March is NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH! National Nutrition Month® is an annual nutrition education and information campaign created by the Eat Right Nutrition (Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics). The campaign focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. The Academy is committed to improving the nation's health and advancing the profession of dietetics through research, education and advocacy. Visit the Academy at eatright.org.
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March is National Nutrition Month and we are celebrating! We are so glad you’re here! National Nutrition Month is a month set aside to revisit and remember whyHip Hip Hoo-raaaay to all volunteers!!😁We'd like to thank The Society of Future Medical Professionals from coming out to volunteer with us! We wouldn't be able to do all we do if it wasn't for the help of volunteers.
Here is next month's food distribution schedule for Galveston County. With over 50,000 Galveston County residents facing food insecurity every day, the Galveston County Food Bank collaborates with over 50 food pantries to distribute approximately 7 million pounds of food and resources each year. We are happy to help them with our food packaging events - our next one is in May, details coming soon!March 2019 Mobile Calendar!
THANK YOU to all the wonderful people who give their time to help their less fortunate neighbors!😊Thanks to our dedicated volunteers, every month we build over 400 boxes to distribute to elderly and disabled individuals in Galveston County, who would otherwise go hungry. This is just one of the many opportunities we have for volunteers to help make a difference. If you are interested in volunteering please visit our website, www.galvestoncountyfoodbank.org and click on "How Can I Help".
Congratulations Galveston County Food Bank
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The Galveston County Food Bank dedicated its new 17,000-square foot warehouse Tuesday.
The facility, the food bank’s second warehouse, is located in a former office supply building in downtown Texas City. The original one a few blocks away is 12,000 square feet.
The opening of the warehouse, 217 6th Street, comes after the Food Bank provided more than 30,000 pounds of food for US Coast Guard members and other federal employees who were either furloughed or working without pay during the month-long federal government shutdown.
Officials said they are preparing just in case the government shuts down again.
Even before it opened the warehouse was put into use storing more than 200,000 pounds of disaster food. Those provisions were sent to flooding areas in central Texas, Rio Grande Valley and to South Carolina.
Hunger shouldn't be a penalty to suffer from!Join the team and “Change the Game” for those in need through Souper Bowl of Caring. Conduct a food drive, volunteer, buy pre-packaged groceries or make a cash donation at over 200 participating Central Market, H-E-B, Mi Tienda or Randalls store locations throughout the Greater Houston area. 100% of donations benefit local area hunger-relief charities, including Galveston County Food Bank. Since its inception, Souper Bowl of Caring has grown to a nationwide movement generating over $143 million for hunger-relief charities. To learn more visit: TackleHunger.org.
Congratulations to Cynthia McEldowney, Managing Director of The Lyceum of Galveston, for winning the 2019 Couples Choice Award from Wedding Wire! We are proud to use this outstanding facility as a comfortable venue for our FeedGalveston community volunteers to meet throughout the year for packaging events to supply meals to Galveston County Food Bank! Congrats and see you Saturday, May 11 for our next event here!!PRESS RELEASE -- Lyceum of Galveston Island Receives Distinction in the 11th Annual WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards® Galveston, January 08, 2019. — Lyceum of Galveston Island was announced a winner of the renowned WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards® in Galveston. WeddingWire, Inc., a leading global online wedding marketplace, annually celebrates the top wedding professionals on WeddingWire across more than 20 service categories, from venues and caterers to florists and photographers. These distinguished vendors exhibit superior professionalism, responsiveness, service, and quality when interacting with the five million monthly consumers who turn to WeddingWire to help ease their wedding planning process. Lyceum of Galveston Island received this esteemed award based on their outstanding experience working with real newlyweds. WeddingWire features more than three million reviews, and these notable vendors all received prompt, reliable, and quality feedback. “We are celebrating our 11th annual Couples’ Choice Awards, where we honor our vendors who help make millions of couples’ big day one to remember,” said Timothy Chi, CEO, WeddingWire. “Not only are these hardworking and distinguished wedding professionals, such as Lyceum of Galveston Island, a fundamental part of the wedding planning process for engaged couples, but they help make WeddingWire a trusted source for wedding planning. We congratulate everyone on this well-deserved achievement.” Lyceum of Galveston Island is honored to be one of the top wedding businesses in Galveston on http://WeddingWire.com. To learn more about the WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards®, please visit http://www.weddingwire.com/couples-choice-awards. #CouplesChoice #weddingwire #lyceumgalveston #galvestonwedding
AWESOME DAY!! Thank you Ball High School!!
