The Houston Food Bank has a history of providing disaster relief.

If You Need Help

If you need food assistance, we are here to help:

• Find a Houston Food Bank partner near you or use the map below.
  • Due to power and water issues, please call ahead to confirm that the partner is open.
• Call our helpline at 832-369-9390
• Apply for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) to help you purchase groceries and get referrals to other services such as utility assistance and rental assistance with help from our certified navigators How To Get Virtual Assistance (CAP)
  • Submit your request for assistance and receive a call back
  • Call the helpline at 832-369-9390

If You Want To Help

Make A Donation
If you are able to make a donation to support those impacted, your gift will fill boxes with food for our neighbors across our 18-county service area. Because of our partnerships with manufacturers and distributors, we can turn one dollar in to providing someone with access to three meals.

Create A Virtual Fundraiser
Virtual Fund Drives are an easy way to support the Food Bank by raising money to help increase the supply of food and resources.

Volunteer Activities
Currently, we have a need for more volunteers to help us perform necessary tasks. Below are the many ways you can help:

• Warehouse Projects at 535 Portwall – Please sign up for a shift today!
  
  • Sorting and packing product
  • Packing disaster boxes
  • Packing fresh produce bags
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• Kitchen Projects at 535 Portwall – Please sign up for a shift today!
  • Packing shelf-stable meals
  • Prepping meals
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• Desk duty at 535 Portwall – Please sign up for a shift today!
  • Call Center Operator
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• Offsite – Sign up via Crowdsource Rescue, a Houston-based disaster response non-profit
  • Help deliver food to elderly, isolated, and those who are in need. (will need to use own car)

Safety Measures For Our Volunteers:

As always, the health and safety of partners, staff and the community is Houston Food Bank’s number-one priority. We are following CDC recommended sterilization procedures and have increased the frequency of cleaning and disinfecting, especially around high-traffic areas (volunteer areas, elevators, meeting rooms, bathrooms, food areas).

We are practicing social distancing with our volunteers asking them to stay at least an arm’s length away from other volunteers.

Volunteers working warehouse projects are required to wash hands before their shift starts, during breaks, when they switch projects, and after their shift. Gloves are also available for wear for warehouse projects.

To help slow the spread of COVID-19, the CDC is now recommending using a cloth face covering in public settings. Therefore, Houston Food Bank is asking all volunteers to bring their own face coverings when coming to volunteer. The CDC has provided helpful tutorials on making your own masks from various materials and with varying degrees of craft skill needed.

Established food safety rules while working in our Keegan Kitchen requires the use of gloves at all times, stricter handwashing rules, and not working inside the kitchen when experiencing illness symptoms.

Donate Food

• Host a Virtual Food Drive Fundraiser – Set yours up today!
  • For the health and safety of our donors, volunteers and staff members, we are proposing virtual food drive fundraiser from individuals at this time.
• Bulk and Retail Large Foods/Products Donations
  • If you or a company, manufacturer, supplier, etc. want to donate large amounts of food or products, please contact us at donateASAP@houstonfoodbank.org or our hotline at 281-786-2676
  • View our Most Needed Items List
• Individual/Group Donations
  • Due to safety, we are currently not conducting pick-ups of food donations
  • Donors with nonperishable food donations can drop off at our 535 Portwall Street location during lobby hours (Monday – Friday, 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m., Saturday 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., and Sunday 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)
    • or at the main entrance parking lot tent via drive-tru until February 26 (Monday – Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.; Sunday 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)
  • Drop off your food donations at one of our Partner Sites – find a Partner Site near you!
  • Drop off you food donations in the Red Barrels at your neighborhood grocery store.
  • If you have any questions, please contact Food Drives.

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