We’re catching up with Combined Arms and the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston to discuss today’s #HurricaneBeryl Disaster Relief Distribution for Vereran and Military families. 🇺🇸💚 #OperationRestock Thank you to the Bob Woodruff Foundation and Craig Newmark Philanthropies for helping us make this possible today. 🙌🏽 #GotYour6
Houston Food Bank
Non-profit Organization Management
Houston, Tx 14,012 followers
Filling pantries. Filling lives.
About us
Houston Food Bank’s mission is to provide food for better lives. Each year, Hh provides access to more than 150 million meals and in FY 2021, a year of COVID response, we made 207 million meals possible in 18 counties in southeast Texas through our 1,600 community partners of food pantries, soup kitchens, social service providers and schools. Filling gaps on plates, we have a strong focus on healthy foods and fresh produce. In collaboration with our community, we advocate for policy change and racial equity, and promote dialogue on ways to increase access to food and to improve the lives of those in our communities, including services and connections to programs that address the root causes of hunger and are aimed at helping families achieve long-term stability: nutrition education, health management, and help with securing state-funded assistance. We are a resource for individuals and families in times of hardship. Houston Food Bank works alongside our partner food banks in Montgomery County, Galveston Country, and Brazos Valley. Houston Food Bank is a certified member of Feeding America, the nation’s food bank network, with a four-star rating from Charity Navigator. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
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http://www.houstonfoodbank.org
External link for Houston Food Bank
- Industry
- Non-profit Organization Management
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Houston, Tx
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1982
- Specialties
- food banking, social work, and food
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Primary
535 Portwall Street
Houston, Tx 77029, US
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146 Knobcrest Dr
Houston, Texas 77060, US
Employees at Houston Food Bank
Updates
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When our partners donate to Houston Food Bank, they’re donating peace of mind for families across Southeast Texas. So far this year, our friends at the Walgreens Distribution Center have donated over 570,000 lbs. of essential items to our neighbors. Thanks to their generosity, families not only enjoy meals together 🍽️ but also have access to vital hygiene products 🧼 and household cleaning supplies 🏠. This support allows families to focus on other expenses without making difficult choices. Learn more about how you can donate here: https://lnkd.in/gyjH4A7d
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Shout out to all of the interns who volunteered with us for #NationalInternDay! 💚🙌🏽
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Here’s a recap of our Mansfield Service Partners team volunteering at the Houston Food Bank 🎊 I can’t think of a better way to celebrate National Intern Day than by giving back to others.
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"When people are fed, futures are nourished." - Feeding America 🍏 Everyone in the U.S. should have access to the food and resources needed to thrive. Thanks to the generosity of CVS Health Pharmacy customers, we’ve received over $139,000 in general operating support, ensuring our neighbors receive the nutritious food they need. 📦🚗 Pictured: A drive-thru food distribution organized by one of our dedicated partners, Bethel's Heavenly Hands. 🍃🤝 Learn more about our mission, Food for Better Lives, here: https://bit.ly/4d097dy
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📢 URGENT CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS! We need your help packing disaster boxes and with other tasks to support neighbors affected by #HurricaneBeryl. Sign up to volunteer here: https://lnkd.in/gVhy6ujy Children are welcome to join with a parent or adult. 💚📦
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Houston Food Bank offers sincere condolences to the family and colleagues of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. She worked closely with the Food Bank to decrease food insecurity and was a champion against the systemic injustices that drive it. May we all fight, like she did, what seem like impossible odds to make the world a better place.
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Now 5X your impact! A few of our community leaders, including Chevron, CITGO, Conoco Phillips, Cruise, Phillips 66, TotalEnergies, and Woodside Energy have offered to 5X match gifts to the Houston Food Bank — up to a total of $760,000. Your gift can now go 5X as far to ensure we can meet the emergency relief needs of our community after Hurricane Beryl. Until midnight July 24, every $1 can now help provide 15 meals: https://bit.ly/hfb7135x
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Today, we are deeply thankful to Comcast for their $50,000 donation. This generous contribution allows us to add more to our disaster boxes and reach more families affected by the hurricane. Comcast has also teamed up with Houston Food Bank to pack disaster boxes for our neighbors affected by #HurricaneBeryl. 📦🤝 Team UP, Comcast’s national employee volunteer program, is all about coming together to support communities 365 days a year. See the Comcast volunteers in action: https://bit.ly/4bOXvs4
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Houston is home to many of our Woodside team and we’re proud to be part of this community. Our hearts go out to those who are impacted by Hurricane Beryl and Houstonians are standing together in the recovery. We’re contributing $100,000 to Houston Food Bank to support relief efforts after the storm. Houston Food Bank does incredible work and has already distributed more than 2 million pounds of disaster-related items since Hurricane Beryl’s landfall. Find out how you can help. http://spr.ly/6044iwCpM
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“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” – John F. Kennedy The unwavering dedication of our military service members has ensured our safety in times of crises. Thanks to the Bob Woodruff Foundation and Craig Newmark Philanthropies, we’re proud members of the #GotYour6 Network, providing emergency assistance to service members, veterans, their families, and caregivers affected by #HurricaneBeryl. 🤝 Learn more about how you can give to your neighbors affected by Hurricane Beryl: https://lnkd.in/g3PdHWjQ
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