Our Vision
Create a community where nobody goes hungry, and individuals are able to provide food for themselves and their families.

HISTORY

Target Hunger, a United Way agency, was founded in 1989 as a grassroots, community-based program to fight the increasing hunger problem within Houston’s inner city neighborhoods.  Community leaders such as the late congressman Mickey Leland and Pete Van Horn, along with others from the United Way, helped to form the Select Committee on Hunger to examine the issue of hunger in Houston. They found an area of town where the needs of the hungry were not being met, and Target Hunger was formed.

TODAY

Target Hunger is one of Houston’s largest organizations that distributes food to families. Target Hunger assists individuals in inner-city neighborhoods who are food insecure. 

• More than 3.6 million pounds of food are distributed each year.
• More than 9,600 individuals are served each month.
• Target Hunger manages 12 food pantries, 10 senior day sites, and 11 home delivery routes.
• Target Hunger has 16 community gardens that produce an average of 1,000 servings of vegetables per month in peak growing months.

We provide a holistic approach to hunger relief.  Our agency focuses on rebuilding and strengthening family units by empowering our clients to become self-sufficient through our programs.  Target Hunger currently offers the following programs:

• Nutrition Classes
• Education / Literacy Programs
• GED / ESL Classes
• Self-Esteem Classes
• Youth Development

Imagine Houston …
A City Without Hunger

Steve Beasley
Former President, Eastern Pipeline Group
El Paso Corporation
Chairman, Target Hunger Board

Calvin Guidry
Private Investor & Consultant
Vice-Chairman, Target Hunger Board

Ronnie Shields
Controller, MX Energy
Treasurer, Target Hunger Board

K. Terry Koonce
Retired - President, ExxonMobil Production
Chairman Emeritus, Target Hunger Board

Ramona Tennyson Toliver
Retired Educator
Chairperson, Advisory Committee

Ramona Tennyson Toliver
Chairperson

Robert Crane
Co-Chairperson

William Allee

David Benson

Charlotte Camacho

Lee Etta Cooper

Ann Davison

Earline Davis Green

Betty  Henry

Wiley Henry

Lillian James

Barbara Johnson

Hon. Sheila Jackson Lee

N. Joyce Punch

Alice Rains

Mary Reed

Evelyn Scott

Levester Smith

Daniel White-Brown

Directors

William Allee
Retired Grocer

Sharon Asinelli
Facilities Manager
Exxon Mobil

Robert Crane
Retired
Houston Police Department

Ed Dent
Retired Manager
Motiva Enterprises, LLC

Faith Foreman
Assistant Director
City of Houston, Dept. of Health & Human Services

Edward Gonzalez
Council Member - District H
City Of Houston

Charles Harrell
Partner
Duane Morris LLP

Barbara Johnson
Retired Educator

Lynn Kaufhold
Retried President
Frost National Bank

Keith Kreuer
Board of Directors
BBS Technologies

Michael Marx
Vice President of Operations
Kroger Food Store

William Miller
President, Mainframe Service Management
BMC Software, Inc.

Mary Pappas
Concept Leader, BBQ
Pappas Restaurants, Inc.

Evelyn Pulliam, JD
Vice President, Human Resources
SYSCO Corporation

N. Joyce Punch
Retired Educator
Houston Independent School District

John Simon
Senior Vice President, Production
Hess Corporation

Debra Clark Stewart
Manager, Special Projects
Shell Lubricants

Zenobia Tambuvala
Principal
The Situs Companies

David Winn, CPA
Partner, Grant Thornton LLP

Clara B. Cooper
Executive Director