H
T
E THE HUG
DS?
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ostext">The Houston’s Unsung Ge
ts ds (HUG ds) e sponsoed by
ttoney Ste
t J. Guss to honothose loc
l mennd
omenho m
kespeci
l contibution to the community of Houston.
E
ch monthe
d
pize of $100
ndHouston He
o t-shit,
nd ech ye
e give one of the locl he
oes $1000. These blog posts highlight the ge
to
k done the the chityo
kes
ho emong this ye
’s 6 contende
s fothe
nnul
d.
THE CH
ITY: HOUSTON FOOD B
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>thi
d contendefo
thennu
l HUG ds is them
zing M. Tom
sho
th fom the
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ibuted 79,000,000 nut
itious mels to hung
y Texns –
nd they e looking to ince
se tht numbe
to 100,000,000 by 2018!<sp
n>nk (founded in 1982) is cu
ently the l
gest Feeding
meic
food bnk in the U.S., in both the
mount of food distibuted to its p
tne
gencies
nd in the size of its fcility. Th
nks to stong community suppo
t, the Food Bnk uses only 5% of
llesou
ces foope
tion costs,
hichllo
s 95 cents of evey doll
to feed hung
y childen,
dultsnd senio
s. The og
niztion focuses on b
lnced diets, nut
ition eduction,
nd socil se
vices povided th
ough its pog
ms, such
s Bckp
ck Buddy, Kids Cfe,
nd Socil Se
vices Oute
ch.<sp
n>nk h
sdist
ibution neto
k of nely 600 hungeelief chities in 18 southest Tex
s counties. Nmed top ch
ity in Tex
s by Chity Nvig
tofo
finnci
l pefo
mnce
ndccount
bility,<sp
n>nk p
ovides 79 million nutitious me
lnnu
lly to food pnt
ies, soup kitchens, seniocente
snd othe
gencies, feeding
ound 800,000 people eve
y ye.<sp
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n> THE NOMINEE: M. TOM
SHO
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>ill be the 15th ye
th
t M. Tom
sho
th hs been
oking
ith the Houston Food Bnk. Du
ing those 15 yes M. Tom (
s he is knon) h
so
ked in vitu
lly evey p
t of the o
gniz
tion. Fmous in the Food B
nk fohis ti
elesso
k,inning smile
nd boundless enthusism, M
. Tom is knon
nd loved byll
ithhom he comes into cont
ct. Despite suffeing f
omb
in tumo
dec
dego, the
e is noslo
ing M. Tom do
nnd he voluntee
s 6 o7 d
ys evey
eek. Heo
ks in vious es of the Food B
nk includingspeci
lity in its technicl
spects, he tkes ch
ge of technic
l tiningnd h
s sved the o
gniz
tion thousnds of doll
s in imp
oving efficiency in vious pojects. He h
so
kedt 3 Food P
nties
ound Houston in his 15 ye
s of Se
vice,inning Voluntee
of the ye ds in ech of them. In 2004 he
on the Bes Intef
ith Ministies Voluntee
of the ye d,nd in the s
me ye he’son the Ch
istin Community Se
vice CenteVoluntee
of the ye d. In 2015 he becme the Houston Food B
nks volunteeof the ye
.
h
tdele B
dy h
d to sy
bout M. Tom
hen she submitted his HUG ds nomintion:
hen you
sk oundt the Houston Food B
nk,ho M
. Tom is? Theyill tell you th
t he isphenomen
l, tencious, funny, consistent, depend
ble, cougeous, dedicted, full of ene
gy peson. He is dedic
ted to the Food Bnk mission of le
ding the fightg
inst hunge. M
. Tom issu
vivosell
slegend
t the Houston Food Bnk. He h
db
in tumo
moe th
n 10 yesgo.
ftehis su
gey he lost the sense of t
ste,nd to s
llo
nything. He gets fed th
oughg
stic feeding tube
nd lost hisbility to spe
k clely due to his tcheotomy tube. Evenith
ll of his helth issues M
. Tom ist the Food B
nk six dys
eek (seven d
ys eek ife
e open on Sund
ys)nd h
s done so fomo
e thn 14 ye
s. He m
nges hund
eds of voluntees on ou
busiest dys
nd stnds out
st
ue lede
. He bings ne
ides
nd impoves ou
pocesses. Ou
egul
voluntee
s love himnd he is
ecognized thoughout the o
gniz
tion.e
e lucky to h
ve him. M. Tom is
membeof the Houston Food B
nk fmily
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THE C
SE STUDY: SM
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>t S
mnth
, yououldn’t suspect th
t she leds
nything otheth
nn
vege life. Shend he
husbnd h
ve lived in Houston fomo
e thn 30 ye
s. She’s 46 ye
s old, h
sn 11-ye
-old son,
nd hs
jobo
king inet
il.<sp
n>hen you dig
little deepe, you’ll find th
t Sm
nth’s life is
little lessve
ge th
n itppe
s. Though t
uth to tell,h
t constitutesn
vege life in Houston is being pidlyedefined.
m
nthoks he
et
il job becuse the f
mily needs the income. Hehusb
nd ist
uck dive
,nd not only is his job se
sonl, but the sluggish economy in gene
l h
ve mde fo
slook. It’s been ve
y hd fothe couple to m
ke ends meetnd keep food on the t
ble.<sp
n>mily visits the Houston Food B
nk Emegency Food P
nty to m
ke sue the
e’s enough nutitious food to keep thei
son helthy
ndctive.
sp
n>e don’t come he
ell the time,
i> eight: 400;”>” S nth ys. “
hen
e e in dnge
ofunning out of food. Th
t’ssc
y feeling
nde
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y gteful<sp
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eight: 400;”>fo sp i> eight: 400;”>” m conside self lucky to be employed, though she’d n efe bette ith s blessings.
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bout the fnt
stico
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