We are a nonprofit that provides pouches of food to school kids in our community who have food insecurities and may not have food at home on the weekends.
Contact Information:
Hours of Operation:
We purchase and pick up food from the East Texas Food Bank in Tyler about every other week and we deliver the food to the schools usually on Thursday's where it is distributed to the assigned kids by the staff.
Eligibility Requirements:
No eligibility requirements, the children are usually suggested by teachers and counselors as children in need of food help.
Service Areas:
Gregg County, TX / Upshur County, TXCost/Fees:
FreeDonations
At the moment no. If the program grows larger a box truck would be helpful. Right now with pick up food using our volunteers with pick ups.
Volunteering
It is basically picking up cases of food at the Food Bank, loading them in a truck, returning to Gladewater, unloading the truck into our pantry, then once a week carrying anywhere from 14 to 20 cases of food to the 4 schools.
Our Mission
Our mission, as a nonprofit organization, is to provide food each school weekend, through volunteers, to children in local schools with at home food insecurities in order that they might be more focused in school and not worried about if they will have food at home.
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217 W. Quitman, Gladewater, TX, Gladewater, Texas
