Houston Food Bank Prepares for Hurricane Season, Volunteers Needed to Pack Disaster Boxes – June 1, 2026 WHAT: Houston Food Bank is a resource of hope and help in times of need and disaster, and as hurricane season begins they are calling for volunteers to help sort, process and box food and other necessities for Disaster [...]
Houston Food Bank’s Snap Summer Tour Starts June 5 – May 29, 2026 Community Assistance Program mobile unit traveling Greater Houston to help with enrollment in SNAP and other vital programs HOUSTON … Starting June 5, Houston Food Bank’s Community Assistance Program (CAP) is hitting the road in its mobile unit, visiting neighborhoods throughout [...]
Houston Food Bank Serving Nutritious Meals To Local Children This Summer – May 26, 2026 Summer Food Service Program provides nutrition to schoolchildren over summer break HOUSTON … When school is out for summer, kids still need nutritious meals to fuel a healthy lifestyle and ensure they return to class ready to learn. Houston [...]
Houston Food Bank Honors Local Heroes With Inaugural Volunteer Service Awards – May 1, 2026 Awards recognize volunteers for thousands of service hours dedicated to providing food for better lives across Southeast Texas HOUSTON … As National Volunteer Month (April) came to an end, Houston Food Bank recently honored its most dedicated supporters with its [...]
HOUSTON FOOD BANK PARTNERS WITH ZERO WASTE HOUSTON TO CONTINUE SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS – APRIL 20, 2026 February efforts alone created 13,533.30 lbs. of compost HOUSTON … When Houston Food Bank moved into its current headquarters at 535 Portwall in 2011, they not only quadrupled their office, warehouse and volunteer spaces to better [...]
Houston Food Bank Targets Major Milestone, Issues Challenge To Community: 100k Volunteers In 2026 HOUSTON … For Houston Food Bank, volunteers provide helping hands that care for the community and are the fuel that keeps this vital engine moving, providing hope in times of hardship and disaster. And the need is growing, both the [...]
Houston Food Bank to TSA Workers: We Are Here to Provide Assistance – APRIL 4, 2026 HOUSTON … As the partial government shutdown continues, primarily impacting the Department of Homeland Security, Houston Food Bank is encouraging TSA workers in need of support to utilize the food bank’s network of partner agencies across Greater Houston [...]
Houston Food Bank and Wellpoint Strengthen Community Health Through “Food as Medicine” Partnership – MARCH 31, 2026 HOUSTON … Food is a powerful tool for better health, especially as people facing hunger experience higher rates of chronic illness and higher health care costs. For 30 years, Wellpoint (formerly Amerigroup) has been helping improve [...]
20th annual Empty Bowls Houston Benefiting Houston Food Bank – May 16, 2026 WHAT: One of Houston’s best-loved grassroots fundraising events, Empty Bowls Houston, will return for the 20th annual event on Saturday, May 16, 2026. Empty Bowls is an international effort to fight hunger, implemented in Houston to benefit the Houston Food Bank. [...]
Houston Organizations Form Unified Front to Protect SNAP Benefits as "Rolling Deadlines" and New Work Requirements Take Effect HOUSTON … A coalition of regional leaders, including Houston Food Bank, Connective, United Way of Greater Houston, and Greater Houston Community Foundation, is issuing an urgent call to action regarding the rollout of new federal [...]