'Share Your Holidays' food drive a huge success
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Click here to view this article from The Daily News.This was a GREAT day! All the volunteers packaged 50,000 meals and were done by 12:30pm! THANK YOU Ball High School Key Club and all volunteers!Together - with our outstanding Community Partners, Ball High School faculty and students, the team from First Lutheran Church who sponsored the FeedGalveston initiative, our in-kind Community Partners and everyone in the community who took the time to "Share Your Holidays" so generously with those in need – we collected 27,000 pounds (and still counting!) of nourishing, non-perishable food items, plus received over $2,000 in monetary contributions – our best year EVER! Last year, we collected over 24,000 pounds – and that was 55% more than in 2016. THANK YOU.... to everyone who helped us help those in need. Mike Dudas, GISD/BHS "Share Your Holidays Coordinator COMMUNITY PARTNERS who participated in the 38th Annual ABC13 "Share Your Holidays" Food Drive included: American National Insurance Company (Galveston/South Shore offices) American National Insurance Company University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB - Galveston and League City/Victory Lakes campuses) UTMB Health City of Galveston City of Galveston, Texas - Government Galveston Police Department Galveston Police Department Galveston Fire Department Galveston Fire Department Galveston County Young Lawyers Association Galveston College Galveston College Randalls - Galveston Randalls Galveston Hotel & Lodging Association - (including The San Luis Resort, Spa & Conference Center, Hilton Galveston Island Resort, and Holiday Inn Resort Galveston - On the Beach; The Tremont House, Harbor House Hotel, Hotel Galvez & Spa) The San Luis Resort Hilton Galveston Island Resort Holiday Inn Resort Galveston- On the Beach Hotel Galvez & Spa, Tremont House, Harbor House Human Resource Department Hotel Galvez and Spa Galveston Ministerial Alliance ( Member congregations include Congregation B'nai Israel, Trinity Episcopal Church, Moody Memorial Methodist Church, First Lutheran Church/FeedGalveston) Congregation B'nai Israel - Galveston, Texas Moody Memorial United Methodist Church First Lutheran Church Galveston HomeTown Bank Hometown Bank Galveston Seawall Frost Bank Frost Bank Moody Bank Moody National Bank Texas First Bank Texas First Bank Moody Gardens Moody Gardens BHS Hospitality Program Port of Galveston PORT OF GALVESTON IN-KIND COMMUNITY PARTNERS Mario's Seawall Italian & Pizzeria Mario's Seawall Italian Restaurant, Galveston, Tx The Gumbo Diner The Gumbo Diner Starbucks - 61st Street Starbucks Galveston 61St! Blue Atlas Marketing - Nate and Lauren Stockard Blue Atlas Marketing The Galveston Regional Chamber of Commerce Galveston Regional Chamber of Commerce Classic Auto Group/Galveston Classic Auto Group Galveston GISD SCHOOLS/CLUBS PARTICIPATING Ball High School - Administration,Staff and Students Galveston Isd Ball High School BHS Media Arts Students BHS Key Club BHS National Honor Society BHS Band BHS Cheerleaders BHS Tornettes BHS Hispanic Dancers Austin Middle School Central Middle School Morgan Elementary School "Elites" from Parker Elementary School
Amazing day of community work to help the Galveston County Food Bank!
Ball High School Band Galveston Fine Arts
Ball High Band provides sound for the food drive
Great time today!!!😃
Moody Gardens
Food Drive for Galveston County Food Bank and Houston Food Bank!! We are with our friends at Galveston's Ball High School ABC13 Houston. There might be a mascot dance-off between our Polar Bear & Tuffy. Go mascots go!
Hats off to Americans United in Action for their GREAT volunteer work for Harvey Demo Day! 😊
The 37th Annual Galveston Island Oktoberfest was a popular event last weekend and some of the proceeds from the sale of food, beverages, and special activities will be used to fund our 2019 packaging events to provide meals for Galveston County Food Bank! Thank You and see you next year October 25-26, 2019!
So pleased with Island Oktoberfest and we look forward to hosting the next Feed Galveston event on May 11, 2019!
