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Feed Galveston

A mission to help the hungry in Galveston County

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NEXT PACKAGING EVENT:
September 22, 2018!!
Noon Till 4pm
At The Lyceum of Galveston!

(Location is 24th Street and Winnie, Galveston)
Our goal is to package 50,000 servings of food for our neighbors in need! We need your help; come for an hour or two or stay to the very end. If you cannot come at 12:00 Noon, then come at 2:00 pm. We appreciate all help! This is a great opportunity to be of service to your community, meet new people, and have some fun.

Click Here For Map Location of The Lyceum of Galveston!

If you or your group will be participating, kindly sign up and give us the approximate number of volunteers that we can expect: CLICK TO REGISTER  Thank You!

No One Should Go Hungry in Galveston County

You CAN help!

Feed Galveston

Volunteer or Donate!

$1 = 4 Meals

#FEEDGALVESTON

Donate Now Using Our Go Fund Me Campaign!

On September 22, 2018 FeedGalveston plans to package 50,000 servings of nutritious food for our hungry neighbors in Galveston County .

We are $4,600 short to achieve that goal. We are reaching out to you, our volunteers, neighbors, church members and concerned citizens to donate to this worthy cause.

It costs only 25 cents per serving. $1 provides 4 servings, $5 will provide 20 servings and a $20 donation will provide 80 servings.

Starting with our first food packaging event in June of 2016, we have packaged over 220,000 servings of food.

FeedGalveston is a totally volunteer organization with no administrative costs, so every dollar you donate goes directly to the hungry on the island and in the county.

FeedGalveston is a outreach ministry of First Lutheran Church of Galveston that provides nutritious meals to the Galveston County Food Bank for distribution to our neighbors in need.

Thank you for your tax deductible donation!

$1 = 4 Meals

Keep Up With Our Packaging Events

Our May 26, 2018 Packaging Event Was A Success!

Thank You For Our May 26 Success!

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! Our Memorial Day goal of packaging 50,000 meals to help the Galveston County Food Bank was met in a little over 3 hours – thanks to all our volunteers! See the informative video below about how the packaging system works! Thank You!

January 20, 2018 – 50,000 Meals Packaged!

December 8, 2017

December 8, 2017

Over 51,000 Meals Packaged For Share Your Holidays Food Drive

May 13, 2017

May 13, 2017

On May 13, 2017 over 100 volunteers packaged 30,000 meals in 3 hours!

March 4, 2017

March 4, 2017

TYLER HENSON of Boy Scout Troop 123, teamed up with FEED GALVESTON to package 10,000 meals on Saturday, March 4th, for his Eagle Scout project.

Sept. 11, 2016

Sept. 11, 2016

Thanks to our volunteers, we packaged 20,800 servings of nutritious food for our food insecure neighbors on the Island and in Galveston County.

Join the Movement!

GOD'S WORK.
OUR HANDS.

Hunger Facts

Food Insecurity and Hunger

Food insecurity is defined as “families who are unable to consistently access adequate amounts of nutritious food necessary for a healthy life.” (Source: Feeding Texas) Hunger is defined as “the uneasy or painful sensation caused by a lack of food.” (Source: Food, Research, and Action Center - FRAC)
  • Hunger is the world’s number one health risk. It kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.
  • Approximately 35.5 million Americans are food insecure (Source: Feeding America)
  • Texas has 1.3 million food insecure households (more than 3 million people) which is the third highest in the Nation. (Source: United States Department of Agriculture)
  • Texas has the seventh-highest rate of hunger at 5.1% of households in the United States.
In Galveston County (Source: Feeding Texas):
  • 18.1% of people are food insecure. (53,460 individuals)
  • 24.9 % of children live in these same homes (18,390 children)

God's Work. Our Hands.

What Can You Do?

Donate – Serve – Receive

Donate
25 cents feeds a child, $1 feels a family of 4. Money raised turns into people fed. Donations of all sizes help feed our hungry neighbors!

Serve/Volunteer
At an average of 160 meals packaged per hour, we need hands to make this happen!

Receive
Once packaged, the meals are given to local food banks serving Galveston County for no charge!

Why Partnering?

By partnering with End Hunger NE and Outreach, we can provide nutritious meals for those who otherwise will go hungry. And, by partnering with the local food banks we are connected with a systematic process that gets food to those who need it most.

Partnering – we can make a difference!

Contact Us To Find Out How To Help!

God’s love in Jesus Christ empowers us to serve God by serving our neighbors. The Feed Galveston ministry is one way we can meaningfully serve our neighbors. It is ‘God’s Work’ through ‘Our Hands.’ And, it is our hope for the hungry to be fed, yet even more we hope to build lasting relationships as we serve our neighbors and walk together sharing the love God has for all.

Rev. Richard Rhoades, First Lutheran Church of Galveston

Visit: First Lutheran Church of Galveston