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Your contributions to Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation® Houston 2008 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 - divided equally between The End Hunger Network and 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.
2323 South Voss, Suite 370
Houston, Texas 77057
(713) 532-3663
http://www.endhungerhou.org/
The End Hunger Network is a community-based organization that works collaboratively with food pantries, soup kitchens and residential shelters to strengthen hunger-relief programs. Founded in 1985, the End Hunger Network has distributed 33 million pounds of perishable and non-perishable food to 115 charities that feed Houston's hungry.
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 27 million pounds of food annually, helping 200,000 people each month in through 400 hunger-relief programs in an 18-county service area. 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.
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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