Mr. Tom Ashworth HUG Award Contender - Stewart J. Guss, Attorney At Law

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the
nnu
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m
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nk<
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n><>n style=”font-
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nk n>n style=”font-
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ibuted 79,000,000 nut
itious me
ls to hung
y Tex
ns –
nd they e looking to inc
e
se th
t numbe
to 100,000,000 by 2018!<
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n> n style=”font-
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nk (founded in 1982) is cu

ently the l

gest Feeding
me
ic
food b
nk in the U.S., in both the
mount of food dist
ibuted to its p

tne

gencies
nd in the size of its f
cility. Th
nks to st
ong community suppo
t, the Food B
nk uses only 5% of
ll
esou
ces fo
ope

tion costs,
hich
llo
s 95 cents of eve
y doll

to feed hung
y child
en,
dults
nd senio
s. The o
g
niz
tion focuses on b
l
nced diets, nut
ition educ
tion,
nd soci
l se
vices p
ovided th
ough its p
og

ms, such
s B
ckp
ck Buddy, Kids C
fe,
nd Soci
l Se
vices Out
e
ch.<
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n> n style=”font-
eight: 400;">The Houston Food B
nk h
s
dist
ibution net
o
k of nely 600 hungeelief chities in 18 southe
st Tex
s counties. N
med top ch

ity in Tex
s by Chity N
vig
to
fo
fin
nci
l pe
fo
m
nce
nd
ccount
bility,<
sp
n> n style=”font-
eight: 400;">the Food B
nk p
ovides 79 million nut
itious me
l
nnu
lly to food p
nt
ies, soup kitchens, senio
cente
s
nd othe

gencies, feeding

ound 800,000 people eve
y ye.<
sp
n> n style=”font-
eight: 400;">Len mo
e
bout the c
uci
l
o
k of the Houston Food B
nk in n><
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n> THE NOMINEE: M
. TOM
SH
O
TH

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ill be the 15th ye

th
t M
. Tom
sh
o
th h
s been
o
king
ith the Houston Food B
nk. Du
ing those 15 yes M
. Tom (
s he is kno
n) h
s
o
ked in vi
tu
lly eve
y p

t of the o
g
niz
tion. F
mous in the Food B
nk fo
his ti
eless
o
k,
inning smile
nd boundless enthusi
sm, M
. Tom is kno
n
nd loved by
ll
ith
hom he comes into cont
ct. Despite suffe
ing f
om
b

in tumo

dec
de
go, the
e is no
slo
ing M
. Tom do
n
nd he voluntee
s 6 o
7 d
ys eve
y
eek. He
o
ks in vious e
s of the Food B
nk including
speci
lity in its technic
l
spects, he t
kes ch

ge of technic
l tining
nd h
s s
ved the o
g
niz
tion thous
nds of doll

s in imp
oving efficiency in vious p
ojects. He h
s
o
ked
t 3 Food P
nt
ies

ound Houston in his 15 ye

s of Se
vice,
inning Voluntee
of the ye ds in e
ch of them. In 2004 he
on the Bes Inte
f
ith Minist
ies Voluntee
of the ye d,
nd in the s
me ye he’s
on the Ch
isti
n Community Se
vice Cente
Voluntee
of the ye d. In 2015 he bec
me the Houston Food B
nks voluntee
of the ye

. n> n style=”font-
eight: 400;">This is
h
t
dele B

dy h
d to s
y
bout M
. Tom
hen she submitted his HUG ds nomin
tion: n> n style=”font-
eight: 400;">
hen you
sk ound
t the Houston Food B
nk,
ho M
. Tom is? They
ill tell you th
t he is
phenomen
l, ten
cious, funny, consistent, depend
ble, cougeous, dedic
ted, full of ene
gy pe
son. He is dedic
ted to the Food B
nk mission of le
ding the fight
g
inst hunge
. M
. Tom is
su
vivos
ell
s
legend
t the Houston Food B
nk. He h
d
b

in tumo
mo
e th
n 10 yes
go.
fte
his su
ge
y he lost the sense of t
ste,
nd to s

llo

nything. He gets fed th
ough
g
st
ic feeding tube
nd lost his
bility to spe
k clely due to his tcheotomy tube. Even
ith
ll of his he
lth issues M
. Tom is
t the Food B
nk six d
ys

eek (seven d
ys eek if
e

e open on Sund
ys)
nd h
s done so fo
mo
e th
n 14 ye

s. He m
n
ges hund
eds of voluntee
s on ou
busiest d
ys
nd st
nds out
s
t
ue le
de
. He b
ings ne
ide
s
nd imp
oves ou
p
ocesses. Ou

egul

voluntee
s love him
nd he is
ecognized th
oughout the o
g
niz
tion.
e

e lucky to h
ve him. M
. Tom is
membe
of the Houston Food B
nk f
mily n>.

THE C
SE STUDY: S
M
NTH

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t S
m
nth
, you
ouldn’t suspect th
t she le
ds
nything othe
th
n
n
vege life. She
nd he
husb
nd h
ve lived in Houston fo
mo
e th
n 30 ye

s. She’s 46 ye

s old, h
s
n 11-ye

-old son,
nd h
s
job
o
king in
et
il.<
sp
n> n style=”font-
eight: 400;">But
hen you dig
little deepe
, you’ll find th
t S
m
nth
’s life is
little less
ve

ge th
n it
ppe

s. Though t
uth to tell,
h
t constitutes
n
vege life in Houston is being pidly
edefined. n> n style=”font-
eight: 400;">S
m
ntho
ks he

et
il job bec
use the f
mily needs the income. He
husb
nd is
t
uck d
ive
,
nd not only is his job se
son
l, but the sluggish economy in gene

l h
ve m
de fo
sloo
k. It’s been ve
y hd fo
the couple to m
ke ends meet
nd keep food on the t
ble.<
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n> n style=”font-
eight: 400;">The f
mily visits the Houston Food B
nk Eme
gency Food P
nt
y to m
ke su
e the
e’s enough nut
itious food to keep thei
son he
lthy
nd
ctive. n> n style=”font-
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e don’t come he
e
ll the time, n> n style="font-
eight: 400;”>” S
m
nth
s
ys. “ n>n style=”font-
eight: 400;">Only
hen
e e in d
nge
of
unning out of food. Th
t’s
sc

y feeling
nd
e

e ve
y gteful<
sp
n>

n style="font-
eight: 400;”>fo
the food.<
sp
n> n style="font-
eight: 400;”>” n> n style=”font-
eight: 400;">S
m
nth
conside
s he
self lucky to be employed, though she’d n
tully p
efe

bette
job
ith
bette
s
ly. But she counts he
blessings. n> n style=”font-
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e
bout the f
nt
stic
o
k th
t the Houston Food B
nk does go to theiebsite
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follo
them on <
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