SECOND SERVINGS OF HOUSTON
What Is It?: Houston’s only prepared food rescue organization; it picks up surplus unserved food from caterers, hotels, sports venues, and other regulated food businesses and delivers it the same day to dozens of approved charity meal sites, serving more than 6,500 needy people a week.
Help Needed: Help rescue food at various events and venues and load the refrigerated vehicles for delivery to charity sites, or help at the office with internet research, analysis, and administrative tasks.
Minimum Age to Volunteer: Volunteers age 12 and up are welcome. Volunteers must be at least age 16 to ride in Second Servings’ vans. Please contact Second Servings for COVID-related updates.
Help Needed
FOOD RESCUE SQUAD
Our Food Rescue Squad has a great time helping with food rescues. Volunteers gather unserved surplus food at different events and venues, such as sandwich commissaries, bread companies, or convention centers, and load the refrigerated vehicles for delivery to charity sites.
Weekday, weeknight, and weekend times are available. Please use our contact form to tell us your preferred timing, and we will add you to our email list for volunteer opportunities as they become available.
ADMINISTRATIVE HELP
Volunteers may help at the office with tasks such as internet research, analysis, and organizational tasks.
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Culinaire Inspired Cuisine & Events' donations fed youth at Covenant House, 2016
Houston Kosher Chili Cookoff donations fed homeless youth and veterans, 2016
Antone's donations, 2016
Events by Momo donated this BBQ meal to shelter residents
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A refrigerated Second Servings truck
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Luna y Sol donating breakfast tacos, 2016
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Picking up donations from the Four Seasons hotel, 2015
Culinaire Inspired Cuisine and Events donation, 2016
Delivering to New Hope Houston, 2016
Delivering to The Center, 2017
DGN Factory serving donated meal to 150 Magnificat Houses residents
Working with UH Food Recovery Network, donating farmers market produce to Magnificat Houses
Frankie B. Mandola's Catering donation, 2016
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Hilton Americas Houston donation
Slow Dough Bread Co, 2016
Hilton Americas Houston donation
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Snap Kitchen donations
Popcorn from Levy at the Toyota Center, 2017
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Westin Galleria donated grilled salmon and salads for Covenant House youth
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Summer intern Morgan with surplus from a stadium, delivering to veterans' housing
Donations from Marriott Rotary House at MD Anderson
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