{"id":13388,"date":"2020-04-14T08:14:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T13:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/?p=13388"},"modified":"2020-04-14T08:14:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T13:14:30","slug":"silver-linings-hou-agent-delivers-food-to-children-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/2020\/04\/14\/silver-linings-hou-agent-delivers-food-to-children-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Linings: HOU Agent delivers food to children"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cover photo: Houston Hobby Airport Lead Agent John Laboy with a trunk full of meals to deliver to children in need.<\/em><\/p>\n

As a result of school closures, restaurants closing their dining rooms and grocery stores operating with limited inventory, there has been a sudden decline of available meals for low-income households. Thankfully non-profit organizations and volunteers are stepping up to increase their workloads in getting meals to the people that need them most.<\/p>\n

In Houston, Envoy\u00a0Lead Agent John Laboy has joined up with the Kids’ Meal organization to help deliver pre-packaged meals to children in the Houston area. Read below as John describes the process and the joy of giving back to the community.<\/p>\n

Love your neighbor<\/h3>\n

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John Laboy Sr. and his son, John, picking up food to deliver to children in need.<\/em><\/p>\n

How did you get involved in putting together lunches and delivering them to the community?<\/b><\/p>\n

We signed up to volunteer for Kids’ Meal organization.<\/a>\u00a0According to Kids’ Meals,\u00a01 in 4 Houston children live with food insecurity.<\/p>\n

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they\u00a0have grown 133 percent in the last two weeks and need help to provide 7,000 free meals daily. Our family signed up to be a driver — in this volunteer opportunity you pick up the packed lunches and Kids’ Meal will provide you with a list of addresses\u00a0and\u00a0the number of children you will serve that day.<\/p>\n

What items were in each meal you delivered and about how many have you delivered?<\/b><\/p>\n

The brown lunch bags are decorated and each bag includes a drink, a snack, and protein. During the two days, April 1 and April 2, my family delivered 290 meals. We are planning to continue to volunteer throughout April and May.<\/p>\n

Why do you think it’s important to take care of the community during this crisis?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I believe that giving back to our community allows us to be\u00a0purposeful and live by the saying “love thy neighbor.”<\/p>\n

What did your son think about it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My 12-year-old son John enjoys volunteering and was vital as our GPS coordinator, we did not get lost.<\/p>\n

What was the response from the people receiving food you delivered?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kids’ Meals allows you to share a smile or a greeting face-to-face with the families at a safe distance. The families are always so appreciative, and the smile you get from the children is heartwarming.<\/p>\n

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Know any more\u00a0“silver linings”?<\/a>\u00a0Send us an email at\u00a0Envoy.News@aa.com<\/a>. We’d love to share your stories of perseverance and hope during this COVID-19 crisis.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cover photo: Houston Hobby Airport Lead Agent John Laboy with a trunk full of meals to deliver to children in need. As a result of school closures, restaurants closing their dining rooms and grocery stores operating with limited inventory, there has been a sudden decline of available meals for low-income households. Thankfully non-profit organizations and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":41927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[346,105,64,144,173,86,51,68,646,643,63,245],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13388"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}