Today is #NationalFoodBankDay. 🍏 💡 Did you know Houston Food Bank first opened in 1982 and operated out of a shopping center storefront? 📦 Today, Houston Food Bank operates out of a 308,000 square foot facility, has over 400 employees, and works with over 1,600 community partners across 18 southeast Texas counties to provide food for our neighbors. 🧡 For #HungerActionMonth, we invite you to join us today in recognizing and thanking our food bank heroes for the vital work they do every day! Click the link for more ways to take action this September: bit.ly/hfbham #HAM2024 #HoustonFoodBank #ChangeForBetterLives #FoodForBetterLives #Donate #Volunteer #Advocate
Houston Food Bank
Non-profit Organization Management
Houston, Tx 14,349 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.
- Website
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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
Locations
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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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🌟 Big news! Your support of the Houston Food Bank can make 2X the impact during Hunger Action Month! Thanks to a $100,000 match offer from Friends of the Food Bank, every $1 can now help provide 6 meals. Take action and double your impact now: https://bit.ly/4dFppZz
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🧡 September is Hunger Action Month 🧡 Food insecurity can happen to anyone, whether it’s due to job loss, medical bills, or rising costs. In southeast Texas alone, 1 million people struggle to have enough food to eat to stay healthy. Together, we can make a difference in the lives of our neighbors. Join us this Hunger Action Month by: 🥫 Donating to support hunger relief efforts. 🤝 Volunteering your time and talents. 📢 Advocating for policies that protect people from hunger. Visit bit.ly/hfbham to learn more and take action. #HungerActionMonth #HoustonFoodBank #Houston #TakeAction #FoodforBetterLives
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Thank you, County Judge Lina Hidalgo, for your insightful State of the County address. Your focus on childcare and transportation—key pillars of economic stability—plays a crucial role in reducing food insecurity. We're excited to collaborate with your office to foster growth in these areas and strengthen our coordinated disaster response efforts. Learn more about our advocacy efforts here: https://bit.ly/477adSs #AGreaterHOU #JudgeHidalgo #HarrisCoJudge #LinaHidalgo #Houston #HoustonFoodBank
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🎉 Celebrating nearly two decades of leadership at Houston Food Bank! 🎉 Since 2005, Brian Greene, our CEO and President, has ensured over 800,000 people in the greater Houston area have access to food each year. Under his leadership, we've grown from distributing 30 million pounds of food to over 170 million pounds annually. In an exclusive interview with ¡Que Onda! Magazine, Brian shared insights into our operations, powered by 400 staff, 90,000 volunteers, and 1,600 partnerships. He emphasized the abundance of surplus food donations, a resource we continue to maximize. Thank you, ¡Que Onda! Magazine, for featuring Brian and our mission! 🍏 👉 Click here to read the full issue: https://bit.ly/3T6MX12 #Leadership #HoustonFoodBank #CEO #NonProfit
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Thank you for helping us fill the weekend gap and pack meals for our Backpack Buddy Program. 🎒🙌🏼 You still have time to donate: khou.com/fooddrive
18,000 meals! Saturday at the Houston Food Bank was such a special day! KHOU 11 staff and volunteers with American Furniture Warehouse, Reliant Energy, Mrs Bairds and Marco's Pizza (Marco's Franchising, LLC) worked together to pack meals for the Backpack Buddy Program. This will help provide meals for Houston-area children to bring home on the weekends. Your generosity will make a BIG IMPACT! It's how we Stand for Houston together. Donate now at khou.com/fooddrive.
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Best of luck to the 120+ students starting their college journey this fall! 🎓 Through our Food Scholarship Program, they can access groceries at markets across Harris County, making sure their focus stays on their education. Here’s to a great start and a bright future ahead! 🌟 Discover the partners who make this possible: https://bit.ly/4cOMvfa #BetterTogether #FoodforChange #FoodforBetterLives #HoustonFoodBank
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School Market Facts: 🏫 Located in middle and high schools. 👩🌾 Operate like small grocery stores. ❤ Run by students, for students. 🥙 Distributed 5.5 million meals to children and teens facing hunger last year. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3WX4Gt4
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Houstonians from all walks of life recently came together to dine with purpose and talk about food insecurity in our community. 🌍💬 From exploring root causes to shaping public policy, it was a meal filled with powerful conversations and shared goals. 💪🤝 Learn more about our newest initiative, #DiningwithPurpose: https://lnkd.in/gJV4QW7N #Community #Houston #HoustonFoodBank
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As a proud partner of the #GotYour6 network, Houston Food Bank recently teamed up with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston for another impactful food distribution, supporting our veteran and military families. 🇺🇸 💪 Thank you to the Bob Woodruff Foundation and Craig Newmark Philanthropies for helping us provide #foodforbetterlives. 👏 #gotyour6 #veterans #military #houstonfoodbank #thankyouforyourservice
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