Houston Rockets and Toyota Center employees participated in a company-wide volunteer day at the Houston Food Bank on Wednesday. General manager Rafael Stone, head coach Stephen Silas, president of business operations Gretchen Sheirr, and owner Paige Fertitta were among those who helped sort donation items and pack food supplies.
The Houston Food Bank is the largest U.S. food bank, with distribution to a network of 1,500 community partners in 18 southeast Texas counties. It provides nutritious meals to food pantries, soup kitchens, senior centers, and other agencies, feeding over a million people each year.
“I feel extremely blessed to have spent time volunteering along with Rockets staff at the Houston Food Bank,” Fertitta said. “It’s humbling to know that we were able to impact thousands of families faced with food insecurity.”
According to Mark Berman of Fox 26 Houston, the team’s volunteer efforts helped create 91,666 meals in the morning shift alone. Many employees returned to also work an afternoon shift, and quite a few (including Stone and Silas) brought members of their families, as well.
“Feels good to do good,” Stone wrote on Twitter. See below for a compilation of photos and videos of their volunteer efforts.
Giving back at the @HoustonFoodBank. 🙏
“I feel extremely blessed to have spent time volunteering along with Rockets staff at the Houston Food Bank. It’s humbling to know that we were able to impact thousands of families faced with food insecurity.” – Paige Fertitta / Owner pic.twitter.com/dWp9pWGZ6J
— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) July 23, 2021
Feels good to do good. Putting in work at the @HoustonFoodBank with Coach , @toyotacenter crew , @FeliciaPStone , #PaigeFertitta and the #RWO ladies 💪 pic.twitter.com/At44MDUV45
— Rafael Stone (@RafaelStone12) July 21, 2021
Rockets Head Coach Stephen Silas and GM @RafaelStone12 help out at the @HoustonFoodBank, all part of the Rockets and Toyota Center employees volunteering at the Food Bank. pic.twitter.com/0HtgbItWaC
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) July 21, 2021
#Rockets Head Coach Stephen Silas joined by his daughter, Kyler and wife, Keryl, at the @HoustonFoodBank where Rockets and Toyota Center employees were volunteering today. pic.twitter.com/na01ETkTnM
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) July 21, 2021
The #Rockets giving back and volunteering at the @HoustonFoodBank was truly a family affair. GM @RafaelStone12 was joined by his wife, @FeliciaPStone, during the Rockets and Toyota Center employees company-wide volunteer day at the Food Bank. pic.twitter.com/q8Qnnu4nxP
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) July 21, 2021
The #Rockets volunteer efforts at the @HoustonFoodBank created 91,666 meals. WOW! and that’s just the morning shift. Rockets staffers will be back this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/vnjNWeUPaO
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) July 21, 2021
Rockets Head Coach Stephen Silas and GM @RafaelStone12 at the @HoustonFoodBank. pic.twitter.com/nK7YYGVViN
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) July 21, 2021
Rockets GM @RafaelStone12 and Head Coach Stephen Silas help out at the @HoustonFoodBank. pic.twitter.com/y0fwSMtTsr
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) July 21, 2021
Paige Fertitta joins with the #Rockets contingent volunteering at the @HoustonFoodBank. pic.twitter.com/luSY8nw0ZE
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) July 21, 2021
Gretchen Sheirr (@GSheirr), #Rockets president of business operations, and former Rockets star Robert Reid help out at the @HoustonFoodBank. pic.twitter.com/T5Je3V9QeL
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) July 21, 2021
Rockets Head Coach Stephen Silas and GM @RafaelStone12 help out at the @HoustonFoodBank, all part of the Rockets and Toyota Center employees volunteering at the Food Bank. pic.twitter.com/0HtgbItWaC
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) July 21, 2021
