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FOOD | ARTS | COMMUNITY | STYLE + LEISURE
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WHEN THE STARS CAME OUT

FAMOUS FACES AT THE HOUSTON FOOD BANK

Courtesy of Houston Food Bank
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey , now more than ever , the Houston Food Bank is relying on the help of the community to help care for our neighbors in need . There has been an outpouring of donations of money , time and food , and not just from Houstonians but from people around the state , the country and the world !
With more food to distribute ( as much as three times more than in non-disaster time ), more helping hands are needed to sort , inspect and box food . In the first 22 days following the storm alone , some 14,372 volunteers came to the food bank and worked 48,940 hours ! That is equivalent to 282 full-time staff positions for one month .) Among those were a few names you might recognize : comedian KEVEN HART , singer / actress DEMI LOVATO , THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS , BOY BAND WHY DON ’ T WE , KENDALL LAMM and GREG MANCZ ( and Toro !) of the Houston Texans , CHRIS
PAUL of the Houston Rockets and ANDREW WENGER and DYLAN REMICK of the Houston Dynamo .
Countless generous individuals and companies have made monetary donations , as have many celebrities including Gwyneth Paltrow , Aziz Ansari , Taylor Swift , Katie Couric , Nick Jonas , Metallica , Regina Spektor , Hilary Duff , Olympic medalist Simone Biles , former Houston Astro Craig Biggio and
John Legend , among others .
Houston Food Bank says , “ THANK YOU !”
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