Every month, more than 9,600 people receive food through our 12 food pantries, 10 senior day sites, and home delivery program.  Each pantry has a volunteer coordinator who oversees the volunteers that distribute more than 3.8 million pounds of food each year to Target Hunger clients.

Food Pantries

Target Hunger operates food pantries in zip codes 77016, 77020, 77026, 77028 & 77078. Pantries are operated at the following locations:

1. Anderson Memorial COGIC       
2. Berea  MBC 
3. Denver Harbor Multi Service Center   
4. Greater True Vine MBC
5. Kashmere Cares (Kashmere Multi-Service Center) 
6. Langston Family Life Center
7. Law Memorial COGIC
8. Mt. Vernon UMC
9. Northeast Multi-Service Center (Mobile)
10. Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church
11. St. Francis Assisi Catholic Church
12. St. Peter Claver

Senior Day Sites

Target Hunger distributes groceries to ten local senior citizen activity centers. These centers provide daytime activities to encourage and support independence and self-enrichment for local residents over the age of 55.

Deliveries are made to following centers:

1. Denver Harbor Senior Services
2. Hester House Senior Day Center
3. Hobart Taylor Senior Services 
4. J.W. Peavy Senior Services
5. Kashmere Senior Services 
6. Nixon Day Center 
7. Pleasant Hill Village
8. Prince Complex Senior Program
9. St. Luke Senior Services
10. Tidwell Park Senior Services

Home Delivery Program

Due to health and lack of mobility, many seniors are physically unable to visit a Target Hunger pantry.  The home delivery program provides foods services and case management services to seniors in the service areas of Target Hunger.

Prospective Target Hunger clients are carefully interviewed to determine specific needs and eligibility.  Interviewers also educate clients on city-wide programs that offer other services to insure that each client has the means to meet all of the needs of his/her family. Interviewers also impress the importance of self-sufficiency to clients, by encouraging them to take part in the numerous social services offered by Target Hunger.

We believe in the old adage that if you “give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” We give those who have fallen on hard times a chance to become productive, and the opportunity to learn how to believe in themselves and their community.

Target Hunger also partners with the Houston Independent School District to provide community-based vocational training for special education students from four area high schools. The students help prepare items for distribution on pantry days.  This partnership not only helps build self-esteem, but instills a sense of pride as students are participating in an activity that helps their own community.

For more information about our Food Services Program, please call (713) 226-4953.