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11.16.2025 - Houston Food Bank DECAN Event at GRB - 7 am to 11 am


	George R. Brown Convention Center, Avenida De Las Americas, Houston, TX, USA Get Directions
	Kathy Lipman
	7 registered, 20 needed

Organization: Houston Food Bank
Volunteers Needed: 20
Date: Sunday, November 16th, 2025
Time: 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Location: George R. Brown Convention Center; Hall A 3rd Floor
Duties: Volunteers will be disassembling structures built by local engineers, architects, construction crews, and students using various food products as the brick and mortar. As volunteers disassemble the structures they will be putting the food into boxes for delivery to Houston Food Bank. This volunteer experience requires volunteers to be assigned to many different tasks to help "deconstruct" the structures and ready food items for transport to the Houston Food Bank. Duties include check-in, direction support, box builders, DeCanners, shrink wrappers, manual jack operators, and clean-up crew. NOTE: Volunteer tasks will be assigned after check-in.

Dress Code: Astros Foundation shirt, long pants or knee-length shorts, close-toed shoes. Bring work gloves if you have some.

Parking:


Parking on the street (NORTH end of George R. Brown) is suggested - near Rusk Street . Street parking is free on Sundays. The best place to see what off-campus parking options are available is the Downtown Houston site: https://downtownhouston.org/navigate/parking. GPS is recommended. If traveling south from I-10 on 69/59 take Hamilton Exit; travel to Avenida de Las Americas and take a left. Look for street parking or parking lot as you get closer to George R. Brown Convention Center on your left.

Parking on the street (NORTH end of George R. Brown) is suggested - near Rusk Street . Street parking is free on Sundays.

The best place to see what off-campus parking options are available is the Downtown Houston site: https://downtownhouston.org/navigate/parking.

GPS is recommended. If traveling south from I-10 on 69/59 take Hamilton Exit; travel to Avenida de Las Americas and take a left. Look for street parking or parking lot as you get closer to George R. Brown Convention Center on your left.

Point of Contact: Kathy Lipman

Special Notes: If you sign up, please also register on the Food Bank website.

Join Houston Food Bank for 2025 Canstruction – Houston’s DECAN volunteer event by following this link to register: 2025 DECAN event - November 16th (7am - 11am) -- HFB link

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