TRT's Partnership with the Fair Haven Food Pantry

When the COVID19 pandemic hit in March 2020, The Restoration Team made the decision to suspend our volunteer program for a few months. While we were still active in our home repair mission through paid contractors and smaller work teams of staff, we shifted some of our priorities and resources to food distribution.

The Restoration Team served with the Fair Haven Food Pantry every day from March to December. In partnership with Chapelwood Serving Ministries, we organized volunteers, registered food recipients, sorted, boxed, and distributed food.

With roughly 300 families coming through each day, we were able to serve 63,441 families and 316,395 individuals in need of food. In this time, volunteers spent 16,000 hours distributing 2,300,000 lbs of fresh produce and dry goods. All-in-all the Fair Haven Food Pantry has accounted for 13% of the Houston Food Bank’s distribution.

In 2021, we have returned to giving 100% of our time to our home repair mission. We are grateful for the Fair Haven Food Pantry and all it does in the Spring Branch community.