Celebrating Impact: The Inaugural Houston Food Bank Volunteer Service Awards At Houston Food Bank, our mission to provide food for better lives is driven by the hands and hearts of our community. While every hour contributed makes a difference, some individuals and groups have shown an extraordinary level of commitment. To honor this [...]
The Power of 100,000 By: Brian Greene, President & CEO Date: April 7, 2026 If you’ve ever stepped inside our warehouse on Portwall Street, you know it’s a place of constant motion. It’s a massive, 308,000-square-foot engine on the east side of our city designed for one purpose: to get [...]
We’re excited to share that Houston Food Bank now has even more volunteer opportunities—right in communities that may be closer to you. Our North Branch and Trinity River Community Resource Center are now open for volunteer shifts. These locations are ideal for smaller groups and still directly strengthens the programs and partners serving our [...]
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 the morning of June 24, 2025, employees from the Houston Rockets and Tito’s Handmade Vodka teamed up for a volunteer event at Houston Food Bank, helping pack food and other essential items for families in need. At the event, Tito’s also presented a check to the Clutch City Foundation to honor its “Assists [...]
On Thursday, May 8th, as part of their Fighting Texas Hunger Campaign, Mrs. Baird’s volunteers came to Houston Food Bank to donate and assemble meals for our Kids Café meals program. The volunteers packed 3,601 lunches that included Mrs. Baird's bread, turkey and cheese sandwiches, baby carrots with ranch dressing and pears. That’s 7202 individual [...]
On April 23rd, 24th, and 25th of 2025, the Houston Food Bank honored its most outstanding corporate volunteers with the President’s Volunteer Service Award. A grand total of 193 corporations attended the three-day awards — The cumulative hours/meals donated for the corporations that attended the 2024 award ceremonies: 72,025 hours donated in 2024 (facilitating a [...]
We at the Houston Food Bank are immensely grateful for Laura Juliano's dedication and impactful contributions. From her initial curiosity about our complex logistics, which led her to delve deep into our operations and trucking software, to her crucial role in launching a pro bono partnership with BCG and her leadership during the devastating Hurricane [...]
The Houston Food Bank’s Hunger Game is a competition in which groups of all sizes compete against each other to provide food for better lives within our community. Groups compete to raise the most meals by donating time, food, and funds. The Overall Award recognizes the group who generates the most meals. The Per [...]
From the desk of Brian Greene As Floridians are still trying to come to grips with the destruction of Hurricane Helene, they are now dealing with the consequences of Hurricane Milton. Our hearts go out to all who have been impacted by the devastation caused by this storm season. Houstonians know [...]