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Each weekend food bag costs approximately $3.75. $142.50 supports one food-insecure elementary student per school year at a Bayou City Blessings program school with a weekend food bag. 100% of donations raised for BCB stays in a designated account for Houston children. During the 2025-2026 school year, Bayou City Blessings in a Backpack distributed over 95,760 weekend food bags containing over 670,000 units of food. All donations benefit only children at BCB’s program elementary schools in Houston!
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Checks may be made to Blessings in a Backpack with “program #1209” on the memo and mailed to:
Bayou City Blessings
12535 Perthshire Road
Houston, TX 77079
Bayou City Blessings is a ministry of Holy Spirit Episcopal Church which is a non-profit 501©3 organization. For ACH info for our national account, EIN, or donor-directed fund gifts, please contact Katie Fields at katie@bayoucityblessings.org or 713-818-1579.
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Packing Bags:
HELP 26/27 HSES ASSEMBLE BAGS AFTER CHAPEL ON TUESDAY MORNINGS
Monthly Community Assembly on Thursdays once a month
Delivering Bags:
DELIVER 26/27 WEEKEND FOOD BAGS TO SBISD SCHOOLS on Friday mornings
DELIVER DOOR-TO-DOOR ON CAMPUS AT BUFFALO CREEK ELEMENTARY on Friday mornings
***must have Spring Branch ISD Raptor clearance to volunteer at Buffalo Creek***
Bayou City Blessings in a Backpack collaborates regularly with volunteers and organizations within our community to organize inventory, write notes of encouragement included in our weekend food bags, assemble weekend food bags, and deliver weekend food bags to each program school. By offering evening, monthly Community Assembly (generally on the 3rd Thursday of each month) events, as well as private packing events families, clubs, corporate groups, and other organizations have an opportunity to gather for one hour to serve local children in a meaningful atmosphere of service and fellowship.
when you volunteer to help us provide food for the bags!
Donations may be dropped off at the Bayou City Blessings room at Holy Spirit Episcopal Church (12535 Perthshire Road; Houston, TX 77024) by appointment, at an Open Assembly, or on Sunday mornings in the Food Focus collection boxes.
For large donation drop offs, please call 713-468-7796. For questions about volunteering, please email Jenny King at volunteer@bayoucityblessings.org
2026-2027 Community Assembly Calendar
Thursdays at 6PM:
August 20
September 17
October 15
November 19
December 10
January 14
February 25
March 18
April 15
May 13
Top Volunteer FAQs
Where are events held?
Events are held at Holy Spirit Episcopal Church in the Palmer Parish Hall; 12535 Perthshire Road; Houston, TX 77024. Ample parking is available in both the east and west lots.What should volunteers expect during an assembly event?
Volunteers gather to pack weekend food bags for the children in our program. Long tables are set up in Palmer Hall for assembly line work. When volunteers arrive, they can begin packing food by moving through the line and placing food items into the bags provided. Cards, stickers and markers are available for making encouraging note cards for the bags as well. Leaders will be on hand to help instruct.Who can volunteer? Our volunteers range from 2-99 years old! Families, children, youth and adults are all welcome!
Can I make a financial donation to the Bayou City Blessings? Yes. We are a privately funded organization and welcome financial support. Each weekend food bag is budgeted at $3.30 or $125 to support one child during the school year. Donate here.
It is not how
much we give but the love we put into giving.
M O T H E R T E R E S A
When a child comes looking for food, that means I really don’t have it. BCB allows our kids to feel love coming from us and that allows us to build a relationship with them, with our parents which is critical, and with our community.
HISD ELEMENTARY PROGRAM SCHOOL PRINCIPAL