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Contact

Amy Ragan
Chief Development Officer
713-547-8629
aragan@houstonfoodbank.org

 

Houston Food Bank

The Houston Food Bank…


• A private, nonprofit organization
• Seeks food donations, distributes to local charitable
   programs
Efficient operations:
 
95 cents of every dollar 
  donated
 feeds the hungry 
• Certified member of Feeding America (formerly America’s
   Second Harvest-The Nation’s Food Bank Network)
• Founded 1982

It’s in the numbers…

• 46 million pounds distributed last year
• 137,000 different people fed each week
• 865,000 different people fed each year
• 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
• More than 120,000 volunteer hours contributed annually
• 73,000 square feet of warehouse and office space at  
   central location, in addition to 66,000 square feet offsite

Nutrition education, outreach and job training…
Backpack Buddy Club
Culinary Academy
Kids Cafe
Operation Frontline
Second Chance
Serving for Success
Social Services Outreach