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  • Jumping in to Help with Meals on Wheels Volunteer Opportunities

    Outfitted with masks and aprons, Dean and Rebecca are ready to rock.

    Jumping in to Help with Meals on Wheels Volunteer Opportunities

    One day making lunches brought big dividends

    meals on wheels volunteer
    A Meals on Wheels volunteer makes a LOT of food!

    We had a great experience in January by working for a day as a Meals on Wheels volunteer.  Rebecca, along with Dean Murphy, who is a Texas A&M student intern for The TGB Group, helped the program prepare 1,000+ lunches for homebound seniors in the Conroe, Texas, area.

    Rebecca has been active in fundraising for the organization since 2018 and thought getting more active as a Meals on Wheels volunteer would be an awesome experience.  She was right.

    Rebecca and Dean did their part by helping set up lunch trays with vegetables, cobbler and pudding and making sure the food-prep areas were properly and safely sanitized.  In itself, pretty uneventful work.

    But the payoff was deeply felt.  A lot of elderly community members are unable to leave their homes due to illness, lack of transportation or simply old age.  Add in concerns about contracting COVID, and you’ve got a lot of people who need someone to help them out a little.

    About Meals on Wheels Montgomery County

    meals on wheels volunteer work
    Outfitted with masks and aprons, Dean and Rebecca are ready to rock.

    Meals on Wheels was founded in 1973 as The Friendship Center to serve the needs of seniors in the county.  Over the years, the organization has grown to provide around 300,000 meals and 15,000 rides each year to the elderly and disabled in Montgomery County.

    For many of the people served, this is possibly the only way they could get a hot meal and necessary transportation to healthcare appointments and other destinations.  Every Meals on Wheels volunteer – and there are hundreds of them – are making a significant difference in people’s lives.

    Area businesses also help out, as do thousands of donors who give the money that’s needed to keep the operation running.

    One day of volunteer work may not be much out of our schedule, but it sure means a lot to the homebound individuals who get a delicious meal delivered right to their door.

    Serving as a Meals on Wheels volunteer was the right thing to do for Rebecca and Dean, and we hope more community-minded folks will give a little of their time now and then for this good cause.

    The TGB Team

  • Why Community Responsibility Is So Important | Doing Our Part

    Why Community Responsibility Is So Important | Doing Our Part

    Here are some of the ways we’re giving back

    From helping to feed the hungry to raising funds for St. Jude Children’s Hospital to supporting scholarship programs for deserving students, a big part of the TGB Group culture is acting with compassion to build support for many different causes in and around our community. We think of it as our community responsibility.

    Why we take community responsibility seriously

    Helping to making a difference in whatever ways we can is one of our missions. Because we care about our communities and the people who live in them, giving back is important to us. Here are some of our current areas of focus.

    Meals on Wheels, Montgomery County

    community responsibility with Meals on Wheels

    TGB Group donates funds to Montgomery County Meals on Wheels and is constructing Turkey Day treat bags for seniors. The programs operated through Meals on Wheels are vital to our older neighbors. A meal delivered by a friendly face means that seniors are not only getting the nutrition they need but a social visit they require to maintain a healthy balance in their lives.

    Harvesters Community Food Network

    community responsibility with Harversters

    Another part of our community responsibility is donating to the Harvesters Community Food Network, which provides kids in our area with healthy groceries.

    Montgomery County Association of Business Women Foundation (MCABW)

    Through donations, MCABW focuses on giving back to the community by awarding scholarships to high school seniors and supporting other local causes.

    Southwest Association of Rail Shippers (SWARS)

    TGB Group does a lot of work in the rail industry, so we make it a point to support the SWARS scholarship fund.

    St. Jude Children’s Hospital

    community responsibility with St. Jude

    An exciting part of fulfilling our community responsibility has been supporting the St. Jude Humana Rock N Roll Series fundraising event in San Antonio. It’s a 5K run happening on December 7, 2019 to raise money for pediatric cancer research.

    West Texas Food Bank

    community responsibility with West Texas Food Bank

    The final organization we support that we want to mention here is the West Texas Food Bank. This group is committed to serving the needs of children, families and seniors who struggle with hunger.

    All of us have the opportunity to give back a little – or a lot – to local and national causes that are important to us. It’s community responsibility that makes our world a better place.