Houston Food Bank Reflection Paper
The Houston Food Bank was founded in 1982. This organization provides goods more than 500 relief agencies throughout the southeastern area of Texas. With the assistance of the expanding markets tax credit program, the Houston food bank facilities has become the largest feeding American Food Bank. Their stated mission is to change the current standard that one in four kids, and one in five neighborhoods are now facing hunger. Therefore, their goals currently are to distribute over 100 million nutritious meals and nearly 2.5 million pounds of nonfood items in the year 2018. This organization considers themselves to have a large obligation in providing more nutritious and larger quantities of meals per person, …show more content…
This sort of learning focuses on personal reflection and critical thinking while also encouraging an elevated sense of community, personal responsibilities and civic engagement. Volunteerism is the expectation of many volunteers engaging towards social and or educational duties in the community. Both of these things are similar to community service because it requires both of the terms, and groups take time out to help elevate and help their respective communities. Community service is different from volunteerism because it caters to organizations because it not only benefits the community, it also benefits a specific institution as a …show more content…
If an organization was to hire me I would use this company as my template and guide. Believe it or not this grocery store has been around for more than 100 years with the constant commitment in helping the community in many ways because they believe it is an important part of being community awareness. HEB was proud to assist the Houston food bank what their programs including, be sure sharing holiday dinners, and any natural disasters that happen within their respective communities. Each year this company gives away nearly $700,000 in cash pricing to deserving educators and their respective school districts. This organization also believes in reporting the environment, which they give dozens of awards and always tries to adhere to greener business practices. In addition, they encourage local members of the community to get out enjoy them and all of the sponsored events that they are responsible for throughout the year. They are the very essence of corporate and social responsibilities. I will make a concerted effort to see if there are any volunteering opportunities at my local HEB. It is no wonder why this company is a leader in the community as they believe in, reduce, reuse, recycle, transportation awareness, green building, awards and honors for educators, seafood sustainability, animal welfare and finally community partnerships. This not only makes me proud to be a Houstonian and Texan but as a citizen of the
The Houston Food Bank was founded in 1982. This organization provides goods more than 500 relief agencies throughout the southeastern area of Texas. With the assistance of the expanding markets tax credit program, the Houston food bank facilities has become the largest feeding American Food Bank. Their stated mission is to change the current standard that one in four kids, and one in five neighborhoods are now facing hunger. Therefore, their goals currently are to distribute over 100 million nutritious meals and nearly 2.5 million pounds of nonfood items in the year 2018. This organization considers themselves to have a large obligation in providing more nutritious and larger quantities of meals per person, …show more content…
This sort of learning focuses on personal reflection and critical thinking while also encouraging an elevated sense of community, personal responsibilities and civic engagement. Volunteerism is the expectation of many volunteers engaging towards social and or educational duties in the community. Both of these things are similar to community service because it requires both of the terms, and groups take time out to help elevate and help their respective communities. Community service is different from volunteerism because it caters to organizations because it not only benefits the community, it also benefits a specific institution as a …show more content…
If an organization was to hire me I would use this company as my template and guide. Believe it or not this grocery store has been around for more than 100 years with the constant commitment in helping the community in many ways because they believe it is an important part of being community awareness. HEB was proud to assist the Houston food bank what their programs including, be sure sharing holiday dinners, and any natural disasters that happen within their respective communities. Each year this company gives away nearly $700,000 in cash pricing to deserving educators and their respective school districts. This organization also believes in reporting the environment, which they give dozens of awards and always tries to adhere to greener business practices. In addition, they encourage local members of the community to get out enjoy them and all of the sponsored events that they are responsible for throughout the year. They are the very essence of corporate and social responsibilities. I will make a concerted effort to see if there are any volunteering opportunities at my local HEB. It is no wonder why this company is a leader in the community as they believe in, reduce, reuse, recycle, transportation awareness, green building, awards and honors for educators, seafood sustainability, animal welfare and finally community partnerships. This not only makes me proud to be a Houstonian and Texan but as a citizen of the