KRBE, Houston’s #1 Hit Music station, will be reaching out to for community donations again this year with the 3rd Annual Turkey Tour With Kevin & Audrey, sponsored by Kroger. All donations collected will go to Houston Food Bank to help people in communities across the Houston area struggling with food insecurity. The Turkey [...]
The Houston Food Bank’s Operation: Hunger Relief is a four-week competition in which groups of all sizes compete against each other to support hunger relief in our community. Groups compete to raise the most meals by donating time, food, and funds. This year the Operation: Hunger Relief competition was held from September 1, 2025, [...]
On September 18, members of the Community Assistance Program (CAP) attended the Feeding Texas Conference in San Antonio, TX alongside other Texas food bank SNAP program staff. The Houston Food Bank’s Community Assistance Program was given recognition for the food bank with the highest number of total referrals to partner organizations in the Referral [...]
How is it possible that food banks are providing exponentially more meals to the community each year, but food insecurity is still growing all across the country? Brian Greene, President & CEO of Houston Food Bank, sat down with Feeding Tampa Bay and dove into the problem in eye-opening detail. Tune in [...]
Understanding how Houston Food Bank can assist with a possible government shutdown One of Congress's responsibilities is to approve and pass the national budget. As it was not passed by the deadline, the government has gone into a shutdown. We want our neighbors to be informed about the services and resources Houston Food [...]
Would you be able to eat enough nutritious foods for $6.00 a day? Our Community Assistance Program (CAP) team takes on the SNAP Challenge. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, is a government program that is designed to help low income people buy enough nutritious food when they need it. Qualifications to participate include [...]
Protein is a highly requested food bank item – that's why Houston Food Bank is excited that dry black beans will be added to the TEFAP catalogue for food banks to purchase. The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) provides shelf-stable, nutritious, and American-grown foods to low-income children, seniors, and families facing hunger across the [...]
Houston Food Bank would like to thank the estate of Don Arnold and Dan Electro’s for the charity art auction on August 24 to benefit the food bank. Don was a long time collector of the work of Houston artist and musician Beans Barton, and his family auctioned off a large portion of his [...]
Houston Food Bank had the pleasure of attending the grand opening of a brand-new Sprouts Farmers Market in Richmond! With this exciting addition, we’re now proudly partnered with six Sprouts locations—each one helping us expand our mission to address hunger and nourish our communities. This new store will be donating food five [...]
Houston Food Bank is happy to announce that Hearts and Hands of Baytown has finished their renovation and equipment upgrades. This update, made possible through ARPA funds and the support of the Moody Foundation, the Kiwanis Club, Dale and Terry Vanderpol, and Mel Stone, as well as HUB grants, not only encompasses the many improvements [...]