Photo courtesy of the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau
Come join your fellow geophysicists volunteering at the Houston Food Bank on Saturday, September 21 from 8 am to noon. The Houston Food Bank warehouse now operates from a new, 308,000 square-foot facility on the east side of Houston.
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 100 million nutritious meals by 2018.
The Houston Food Bank is the nation's largest Feeding America food bank (in terms of pounds distributed) and source of food for hunger relief charities in 18 southeast Texas counties. They have been named one of 10 Top-Notch Charities across the nation by Charity Navigator. A network of 500 food pantries, soup kitchens, senior centers and other agencies, feeding a total of 140,000 people each week, provides 50 million nutritious meals annually. Fresh produce, meat and nonperishables are distributed from the 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.
Volunteer Event
Houston Food Bank 535 Portwall Houston, TX 77029 Saturday, September 21, 2013 8:00 am to 12:00 pm Ages 8 and up are welcome to volunteer.
Volunteers are requested to wear closed-toe shoes, long pants, or long shorts. No tank tops are permitted.
Please contact David Bartel to register your interest so that we have a count of the number of volunteers to expect.
No transportation to or from the Houston Food Bank will be provided.
Event Details
Volunteer projects at the Houston Food Bank include dry goods processing in three different rooms:
The Carousel Room Helping sort and inspect donated product from retail stores and individual food drives, repackaging the good items for distribution
The Repack Room Helping build boxes and bags of food that will be distributed in the community - family boxes, disaster relief boxes, senior boxes, backpack buddy bags for kids
The Prep Room Packaging bulk items such as rice and beans from 2,000 pound totes to distributable bags
We cannot guarantee what activity we will do; however, each one helps someone in need!
This is an opportunity to give back to our community. For more information, please visit the Houston Food Bank website (www.houstonfoodbank.org).
