those visits. Arriola described four core programs: emergency food distribution (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 2 p.m.–4 p.m.), holiday meal boxes, the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) for seniors and a student weekend backpack program for children at targeted elementary schools.
Arriola said the…
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