HOUSTON- On August 30, a check in the amount of $130,000 was presented to the Houston Food Bank, as result of a tear-pad campaign that ran May 9, 2012 to July 15, 2012.
H-E-B customers statewide took a stance against hunger with a record breaking Help End Hunger campaign, raising $444,500 to benefit 15 Texas food banks. This year’s final total surpassed last year’s campaign by $80,200. In Houston, H-E-B customers made the largest donation total in the history of the Help End Hunger campaign.
Tear-off coupons in the amounts of $1, $3 and $5 were located at checkout stands in area H-E-B grocery stores, where customers could add the desired donation amount to their final grocery bill. The money collected is awarded to the food bank that serves the area where the funds were raised. As a result of the donation, more than 455,000 meals will be made available to Houston’s hungry families.
Pictured (left to right): H-E-B Public Affairs Manager Lacey Dalcour Salas, H-E-B Food Bank Consultant Eddie Garcia, President/CEO of Houston Food Bank Brian Greene, H-E-B Director of Public Affairs, and Houston Region Cyndy Garza Roberts