30,000 meals given away those in need at 42nd Super Feast KTRK
This Christmas Eve, a lot of people are still in need due to the pandemic, and volunteers are out to help.
The City Wide Club s Christmas Eve Super Feast kicked off this morning at the George R. Brown Convention Center, providing thousands of meals to Houstonians in need.
Super Feast is one of the nation s largest food and turkey distribution events, where they served more than 30,000 people who could really use the help this holiday.
Recipients received a frozen turkey, canned goods and other non-perishables.
ABC13 s TJ Parker spoke to some of the people who had been waiting in line for hours.
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ABC13 s TJ Parker spoke to some of the people who had been waiting in line for hours. He s been in and out of work all year. It s been tough, one woman said. So this is going to help us have a little more food, a little more resources, and get us through the New Year. I have two part-time jobs, and it s just kind of hard to pay bills. I m grateful for Houston and the resources here, another woman in line said. The food I got at Thanksgiving, I was able to share that with other friends that are having a hard time too.
Drive-thru Super Feast welcomes 25K Houstonians on Christmas Eve
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Usually, the City Wide Club s annual Super Feast includes a sit-down meal, but that wasn t possible this Christmas Eve. Still, about 25,000 Houstonians in need walked up or drove through to take advantage of the huge distribution event.
Mayor Sylvester Turner and U.S. Rep. Al Green joined volunteers in giving away meals, toys, and face masks at the George R. Brown Convention Center. 9
1of9Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, left, and U.S. Rep. Al Green loading a bicycle into the trunk of a 42nd Annual Super Feast distribution receiver Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020, at George R Brown Convention Center in Houston. This year s distribution, including meals, toys and face masks, was a drive-thru event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Yi-Chin Lee/Staff photographerShow
The City Wide Club's Christmas Eve Super Feast kicked off at this morning at the George R. Brown Convention Center, providing thousands of meals to Houstonians in need.
Houston, TX – 50 Cent made a surprise appearance in Houston last week to aid the city in its Christmas Eve Super Feast.
Organized by the nonprofit City Wide Club, the food and toy giveaway needed the public’s assistance in getting enough food and toys for 25,000 people. Enter 50 and his G-Unity Foundation.
The mogul donated about $850,000 worth of toys to the event, looking to help the nonprofit reach a set goal of 100,000 toys to donate.
“You make more, you give more back,” 50 said at a press conference on December 17. “They already have the foundation in this community built, so I was able to just make the collaboration, so you know it’s real as soon as you get in there.”