Houston Food Bank's mission is leading the fight against hunger. Here’s how! 
 
The Houston Food Bank…

• A private, nonprofit organization
• Seeks food donations, distributes to local
  charitable programs
• Efficient operations: 95 cents of every dollar
   donated feeds the hungry 
• Certified member of Feeding America
• Founded 1982

It’s in the numbers...

• 70 million pounds distributed last year
• 137,000 different people fed each week
• 865,000 different people fed each year
• nearly 500 hunger relief agencies in 18 southeast Texas
   counties:
      o Church food pantries
      o Homeless shelters
      o Safe havens for the battered and abused
      o Nutrition sites for children and the elderly
• More than 259,000 volunteer hours contributed annually

About the Houston Food Bank

Now operating from a new, 308,000 square-foot facility, the Houston Food Bank is the nation’s largest size Feeding America food bank and source of food for hunger relief charities in 18 southeast Texas counties. A network of nearly 500 food pantries, soup kitchens, senior centers and other agencies, feeding a total of 137,000 people each week, provides more than 70 million pounds of food and prepared meals annually. Fresh produce, meat and nonperishables are distributed from the new warehouse at 535 Portwall, and hot meals are prepared and distributed from Keegan Center, a 15,000 square-foot industrial kitchen. Additional community services range from nutrition education to assistance with food stamp applications and hands-on job training. Red Barrels offer a convenient way for grocery shoppers to donate nonperishables for their neighbors in need.

The Houston Food Bank, founded in 1982, is a certified member of Feeding America, the nation’s food bank network.  The organization plans to grow to an annual distribution of 120 million pounds of food by 2018.  Find us on Facebook at facebook.com/HoustonFoodBank or follow our news on Twitter at twitter.com/HoustonFoodBank.

Nutrition education, outreach and job training…
Backpack Buddy: Food is given to hungry kids to take home from school over the weekend
Keegan Kitchen: With help from volunteers, prisoners from TDCJ and Food Bank staff, hot and frozen meals are prepared for programs like Meals on Wheels, US Vets and Kids Cafe.
Kids Cafe: Healthy meals served year-round on weekdays to as at-risk kids at after school programs (ex. Boys and Girls Clubs or YMCA); nutrition and health education.
Nutrition Education: Courses in nutrition, food safety, meal preparation.
Red Barrel: Donate purchased nonperishables to your local grocer's red barrel - food for your neighborhood pantry.
Serving for Success: (A pilot program) A collaboration that will train inmates and probationers for living wage jobs while they volunteer at the Houston Food Bank.
Social Services Outreach: Raising awareness in the 18-county service area of available social services and providing application assistance for state-funded social and health services.

Partnerships with the Brazos Valley Food Bank and Montgomery County Food Bank 



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