Brighter Bites Houston by the Numbers

This fall, the Brighter Bites program in Houston will be our biggest season yet, serving more schools and families, and delivering more produce and nutrition education materials than ever before. Since there are so many schools, people, and produce that make up Brighter Bites in Houston in fall 2016, we thought we’d share our eye-popping stats with you:

50   Total number of sites/schools
16   Elementary schools new to Brighter Bites

9    Total full-time program staff
3    New full-time program staff

10   Total part-time program staff
6     New part-time program staff

7    Total fall interns
4+  Number of interns last fall

7500   Number of families to be served this fall
5000   Number of families served last fall

1.8 million  Pounds of produce to be provided in Houston this fall
1.1 million    Pounds of produce provided in Houston last fall