Houston Food Bank partners with HISD to hold mass food distribution event at NRG Stadium

HOUSTON – The Houston Food Bank and is partnering with the Houston Independent School District for a second mass food distribution event at NRG Stadium Saturday. Thousands of people showed up to the first event last weekend and some had to be turned away.

The Houston Food Bank plans to make some changes at Saturday’s food distribution event after heavy demand last weekend.

“We’ve streamlined the distribution process,” said Houston Food Bank President Brian Greene. “We think we’re going to be able to process the cars a lot faster.”

Event organizers hope to assist some 6,000 families at the event.

“We got a lot more tractor-trailer loads of food that are going to be on the way. We think we can probably handle more like 6,000 families around this time and actually doing a larger quantity per family,” Greene said.

Greene said around 4,500 families received food at last weekend’s event.

Saturday’s distribution is from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the yellow lot. Drivers should head to the entrance on South Main Street.

Here is chopper video of the distribution site at NRG Park: