A scouting experience aimed to engage and educate scouts in providing
food for better lives.

Join the Houston Food Bank for a “hands-on” educational, community-action and volunteer experience for scouts of all ages.

Scouts Will Gain:

Awareness on hunger as a southeast Texas issue
Experience on how to initiate change in their own community
Education about how food banks operate

Tools To Get Started:

1. Review the Houston Food Bank Presentation
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2. Print out the Hunger Fighter Patch Program Checklist

3-Step Process:

1. Huddle Against Hunger Activity
   Complete one Houston Texans and Kroger Huddle Against Hunger activity from our curriculum guide: (English | Spanish)
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2. Schedule a volunteer shift online by selecting a day/time from our calendar.
   (Note: if you have volunteers who are ages 4-5, please contact our staff at Houston Food Bank)
   Don’t forget to take a group picture at the end of your shift!
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3. Host Food Drive
   After you have registered your food drive and collected the items, please bring your donations to our 535 Portwall St. location’s front lobby on Monday – Friday: 7am-9pm & Saturday: 7am-4pm. (Note: During hours outside of Tuesday-Thursday: 9am-4pm, we are not able to issue poundage receipts and there is limited staff available to help unload donations.)

After completing the 3-steps, please email Houston Food Bank for further instruction on how to receive your patch.