Transitioning from one hurricane affected food bank to another
August 27, 2010
Brian Greene, the former Executive Director of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana, never knew that the summer of 2005 would ask more from him food banker than many others. It was during this time that he left one ailing food bank to become the Executive Director of the Houston Food Bank, one that would eventually help Hurricane Katrina evacuees. Out of all the cities that opened their doors to those leaving the Gulf Area, Houston received 150,000 refugees — the most evacuees to enter any city after Katrina.
The move wasn’t timed intentionally, but the coincidental occurrence of the hurricane would test the network’s ability to support two different food banks under great need. It would also give Greene the chance to draw from years of expertise in response to an inconceivable situation.
I was able to speak with him about his work with during those unsettling days and months after the hurricane.
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