In remembrance of 9/11, H-E-B Partners support more than 900 fire,
law enforcement, and EMS stations across the state.
Thousands of H-E-B Partners will honor and celebrate first responders across Texas for their unyielding service to our communities as part of the company’s 18th Annual Helping Heroes initiative. Helping Heroes is a companywide initiative that reinforces H-E-B’s ongoing commitment to our brave emergency personnel and allows H-E-B Partners to give back and engage in a day of service at fire, law enforcement, and EMS stations across the state.
This year, more than 340 H-E-B stores and work locations adopted 960 fire, law enforcement, and EMS stations statewide. On the days leading up to and on September 11, nearly 3,000 Partners will deliver meals and volunteer to help spruce up stations, rake leaves, wash the fire engines, and more. Additionally, H-E-B will provide adopted stations with H-E-B Meal Simple meals, snacks, pantry items, and other gifts for emergency personnel to enjoy.
In San Antonio, H-E-B Partners presented a $20,000 gift to the San Antonio Fire Department to benefit its Hero Like Her initiative, summer camps that mentor young women and girls for careers as first responders. The gift was presented during a drive-thru meal distribution at the Alamodome in San Antonio, where dozens of H-E-B Partners served barbecue plates to fire fighters.
This initiative recognizes September 11 as a National Day of Service and Remembrance, paying tribute to those who risked and lost their lives during the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks.
“For 18 years, Helping Heroes has allowed us to show unwavering support for the service and sacrifice our first responders show for Texas every day,” said Winell Herron, H-E-B Group Vice President Public Affairs, Diversity and Environmental Affairs. “We are inspired by the commitment of these brave Texans, who show the courage and heart needed to support our communities every day.”
Since 2005, H-E-B Partners have come together for this annual program, an important part of H-E-B’s ongoing support for emergency personnel in the more than 300 communities the company serves. Each year, H-E-B donates more than $500,000 to first responder initiatives throughout the state.
Learn more at heb.com/helpingheroes
