Community Food Distribution Procedures

In efforts to coordinate and streamline food distributions to acheive ultimate impact in the community, Collaborative Communities has developed food distribution procedures. 

Community organizations and members who wish to host food distributions in partnership with the Houston Food Bank or other designated food vendors on a Fort Bend ISD campus must adhere to the food distribution guidelines. Below is a high level overview with key details provided in the comprehensive guidelines:

Step 1: Host organization requests to schedule a food distribution at least two weeks in advance. All inquiries should be directed to the Executive Director of Collaborative Communities, Payal Pandit Talati by email at Payal.Pandit@fortbendisd.gov or phone at 281-634-1112.

Step 2: Collaborative Communities will assess scheduled food distribution events to prevent conflicts and determine if there is sufficient District support available to meet the request.

Step 3: Collaborative Communities will contact Fort Bend ISD Police Department to assess police officer resource capacity.

Step 4 (a): If there are no conflicts and there is District support available for the event, Collaborative Communities will contact interested host organization with the next steps to confirm the event.

Step 4 (b): If there are conflicts and/or insufficient District support, the host organization will need to need to submit a request via the District Facilitron platform.

The Shared Cupboard is an extension of Collaborative Communities Shared Dreams Program. A newly created initiative, the Shared Cupboard collects the following food items to provide weekend and holiday food sets for students identified by desginated campus staff.

Non-perishable Food Items:

• Canned meat such as chicken and tuna in water vs. oil
• Canned Soups: low sodium and salt
• Canned Fruits: water vs. syrup
• Canned Vegetables: low sodium and salt
• Peanut Butter and Jelly (Wowbutter and SunButter are alternate options due to potential allergies)

For more information on collecting food items or donating to this important effort, please contact Bobbie Anderson, Assistant Director or submit a monetary donation directly to the Shared Dreams donation page. 

Shared Harvest is an initiative that launched in the 2020-2021 academic school year.  The initiative aims to address food insecurity experienced by District families during the November holiday break to ensure that they are able to enjoy the holidays without the unnecessary stressors experienced from economic hardship and / or poverty.

Working with community stakeholders food insecurity can be addressed for identifed families receive a traditional holiday meal.

For inquiries on how you can get involved, contact Bobbie Anderson, Assistant Director.