PHOTOS! We have updated our website with some VIA - Volunteers In Action - photos helping package meals for the Galveston County Food Bank! If you have one, please send it! A video will be coming soon! Visit: feedgalveston.org/volunteers/ THANK YOU AGAIN, EVERYONE! SEE YOU at the next Food Packaging Event in Lyceum of Galveston Island on May 11, 2019!
We thank our 180+ community volunteers for helping today to package over 50,000 meals for the Galveston County Food Bank here in the Lyceum of Galveston Island! Simply. Amazing. Thank You! (Video coming soon!) 😊
It's going great! Come on over to Lyceum of Galveston Island and help us package the meals for Galveston County Food Bank!!
We are READY! Volunteers today completed the tables setup and assembled boxes - and food is ready to be packaged here in the Lyceum of Galveston Island! Join us from Noon till about 4pm to package 50,000 meals and Galveston County Food Bank will have their truck come by and load the boxes up for distribution! 😊 THANK YOU, EVERYONE!!
THANK YOU and a SHOUT OUT to the ROTARY CLUB of GALVESTON! We much appreciate you for your continual involvement in Feed Galveston since it's early beginnings! Rotary Club of Galveston was founded in 1913 and they meet every Wednesday at Noon at Fisherman's Wharf. To improve the quality of life in Galveston, Rotarians have contributed many hours of community service. These contributions are made by individual Rotarians who volunteer many hours of service to city, county, and private organizations. THANK YOU again for helping FeedGalveston to provide packaged meals for Galveston County Food Bank and we look forward to seeing you once again this Saturday in Lyceum of Galveston Island! 😁 For more info on the Rotary Club of Galveston, please visit: www.galvestonrotary.com/
THANK YOU and a SHOUT OUT to HARMONY LODGE No. 6 A.F. and A.M. in Galveston for their consistent dedication and support to FEED GALVESTON! As in previous Feed Galveston Packaging Events, Harmony Lodge No 6 will once again be providing a team to assist in the Feed Galveston initiative this Saturday from 12:00 to 4:00PM at Lyceum of Galveston Island. Harmony Lodge No. 6 A.F. & A.M. is deeply involved with charity, community, and philanthropic activities. They support a number of efforts both financially and through volunteer hours and we encourage everyone to visit them and learn of their wonderful community activities at: www.harmonylodge6.com/charity.html We look forward to seeing your team again this Saturday, and THANK YOU so much for all you do!!
THANK YOU and a BIG SHOUT OUT TO: AMERICANS UNITED IN ACTION! Americans United in Action is sending volunteers this Saturday to help out with our community packaging event on Sept. 22 in Lyceum of Galveston Island! AUA is an independent community service focused group working in the Houston-Galveston Bay Area, dedicated to strengthening and supporting our local communities by transforming the passion derived from our American values into action through service and volunteerism. Please visit: americansunitedinaction.wordpress.com/ THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO! 😀 @Americans United In Action
On SATURDAY, SEPT. 22 from NOON until 4pm we will package 50,000 meals inside the Lyceum of Galveston Island to help Galveston County Food Bank to feed our hungry neighbors! Come join us - and feel free to form a team and bring your family, friends, or co-workers!! This is a GREAT community event and you will meet a lot of people and have fun! THANK YOU!!
Clint Shuttlesworth I’d love to see a delegation from Valiant Church! I know you guys help local! Hope to see y’all soon!
Hi, I am volunteering for this event.
THANK YOU! We would like to express our deep gratification to Dr Leon Bromberg Charitable Trust for their recent charitable donation to FeedGalveston's September 22 Packaging Event in the Lyceum of Galveston Island!😊
Hi David! Thanks for reaching out! You can just show up at Lyceum of Galveston Island with your group! Also, it'd be great if you sent the coordinators a heads up notice as well (but not required): https://feedgalveston.org/contact-us/ THANK YOU!!!!!😀
Are helpful children welcome? I have tried to volunteer elsewhere with my kids before and there was an age requirement. We make homeless bags and pass them out as needed and I think this would be another fun way for us to serve the community.
If we want to help do we just show up that day or are there more details I can find somewhere?
Thank You, Everyone!Psalm 146:7 says that God gives food to hungry people. Caring for the hungry is an important way to show God’s compassion for those in need. Please consider joining Feed Galveston on Sept. 22 to package 50,000 meals for Galveston County Food Bank inside the Lyceum of Galveston Island at Noon!
