About Brighter Bites

Our Story

How a spurned slice of cake sparked a new kind of co-op.

Our Process

Eight steps to Brighter Bites.

Our Team

The people behind every bag.

Our Partners

We are humbled by the support of our incredible partners.

This material was funded by USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - SNAP.

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Jun 24

Ms. Arias is a teacher and parent at Rodriguez Elementary in @austinisd. She's showing off the beautiful radishes she received in her #BrighterBites bag🍎. We're so grateful for @UrbanRootsatx, who generously donated the radishes to our program. We're thankful for your partnership! 🥰

🤝If you would like to partner with us please visit our website 👉https://brighterbites.org/partner/

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Jun 23

We'd like to give a round of applause to the wonderful group of mom volunteers from Farias Early Childhood in @HoustonTXISD👏. @BrighterBitesHou had a successful year on campus thanks to their hard work and dedication💪. We're grateful for your time and support🥰!

If you or your organization would like to volunteer with #BrighterBites click here👉https://brighterbites.org/volunteer/

#BrighterBitesHouston #NutritionEducation #Nonprofit #Fruits #Vegetables #HISD

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Jun 21

Brighter Bites creates a community of health on school campuses through fresh food, and at Anderson Academy in Aldine ISD that includes inspiring the campus to create a garden club🥦!

Nurse Webb and Ms. Peavy at Anderson Academy got the idea to create a campus garden club after the school began the #BrighterBites program. They are growing squash, tomatoes, beans, and a variety of fresh herbs💚! Way to go Nurse Webb and Ms. Peavy🥰!

Interested in starting your own garden? If you have a very small space, an herb garden is a good place to start🌱. Many herbs can grow in a one-gallon pot. Five-gallon pots (or buckets with drainage holes added) are large enough to grow many vegetables successfully🥬🙌!

🍃See our Gardening Tip Sheet here: https://brighterbites.org/tip-sheets/

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#BrighterBitesHouston #NutritionEducation #Nonprofit #Fruits #Vegetables #AldineForward

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Jun 20

Here's to starting off the week strong💪, like our wonderful @BrighterBitesNYC volunteers! We're so grateful to the @PS_92Q parent volunteers who help make #BrighterBites possible on their campus🙌! We couldn't do it without you!

Volunteering with Brighter Bites is a wonderful way to get involved in your community! Sign up for a volunteer shift today🥰👉https://brighterbites.org/volunteer/

#BrighterBitesNYC #NutritionEducation #Nonprofit #Fruits #Vegetables

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Jun 19

Whether you celebrate today or another day, we are always happy to celebrate fathers! #HappyFathersDay to all of the dads out there🥰🤗!

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Jun 19

Today we pause to commemorate Black history, culture, and freedom through celebration and reflection of what today represents. We stand in solidarity with the Black community and celebrate this day of freedom, emancipation, and liberation.
#Juneteenth #FreedomDay

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Jun 17

Our @BrighterBitesDC team showing off fresh collard greens for #eatyourveggies day🥬🥦🥕👏!

A diet rich in colorful fruits and vegetables is high in fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C, antioxidants, and folate. Each fruit and vegetable provides different vitamins and minerals, so it is important to mix it up and choose a colorful variety🌈😋.

Read our Tip Sheet on A Rainbow of Fruits and Vegetables for some inspiration on how to add more fresh produce to your diet 👉https://brighterbites.org/tip-sheets/

#BrighterBitesDC #BrighterBites #NutritionEducation #Nonprofit #Fruits #Vegetables

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Jun 16

We go big on #FreshVeggies Day by distributing some gorgeous, giant rainbow chard🥬🌈😋! Our @BrighterBitesAustin team shared these at our partner schools in Austin ISD. This wouldn't be possible without awesome partners like @UrbanRootsATX 🥰!

Check out our How To to learn how to prepare these leafy greens💚🍃 👉 https://brighterbites.org/tip-sheets/

#BrighterBites #BrighterBitesAustin #NutritionEducation #NonProfit #Fruits #Vegetables #freshveggiesday

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Jun 15

Our 2021 Annual Impact Report is here! 🙌
What's Inside?
- 2021 Milestones 🏆
- Programming Metrics 🚚
- Nutrition Education Data 🍎
- DEI Goals 🏹
- Partner & Donor Highlights✨
- And More! 🤩

“Brighter Bites would like to thank you, our supporters,
who have traveled this extraordinary journey with us.
With your continued support we will build even more communities of health through fresh food. I hope you enjoy learning about our 2021 success and our dynamic organization in our most recent Annual Report.” -Lisa Helfman, Founder & Board Chair

Visit our website at https://brighterbites.org/our-impact/ to see the full report or click the link in our bio. Our Annual Report 2021 featuring the mission that drives us, facts that back up our program methods, and the families and impact that keeps us moving forward. We are so proud of the work that we do, and we hope that you join us in our mission! Here's to looking back at a successful year in 2021 full of impact and to many more years of creating communities of health through fresh food🥰!

Big things are coming in 2022! 🎉

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Jun 14

Did you know leafy greens are packed with tons of nutrients💚! We encourage everybody to add a source of leafy greens to every meal🥗. Some examples of leafy #vegetables include spinach, collard greens, cabbage and kale😋.

