Frequently Asked Questions

The International Basket Brigade is a 100% volunteer-driven initiative dedicated to providing baskets filled with food and essential household items to families in need. Our mission is simple yet impactful: one small act of kindness from a caring person can transform lives. Over the years, our brigade has grown, and we set new goals each year to expand our reach and deepen our impact. At the heart of our work, we turn financial donations into thoughtfully prepared baskets to fulfill our commitment to families in the Houston community.

The spirit of the basket brigade is to deliver these gifts anonymously.  We work with local organizations like churches and public schools to help identify families that will receive your baskets. Make sure to find out the family size and any known health restrictions. Hold community donation drives to gather food and household items.  Historically our list of those in need has exceeded the number of baskets we have to give and therefore we simply don't have enough baskets to give to everyone that asks.  If you are in need we can add you to our overflow list by clicking here www.htxbasketbrigade.com/requests-1 in hopes that we have overflow but it doesn't guarantee a basket by any means. 

Please share our event on social media.  The more volunteers we have the more baskets we have to give.  It costs nothing to share and promote this event so we humbly ask that you help us grow.  

click here for overflow form

Donations are needed for both money and time!

Donate Money- https://www.htxbasketbrigade.com/donate will have the most up-to-date links and information 

Donate Time-

• We need leaders who can help with content development, logistics, help desk, and other aspects of making this work.  If that is you please let us know. 
• We need volunteers to help assemble the baskets on build day- that's always been the Saturday before Thanksgiving you can sign up here- https://www.htxbasketbrigade.com/volunteer/

 

Donate Baskets and other items- This is appreciated but much less of our focus so please hep us with the logistics on this allowing us to focus on our larger goals.  Any in-kind donations need to be at the build site at 9:30 AM and we will assign someone on that day to help organize these. 

No, we’re not a formal organization. HTX Basket Brigade is a grassroots, 100% volunteer-driven effort. Every single donation goes directly toward building Thanksgiving baskets and organizing this one special event. We’re grateful for our partnership with Second Servings, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, which provides support to those needing a donation receipt. You can conveniently donate through them on our donation page.

We need people to help us look for outreach, organize and most of all promote the event.  Helping people is contagious and the more you help us spread the word the more impact we have in the community. 

 

SHARE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA

- Instagram and Facebook are our main platforms

 

If you are a wizard at social media content please reach out! 

You are only going to be at the meeting spot for a brief time.  We meet, build some baskets together, game plan on the delivery, and then break apart to go out into the city and deliver.  As it is Saturday there is plenty of parking around the site. 

This post has what we normally try to procure for each of the beneficiaries it changes from year to year because of what we can buy in bulk and get discounted and what we can't but in it's spirit here is what is in a basket https://www.htxbasketbrigade.com/htxbasketbrigade/whats-in-a-basket

 

 

We appreciate your generosity and desire to help, but please understand that our core planning team is very small and each of us manages this project around full-time work commitments. To ensure everything runs smoothly, we kindly ask that if you’re bringing items, please arrive at the build site a few minutes before the start time on build day. This way, we can keep our focus on organizing and building the baskets without additional drop-off logistics. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation—it truly helps us make this event a success!