Busy and Hot day at the pantry today. 257 people received groceries along with fresh produce from North Texas Food Bank. The new commercial freezers are up and running thanks to Tom! The Pantry is looking for volunteers or youth group to adopt lawn mowing and weed eating every 2-3 weeks. We're also in need of volunteers for Tuesdays 8am-1:30pm once
Amazing Grace Food Pantry had a good variety of produce today that brought lots of smiles to the 202 people who received groceries for the week. The breakdown for clients is 86 children, 107 adults and 9 seniors The walkway cover worked great in this summer heat. Thank you [again] Chase Oaks Church! We still need volunteers for Tuesdays, Fridays and
The pantry served 57 families and received 2,000 lbs of donations from community grocery stores to be sorted and distributed. Collin County communities are still suffering the aftermath of this year's storms in addition to the many more experiencing food insecurity due to a myriad of circumstances that could affect any one of us at any time. We continue to need
Amazing Grace Food Pantry served 56 families with the equivalent of a grocery cart full of food. This weekly service is only possible because of generous community members like you. Without your continuing support, we could not acquire food that allows us to provide a week's worth of groceries for a Collin County family every week. If you know someone who
The pantry served 48 clients, including 22 veterans (and veteran families). We received peppers and sweet potatoes from Five Loaves, as well as paper towels from a community service worker. We're still reminding everyone in Collin County that the pantry needs financial help to make a new building a reality. Please consider setting up a recurring monthly donation via PayPal by
The pantry was open from 10am to 1pm, serving 62 families (254 people) over 4,000 lbs of food. Team leadership, Reggie and Don, was exceptional... thanks, guys! New Building Update - No real news to report except a couple of promising leads from some generous community members willing to provide services at a significant discount. More news is sure to come
The pantry was open from 8am to 11:30am, serving 207 people, including 3 new families and 2 veterans. A generous friend to to the pantry, Gary, helped us with some electrical modifications to support the [very large] freezers we received from Sharing Life (thank you again!!). We've still got a little work to do, but one of them is already in
Team Lead Nancy notes Thursday as a "triumphant" day! The team prepared a full contingent of small and large family food boxes for Saturday. Various donated items were inspected, sorted and stocked. The storage room was given a much-needed reorganization. The big news for the day was the arrival of 3 large freezers, donated to the pantry by Sharing Life in
Summer is finally here and we've tallied the numbers for the month of May 2016. Amazing Grace Food Pantry provided over 34,000 pounds of food and fed 2094 people (wow!). We'd like to extend a special THANK YOU to all the volunteers who cheerfully serve and to all who donate with cheerful hearts! We always need volunteers. Think about signing up
