The AYLUS Bellaire Branch volunteered at the Houston Food Bank on Saturday, November 26, 2022.
The Houston Food Bank is America’s largest food bank in distribution leading hunger relief in 18
southeast Texas counties. They distribute fresh produce, meat and nonperishables and prepare
nutritious hot meals for kids in our state. Today’s event is Backpack Buddy program, providing
nutritious, child-friendly food for school children to take home over the weekend or holiday break.
From 1 PM to 4 PM, volunteers worked on packing cans and bags of food such as pasta, milk, mixed
fruit, tuna, crackers and more into bags. At the end, they cleaned the working area. During the volunteering time, along with the other volunteer organizations they packed a total of eight pallets of boxes, which is equal to 1200 bags or 7200 meals.
The following volunteers attended this event (3 hours): Alexander Tang, Victoria Wang, Yufei Zhang, Raymond Han, Emerald Tang, Zoey Dou, Jennifer Lin, Andrew Liu
Reported by Victoria Wang
