March For Meals: Senior Profile

It is March For Meals month, an annual national campaign to raise awareness of senior hunger and to encourage action on a local level. Your support and participation in our program helps people like Mario and Patsy Piña.  To learn more about our program, click here
Mario and Patsy Piña are Meals on Wheels for Greater Houston clients who just celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.  “I liked her the first time I set eyes on her and I couldn’t let her get away,” said Mario.  The couple keeps their love alive by sharing laughter and joking with one another.  Things took a turn for the couple earlier this year, when Patsy got sick and was hospitalized for three months.  “We signed up for IM’s Meals on Wheels when my wife came home from the hospital,” he said. “This is the first time we’ve had to ask for help like this and these meals have been a god-send.  I don’t see very well anymore and it’s hard for me to take over the duties of cooking.  If it wasn’t for Meals on Wheels, we wouldn’t have a wonderful, hot meal to eat every day.”

Houston's Souper Bowl of Caring

Usually on Super Bowl Sunday you will find groups of high school students feasting on a platter of wings and partying with their friends.  But this year there are some unique teenagers organized by Interfaith Ministries’ Youth Council who are doing something extraordinary.  They are taking part in Houston’s Souper Bowl of Caring, which collects food and or money, and gives 100% of those items to fight hunger and poverty in Houston.

The Youth Council needs volunteers to accomplishing this mission.  Join the Houston Food Bank and the Houston Texans in this city wide effort to help tackle hunger.  Click here to register to volunteer for a two hour shift at the Kroger's on 3300 Montrose Blvd., Houston, TX 77006.  February 6, 2011.