Mobile Loaves & Fishes
Thu Nguyen is an experienced professional in gardening and education, currently serving as an Aquaponics & Hydroponics Greenhouse Assistant at Mobile Loaves & Fishes since July 2021, where responsibilities include planning and coordinating growing systems and leading volunteers. Prior experience includes a role as a Garden Science Educator with 4-H CAPITAL, where lesson plans were developed for elementary students and multiple school gardens were managed. Thu also contributed creatively as a Keyholder at Paper Source, leading hand-lettering workshops, and served as a Food and Leadership Fellow at Urban Roots, overseeing volunteer groups in agricultural tasks. Additional experience includes an Illustration Intern position at The Austin Common and serving as a Peer Mentor at The University of Texas at Austin, where support was provided to freshmen students. Thu holds a Bachelor of Arts in Geography from The University of Texas at Austin.
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Mobile Loaves & Fishes
Mobile Loaves & Fishes, Inc. began when five parishioners of St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Austin, Texas boldly answered God’s call to “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Alan Graham and his friends began delivering meals out of the back of a minivan to men and women they found living on the streets of their city. Alan readily admits thattheir original paradigm of serving the homeless had some flaws, but with the help of a formerly homeless man, they perfected the model that they successfully use today.That first trip was in September of 1998; by December of that year there was enough money to purchase a 1997 Ford F-250 pick-up truck with a catering bed.Since that first truck run, teams of volunteers have served meals with a side of hope to the homeless and working poor on the streets of Austin and San Antonio, Texas; Providence, Rhode Island; New Bedford, Massachusetts; and Minneapolis, Minnesota. To date, Mobile Loaves & Fishes has served over 4 million meals, and with the support of more than 18,000 volunteers, they are the largest prepared feeding program to the homeless and working poor in Austin.Today, in addition to continuing their truck ministry, they have expanded to include their Community First! Housing Program and the ROADS Micro-Enterprise Program.Please join us in feeding, loving, and helping those men and women who need it most.