{"id":184193,"date":"2026-02-28T06:39:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T06:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/184193\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T06:39:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T06:39:25","slug":"houston-methodist-the-woodlands-hospital-turns-up-the-heat-for-community-hunger-relief-at-annual-chili-cook-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/184193\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital turns up the heat for community hunger relief at annual Chili Cook-Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Health By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hellowoodlands.com\/author\/houston-methodist-the-woodlands-hospital\/\" title=\"Posts by Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0February 27, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital employees turned friendly competition into community impact during their annual Chili Cook-Off. Staff were encouraged to showcase their best chili recipes while spending time with colleagues and supporting neighbors facing food insecurity through a food drive benefiting the Montgomery County Food Bank.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/HMTWCancerCenter\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"LM6_Cancer_DigitalAds_600x600\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LM6_Cancer_DigitalAds_600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As part of the event, employees donated nonperishable food items to support the food bank\u2019s mission of providing reliable access to nutritious meals for individuals and families in need throughout Montgomery County.<\/p>\n<p>The annual cook-off brings employees together for camaraderie while reinforcing a shared commitment to giving back locally \u2013 both in their work and in friendly competition. Timed with the start of a week-long food drive, the cook-off helped Houston Methodist The Woodlands collect more than 250 nonperishable items on just day one of the drive.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_6573-1024x806.jpg\" alt=\"Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital Annual Chili Cook-off\" class=\"wp-image-120395\"  \/>Photo Credit: Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_6571-1024x839.jpg\" alt=\"Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital Annual Chili Cook-off\" class=\"wp-image-120392\"  \/>Photo Credit: Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital<\/p>\n<p>\u201cServing our community extends far beyond the walls of our hospital,\u201d David Bernard, CEO of Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital said. \u201cOur team was proud to come together today to support the Montgomery County Food Bank and help advance their mission of bringing hope and nourishment to families who need it most.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Montgomery County Food Bank and ways to support its mission, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/mcfoodbank.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">mcfoodbank.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3874-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-120393\"  \/>Photo Credit: Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3865-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-120394\"  \/>Photo Credit: Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital<\/p>\n<p>Source: Houston Methodist<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/TWCAAdmissions\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"TWCA_HelloWoodlands_2025-26_website-side-bar_600x600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TWCA_HelloWoodlands_2025-26_website-side-bar_600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Health By\u00a0Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital\u00a0|\u00a0February 27, 2026 Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital employees turned friendly competition into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[5688,56,58,63828,57,2251],"class_list":["post-184193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-chili-cook-off","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-methodist-the-woodlands-hospital","tag-houston-news","tag-montgomery-county-food-bank"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}