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About Houston Food Bank

The Houston Food Bank is leading the fight against hunger. Here’s how!

The Houston Food Bank…

• A private, nonprofit organization
• Seeks food donations, distributes to local charitable programs
• Efficient operations: only 2.7% of all resources support operating costs
• Certified member of America’s Second Harvest-The Nation’s Food Bank Network
• Founded 1982

It’s in the numbers…

• 35 million pounds distributed last year
• 80,000 different people fed each week
• 498,000 different people fed each year
• Nearly 400 hunger relief agencies in 18 southeast Texas counties:
-Church food pantries
-Homeless shelters
-Safe havens for the battered and abused
-Nutrition sites for children and the elderly
• More than 100,000 volunteer hours contributed annually
• 73,000 square feet of warehouse and office space at central location, in addition to 66,000 offsite

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