Feed the Children in Houston

Recently, the Houston Drilling & Surface and Aero IM teams partnered with Feed the Children to provide some volunteerism for this worthy organization. For over 30 years Feed The Children has delivered food, medicine, clothes and other essentials to individuals and families affected by famine, war, poverty and natural disaster.  It is one of the largest private organizations dedicated to this effort delivering more than 133 million pounds of food and other essentials to children and their families each year.  Food is delivered domestically, to all 50 states, and overseas to 119 countries around the globe. 

GE volunteering with Feed the Children in Houston, TexasWe were able to help Feed the Children by packaging personal hygiene boxes to be distributed to families in need within our local community. These boxes were filled with items we often take for granted such as soap, shampoo, conditioner, children's books, and much more.  It was a great opportunity to not only provide a service, but to engage in cross-business networking and team building as well.  We worked via assembly line to fill the boxes (leaning our processes and working at Six Sigma capacity, of course), completing 640 packages, weighing approximately 12,800 total pounds!  Afterwards, we had a team lunch of delicious BBQ before returning to work.  Don Kafka (a fellow IMLP) and myself were there among representatives of both the D&S and Aero IM teams, including Nick Parrotta, Aero’s CIO.

It was an enjoyable, worthwhile, and mutually rewarding experience that we had with Feed the Children, and we hope to keep the engagement alive in the future!