From the desk of Brian Greene As Floridians are still trying to come to grips with the destruction of Hurricane Helene, they are now dealing with the consequences of Hurricane Milton. Our hearts go out to all who have been impacted by the devastation caused by this storm season. Houstonians know [...]
Campbell’s® Chunky® Soup partnered with Houston Texans Defensive End Will Anderson Jr. to pack boxes at Houston Food Bank as part of its third year of Chunky Sacks Hunger – a program that partners with NFL teams and Feeding America® to support people and families facing hunger across the country. During the 2024-25 regular [...]
NRG’s Houston-based employees are commemorating the company’s 17th annual positiveNRG Impact week to help combat food insecurity in their hometown. The week of volunteerism will feature hundreds of employees preparing meal kits for the Houston Food Bank's Backpack Buddy program at NRG Center, making it the Houston Food Bank’s largest off-site [...]
New technology supports “food prescription” program to help address maternal health and food insecurity Houston Food Bank, in collaboration with autonomous vehicle (AV) company Cruise, has launched a program to deliver produce and non-perishables to new and expectant mothers facing food insecurity. These deliveries are part of Houston Food Bank’s Food Rx program [...]
September is National Food Safety Education Month About 1 in 6 Americans each year will become sick with a food borne illness. However there is no reason to panic, food borne illness or often called food poisoning can be easily prevented by following these four food safety tips. [...]
The Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) program is a USDA program that aims to support socially disadvantaged farmers and producers in delivering food to underserved communities. "Getting fresh, local produce into the hands of those who need it most is what the Local Food Purchase Assistance program is all about," said Texas [...]
Que Onda Magazine sat down with Houston Food Bank President, Brian Greene for an interview about how HSB is doing, its programs, and how Houstonians can help. Learn How You Can Help
On last Tuesday, August 13, Houston Food Bank partnered with Grocers Supply to rescue food from their annual Houston Food Show. HFB staff and volunteers spent the day gathering and sorting donations from the show’s vendors to bring back to HFB for distribution. Thanks to this partnership, we were able to rescue 30,920 pounds, [...]
Hundreds answered the call to support our teachers during the first ABC13 Share Your School Supplies Drive. Eyewitness News anchors and reporters worked Friday morning to gather donations of school supplies with our Teachers Aid program, which provides resources for teachers in low income schools.Together, we raised $22,431.37, with thousands of pounds [...]
Saturday, July 27, in Partnership with the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center and Combined Arms, Houston Food Bank took part in Operation Restock. Distributing disaster boxes and water to nearly 1500 Military and Veteran families, this was Houston’s largest resource distribution to the Veteran population. Since Covid the rate of food insecurity in [...]