Second Servings is Houston's only perishable food rescue organization. Since 2015, the nonprofit has been building a healthier community by providing access to nutritious food that would otherwise go to waste. Second Servings picks up unsold and unserved food from over 400 food businesses and delivers it promptly and safely, for free, to 140 local nonprofit partners. Second Servings has delivered more than 12 million pounds of food, valued at $82 million, to over 200,000 Houstonians annually. "Rescuing" food not only helps feed people in need but also prevents food from going to the landfill to decompose and emitting potent methane gas, a significant contributor to climate change. With nearly 40% of the available food supply ordinarily going to waste while 20% of Houstonians struggle to have enough to eat, food rescue makes much sense. It is a practical, efficient, and essential approach to both pressing issues.
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8825 Knight Rd
Houston, Texas 77054, US
THANK YOU to the amazing NDT Global team for sponsoring the last PopUp Grocery Store at the MD Anderson Family YMCA and lending many helping hands to support our mission! 🙌 Thanks to their generosity and hard work, we delivered almost 4,000 pounds of food (that's 3 vans full!) and served 120 households in need. 💚🥦
We're excited to be honored as one of the 50 recipients of Whole Foods Market nationwide "Stuff the Van" initiative! 🚐💚 As part of their Nourishing Our Neighborhoods initiative, Whole Foods Montrose team members generously stuffed our Second Servings van full of donated products that supported 120 households at the West Orem Family YMCA! 🌿 Thank you, Whole Foods Market!
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As September winds down, so does Hunger Action Month, a national awareness campaign held each September to combat food insecurity. With hundreds of events held in our Houston First facilities each year, our partners at Levy prepare thousands of meals for our guests, which can lead to unused food. So far this year, the GRB has donated more than 300,000 lbs of food to organizations such as Second Servings of Houston and the Houston Food Bank helping feed Houstonians in need.
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This was a fantastic day - Second Servings of Houston not only sets up free pop-up grocery stores for lower-income families and senior citizens, but they also reduce waste by collecting fresh, delicious food from local grocery stores and restaurants that would otherwise be discarded. NDT Global #supportingourlocalcommunity
NDT Global x Second Servings of Houston x YMCA Serving The Community!
Shoutout to our amazing donor, Antone's Famous Po'Boys for their long-standing commitment to fighting hunger by donating their surplus! 🥪💚 Our nonprofit partners adore these delicious sandwiches! Thank you, Antone's, for your unwavering support and for helping us nourish Houston—one po'boy at a time! 🙌
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Such an honor to meet and hear Barbara Heitman Bronstein sharing about her organization she founded Second Servings of Houston. We learned about the distribution process of perishable food rescue from grocery stores, how households account for 43% of food waste, and package date labels such as "use by" are actually referring to "peak freshness" not safety.
A huge shoutout to the incredible Houston team at Nobu Hospitality for celebrating Nobu's 30th anniversary with us by volunteering at our PopUp Grocery Store at Julia C. Hester House! 🎉🍱 Their dedication to giving back to the community and fighting hunger shows how much heart they put into everything they do. 💚 Thank you, Nobu, for helping us make a difference—here’s to 30 more amazing years! 🌟
A big THANK YOU to the Hilton Americas-Houston team for volunteering at our recent PopUp Grocery Store at Temenos Apartments! 💚 Your dedication to supporting our mission is incredible, and sending your team out every quarter is just one of the many ways you consistently show up for our community. We're so grateful for your partnership and continued efforts to help us fight hunger and food waste! 🌟
👏 A huge shoutout to the amazing team from the MD Anderson Cancer Center Leadership Institute for rolling up their sleeves and making a difference at our recent PopUp Grocery Store at the MD Anderson Family YMCA! Your dedication and hard work ensured that families in our community received the nutritious food they need.
A big THANK YOU to the Houston team of The Reynolds and Reynolds Company for donating their surplus! 💚 Your generosity brought 7 pans of breakfast tacos – that’s around 350 tacos – to our community, helping us fight food waste and hunger. We're so grateful for your support and look forward to continuing this impactful partnership! 🌮👏