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Ike aftermath linked to food need  - KPRC Houston (Video)
Hunger on the Coast spurs first food bank - Houston Chronicle
Building toward the day no one goes hungry - Galveston County Daily News
 

Because No One Should Go Hungry . . . Gleanings From The Harvest is a vital and necessary food procurement and distribution network that provides nourishing food to those who most need it. By maximizing relationships with major food distributors and producers, Gleanings effectively distributes nutritious food not only to the truly destitute but to many families in Galveston County who are considered to be the "working poor."

Gleanings Grows . . . Gleanings From The Harvest is in the process of renovating a 11,500-square-foot building, once occupied by the Texas City Sun, to house Galveston County's first countywide food bank. "This has been talked about for 20 years," Mark Davis, Executive Director, said. Texas City agreed in 2007 to lease the empty building, 624 Fourth Avenue N., to Gleanings From The Harvest, and work has been ongoing since then to ready the facility as a "one-stop shop" for food, personal hygiene and cleaning supplies. Once finished, the new facility will boost the organization's ability to store and distribute food, including refrigerated and frozen items like dairy products, meat and eggs. Gleanings From The Harvest, a nonprofit organization that partners with the Houston Food Bank, stores food at a small building in Galveston at 903 53rd St. that was flooded when Hurricane Ike came ashore at Galveston on September 13, 2008. Galveston County Daily News, June 3, 2009. Article

Our thanks to the following organizations and corporations for their support:
Texas-New Mexico Power Company/Texas-New Mexico Power (TNMP) Commercial Solutions Program Article
Moody Gardens 2009 Tiny Tim Food Drive
Valero Texas City Refinery employees 2009 Valero Texas Open and Benefit for Children Golf Classic Article
The Grand 1894 Opera House Article-Guidry News
Carnival Cruise Lines Details
St. Philip's Lutheran Church Disaster Relief Team, Fridley, Minnesota Story/Photos
BP Energy Co. and the BP Foundation Galveston County Daily News, March 2009

Gleanings in the Ministry Spotlight . . . Click links below to listen as Gleanings Executive Director discusses the organization's needs and plans on recent KSBJ radio broadcasts:
- We are "a food bank system" - difference between a food bank and a food pantry. 
- "Currently we are working to become the first certified food bank in Galveston County."
- We are working on a new concept:  a "convenience store-type setup."
- What kind of food items should we bring to the KSBJ October 3 concert?  "Bring some of the things you enjoy the most."
- "[The] needs are greater today than they've been in the last six years."
These radio interviews aired during the week leading up to Houston radio station KSBJ's October 3, 2009 concert where Gleanings From The Harvest was recognized as the featured ministry of the event.

Harvest Moon Gala . . . Our annual holiday Gala was held December 13, 2009, at Moody Gardens in Galveston, Texas. Special guests who were recognized for their dedication and hard work in the cause of hunger relief were State Senator Mike Jackson, State Representative and Speaker Pro Tem Craig Eiland, and State Representative Larry Taylor. The Honorable Galveston County Judge James Yarbrough, Honorary Gala Chair, emceed.