Every Thursday, like clockwork, you will find Susan, Kay, Mose and Rev. Hill in the Grace Food Pantry. We are feeding families weekly. Join us to pass out or collect food for area friends in need. Its a lot of work, and a lot of fellowship! We could use your helping hands to lighten the load! At this table there is always room for one more!
It’s in the numbers…
o 36 million pounds distributed last year
o 80,000 different people fed each week
o 498,000 different people fed each year
o 400 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
o More than 100,000 volunteer hours contributed annually
o 73,000 square feet of warehouse and office space; 66,000 square feet offsite
Nutrition education, outreach and job training…
Kids Cafe: Healthy meals served year-round on weekdays to as many as 500 at-risk kids at six Boys and Girls Clubs locations; nutrition and health education
Operation Frontline: Six-week course in nutrition, food safety, meal preparation
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
Culinary Academy: 12-week culinary training course and certification for the food services industry
Backpack Buddy Club: Food is given to hungry kids to take home from school over the weekend
Second Chance: Job Training and warehouse certification for Texas Department on Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and other people in need
Serving for Success: A collaboration that will train inmates and probationers for living wage jobs while they work at the Houston Food Bank.
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