2026 · Year to Date · Houston, TX

This is what it looks like when we all link together.

Churches, businesses, city partners, and volunteers, all pulling the same direction. Here is what that added up to across Houston this year.

MissionLink · Impact Report · Updated Aug 2026
Year to dateJan 1 – Aug 8
57
Serve projects completed
14,633
People and families served
40,200
Meals packed
53,717
Pounds of food, documented by carrier manifest
1,700+
Backpacks on kids' backs
489
Volunteer sign-ups · 1,467 volunteer hours (est.)
25
Partner organizations
Figures are conservative. Where we estimate, we say so. Where we have a manifest, we count it.
Latest · Aug 8, 2026

The Back-to-School Bash

One Saturday morning at Home Run Dugout in Katy. Free backpacks, school supplies, and headphones. A bounce house, a DJ, NASA in center field, and every kid getting swings in the batting bays.

1,300+
Backpacks handed out
1,500
Neighbors on the field
50
Volunteers serving
1
Morning, start to finish

Backpacks funded by Integrated Utility Services. Supplies boosted by Compassion Katy, Katy Angels, and Cross Creek Church. Chick-fil-A and H-E-B on the field with us. That is the link in action.

The Year So Far

A few moments we will not forget

Every card below was a real day, in a real neighborhood, with real neighbors.

Feb 14
Dinneris served
A plated Valentine's dinner with handwritten cards at Bridge Over Troubled Waters.
Feb 28
312families served
A four-week-old church, no warehouse, and a full Convoy of Hope trailer in Sunnyside.
May–Jun
40,200meals packed
Packing lines with Houston Food Bank, Kids' Meals Houston, and Feed The Hunger.
Jun–Jul
875kids every week
Summer feeding at seven Houston sites, four weeks straight, with Convoy of Hope.
Jul 18
400backpacks
Serve day at Waltrip High School with Houston Texans players, haircuts, and ice cream.
Aug 8
1,300+backpacks
The Back-to-School Bash at Home Run Dugout, with 1,500 neighbors on the field.
How We Work

Every dollar goes to the work

$0
Salaries or stipends

Right now, every person serving with MissionLink, founders included, is a volunteer.

$0
Rent or warehouse

No office. No storage lease. We move resources straight from partners to neighborhoods.

100%
Toward the mission

Gifts go to food, supplies, and the essentials it takes to keep a nonprofit trustworthy.

The Links in the Chain

None of this happens alone

25 partner organizations served alongside us this year, from national relief networks to churches, restaurants, and businesses right down the street.

Convoy of Hope City of Houston Houston Food Bank The Garden Church Feed The Hunger Kids' Meals Houston Open Door Mission Compassion Katy Cross Creek Church We Serve Your City Houston Welcomes Refugees Waltrip High School Ed Ingram Foundation Citizens Coffee Eden Church Hoodies for Healing Montrose Street Reach 1 Team 1 Fight Ministries Mt. Rose COGIC West Memorial Elementary Thomas Middle School Nation's House of Prayer Alief Community Center Jasper Community Center / Nehemiah House
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Your gift becomes backpacks, hot meals, and truckloads of groceries in Houston neighborhoods. Every link matters.

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