Food Pantry Service

Minnie's Food Bank in Plano - 2011

300 cans we collected for God's
Food Pantry in 2007

Abigail, Caleb & Jon measuring
out beans for distribution.

Yesterday I was talking to friends about our service in area food banks. In 2007 another home school mom invited us to serve with her family at God’s Food Pantry in Plano, TX. It was so touching and fulfilling to help, words cannot describe. Since that time we’ve been back to God’s Food Pantry in Plano lots of times, along with Brother Bill’s Grocery Store in Dallas, Cornerstone Baptist Church Kitchen in South Dallas, Little Elm Food Bank and more recently at Minnie’s Food Pantry in Plano.

Sissy stocking shelves.

If you have younger children I would suggest the two food banks in Plano. I would be uncomfortable taking young children who have never served to one of the food banks in Dallas for their first service.

Caleb stcoking shelves.

There is just something amazing and eye opening about caring and sorting and packing boxes of food for those in need. There is something about seeing the truly grateful faces of the recipients. Additionally it is beneficial for the children to see the rusted, dented cans; the yucky beets ; lima beans; and even expired cans that some give as their offering. That ‘do unto others’ really speaks out. The kids get first hand how a family might be looking forward to their box of food for the week, only to get banged up beets and lima beans.

The work usually includes lots of carrying cases of canned foods, checking expiration dates, marking thru expiration dates, sorting cans on shelves, packing boxes, carrying boxes to recipients cars even unloading trucks. I promise you, four and half hours working in the food bank is way more work than any fifty minute boot camp class, and has longer lasting results!

If you are not in this area, rest assured there is a food bank where you live, check out, find a time when you can serve.

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat,
I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink,I was a stranger and you invited me in,
Matthew 25:34-36