We'd like to give a shoutout to @UrbanRootsATX for this beautiful chard that we distributed at our @BrighterBitesAustin schools. The look on these girls' faces says it all! 🥰

Click here to read our Tip Sheet on selecting, storing, preparing and cooking leafy greens and lettuce🥬👉 https://brighterbites.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Leafy-Greens-and-Lettuce.pdf

#BrighterBites #BrighterBitesAustin #NutritionEducation #NonProfit #Fruits

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Jun 11

It's #CornOnTheCob🌽 Day!

Corn is grown widely throughout the world, and there are many delicious and nutritious ways to prepare it😋. Once you remove the husk corn can be enjoyed raw, sautéed, boiled and grilled! How does your family prepare their corn?

Check out our How To on Corn to learn more about this yummy vegetable👉 https://brighterbites.org/tip-sheets/

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#BrighterBitesDC #BrighterBites #NutritionEducation #Nonprofit #Fruits #Vegetables

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Jun 10

It's been a successful week of distributing fresh fruits and vegetables across all 9 of our cities❤️🥬🥒🍅🍎! Here's a snapshot from one of the students who attended our distribution in @BrighterBitesBakersfield 🥰

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

#BrighterBites #BrighterBitesBakersfield #NutritionEducation #Nonprofit #Fruits #Vegetables

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Jun 9

This post goes out to @Insight_Global for volunteering with us at @BrighterBitesHouston👏! They helped us build a total of 720 #BrighterBites produce boxes🥳📦! Thank you so much for your time and support🤗!

If you or someone you know would like to #volunteer with #BrighterBites please click here 👉https://brighterbites.org/volunteer/

#BrighterBitesHouston #NutritionEducation #Nonprofit #fruits #vegetables

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Jun 7

Today we are sharing a Tuesday Tip on Nutritious Nibbles

Fruits and vegetables are nutrient-rich, full of the vitamins and minerals your child needs to grow. Healthy snacks, like fruits and vegetables, give children the nutrition and long-lasting energy they need to stay focused during a busy day. Check out our Tip Sheet on Smarter Snacking to read about prepping healthy GO snacks

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Jun 6

"Hello, Brighter Bites speaking, would you like to help us create communities of health through fresh food?"🤗🥬🙌

There are many ways to have fun while participating in the #BrighterBites program🥰. Check out our Participate page to see how you can get involved! https://brighterbites.org/participate/

#NutritionEducation #Nonprofit #Fruits #Vegetables

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Jun 3

It's smiles like these that let us know we've done our jobs this week🥰. Brighter Bites school year programming is coming to a close, and our team is preparing for summer programming to begin across the country!

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Jun 2

Shoutout to all of the volunteers who came together to pack and sort #BrighterBites bags at Woodson Elementary in @Houstontxisd! Many hands make the project light work, and we are so grateful for their time and energy 🥰👏

To sign up for a #volunteer shift please click here 👉https://brighterbites.org/volunteer/

@BrighterBitesHou
#BrighterBitesHouston #NutritionEducation #NonProfit #Fruits #Vegetables #HISDProud

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Jun 1

We are announcing our partnership with with @DoorDash via its Project Dash initiative to increase fresh produce accessibility to children and their families in NYC, Houston, and Washington D.C.

Through this partnership, DoorDash’s Project DASH makes it possible for families facing transportation barriers to participate in the Brighter Bites program. DoorDash drivers will go to select enrolled schools to gather the produce boxes and deliver them directly to families’ doorstep. By using the same technology available to DoorDash’s merchant partners, Brighter Bites can reach families in an innovative way and continue to provide fresh food to those in need. To date, Project DASH has powered more than 1.8 million deliveries of an over 33 million estimated meals across the U.S. and Canada.

At this time, DoorDash is being utilized at select schools in three of our nine Brighter Bites cities, including New York City, Washington D.C., and Houston. We plan to extend the partnership to the remaining cities this fall where this type of support is needed the most.

“We are honored to partner with Brighter Bites to broaden food access by delivering fresh food to families in New York City, Washington, DC, and Houston,” said Brittany Graunke, DoorDash Drive Director. “Local delivery has been critical in supporting food banks and other social impact organizations’ provision of food and other essentials while emphasizing convenience and dignity. We’re excited to continue growing this work in a sustainable way for our partners across the country to continue to meet the ongoing need.”

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Jun 1

Can you believe it's already June🌞? We're feeling accomplished after a successful school year, and we are ready to take a bite out of summer😎!

Thank you to @YourTaylorFarms for these delicious tomatoes😋🍅! Our @BrighterBitesAustin schools were thrilled to see them in their #BrighterBites bags!

Need some inspiration on how to prepare your fresh tomatoes? We recommend our Tomato & Watermelon Basil Salsa🔥😍 Recipe 👉https://brighterbites.org/recipe/tomato-watermelon-basil-salsa/

#BrighterBitesAustin #NutritionEducation #NonProfit #Fruits #Vegetables

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May 31

As we wrap up the month of May and Asian American and Pacific Islander Month, we want to take a minute to highlight some of our favorite recipes highlighting this rich culture. Food is rooted in culture and we encourage everyone to explore some new flavors and learn something new! https://brighterbites.org/recipes/
- Sesame Cabbage Salad
- Samosa Potato Salad

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