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Your contributions to Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation® Houston 2009 help fund local and regional community outreach programs designed to feed and educate our hungry neighbors. 100% of all ticket sales help ensure no kid in America grows up hungry.
70% Houston organizations - The Houston Food Bank
10% Texas organizations - Center for Public Policy Priorities
17% International development and relief agencies
3% Operation Frontline, Share Our Strength's national nutrition education program
Meet the organizations that drive these programs and learn how your support makes a difference.
3811 Eastex Freeway
Houston, Texas 77026
(713) 223-3700
http://www.houstonfoodbank.org
The Houston Food Bank is a private, nonprofit organization that feeds the hungry by seeking food donations and distributing them to local charitable programs that care for the needy. The Food Bank distributes 46 million pounds of food annually, helping 498,000 people each year through 400 hunger-relief programs in 18 southeast Texas counties. Houston-relief programs include pantries in churches and community centers, shelters for the homeless, safe havens for the battered and abused, and nutrition programs for children and the elderly.
Main Office and Distribution Center:
205 W. Crosstimbers St.
Houston, TX 77018
Phone:(713)-695-5437
Fax:(713)-695-7544
Toll Free: 1-800-566-0084
www.kidsmealshouston.org
Kids' Meals is a 501(c)3 non profit, meals on wheels program for kids, serving around 1200 pre-school aged children a day, living in poverty. We provide and deliver nutritious meals, free of cost to the family, Monday through Friday, year-round.
900 Lydia St.
Austin, TX 78702
(512)-320-0222
http://www.cppp.org
The Center for Public Policy Priorities is a non-partisan, nonprofit policy research organization committed to improving public policies and private practices that influence the economic and social prospects and conditions of individuals, families, and communities.
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