--- title: Beyonce, Blue Ivy Serve Meals in Houston, Hurricane Harvey description: Blue Ivy helped Beyoncé serve meals to victims of Hurricane Harvey in Bey's hometown of Houston, Texas this weekend. canonical: https://time.com/4935876/beyonce-blu-ivy-serve-meals-hurricane-harvey-victims-houston/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-11T15:56:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:08.394Z og:title: Beyoncé and Blue Ivy Team Up to Help Hurricane Harvey Victims og:description: H-Town strong og:url: https://time.com/4935876/beyonce-blu-ivy-serve-meals-hurricane-harvey-victims-houston/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86578adfef333ad3/6988dd32096a9479e869f865/beyonce-blue-ivy-serve-meals-hurricane-harvey-houston.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Celebrities Attend The 66th NBA All-Star Game og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Beyoncé and Blue Ivy Team Up to Help Hurricane Harvey Victims twitter:description: H-Town strong twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86578adfef333ad3/6988dd32096a9479e869f865/beyonce-blue-ivy-serve-meals-hurricane-harvey-houston.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Blue Ivy and Beyoncé Teamed Up to Serve Meals to Hurricane Harvey > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images) NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 19: (L-R) Jay Z, Blue Ivy Carter and Beyoncé Knowles attend the 66th NBA All-Star Game at Smoothie King Center on February 19, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)Theo Wargo—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 11, 2017 3:56 PM UTC It looks like [Blue Ivy Carter](http://time.com/4668422/grammys-2017-blue-ivy-prince-suit/) is taking after her mother [Beyoncé](http://time.com/4856743/beyonce-highest-paid-musician-2016/) in more ways than just [her natural talent as a performer](http://time.com/4848919/blue-ivy-freestyle-rap-reactions/) — she’s also inherited her sense of philanthropy. Blue Ivy helped her mother serve meals to victims of [Hurricane Harvey](http://time.com/4932503/hurricane-harvey-relief-senate-senators-no/) in Bey’s hometown of Houston, Texas. The [_Lemonade_](http://time.com/4631309/beyonce-lemonade-impact/)singer, Blue Ivy and the rest of her Bey Good team served meals to those who lost their homes due to the severe flooding and damage of Hurricane Harvey; Beyoncé also took time to meet with victims of the hurricane and made a “[significant donation](http://www.etonline.com/exclusive-beyonces-pastor-reveals-shes-already-made-significant-donation-hurricane-harvey-relief)” to help as many people as possible in her hometown. Beyoncé will also join George Clooney, Oprah Winfrey and Julia Roberts for [the telethon _Hand in Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Harvey_ on Tuesday](http://time.com/4926956/beyonce-george-clooney-and-oprah-are-hosting-a-telethon-for-harvey-relief/), which will raise funds to help those affected by the natural disaster. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4935876/beyonce-blu-ivy-serve-meals-hurricane-harvey-victims-houston/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4935876/beyonce-blu-ivy-serve-meals-hurricane-harvey-victims-houston/"},"headline":"Blue Ivy and Beyoncé Teamed Up to Serve Meals to Hurricane Harvey","datePublished":"2017-09-11T15:56:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:08.394Z","description":"H-Town strong","url":"https://time.com/4935876/beyonce-blu-ivy-serve-meals-hurricane-harvey-victims-houston/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Beyonce","hurricane harvey"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86578adfef333ad3/6988dd32096a9479e869f865/beyonce-blue-ivy-serve-meals-hurricane-harvey-houston.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86578adfef333ad3/6988dd32096a9479e869f865/beyonce-blue-ivy-serve-meals-hurricane-harvey-houston.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrities Attend The 66th NBA All-Star Game","caption":"Celebrities Attend The 66th NBA All-Star Game","creditText":"Theo Wargo—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4935876/beyonce-blu-ivy-serve-meals-hurricane-harvey-victims-houston/","name":"Blue Ivy and Beyoncé Teamed Up to Serve Meals to Hurricane Harvey"}}]}] ```