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Food Pantry
Mentor Makes Volunteering Fun
Folks from Mentor, one of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, did some great work at Irving Cares. They helped organize the hygiene products, then formed a "conga line" to put soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, deodorant and other personal items into the bags...
A More Comfortable Food Pantry
Thank you to our friends at Nokia for the beautiful new furniture in the food pantry waiting room. It's so bright and cheerful...and comfortable!
Glenn Beck and The Blaze at Irving Cares
This afternoon Glenn Beck came to work at Irving Cares. He and the group from his magazine, The Blaze, spent time helping in the food pantry - sorting groceries and serving others. Glenn believes in "giving a hand up, not a hand out," so he put his hands to work at...
Landry Elementary Pre-K Students Have Food Drive
We are so impressed by Ms. Trina Rison's class at Landry Elementary School! They wanted to help children in need, and collected more than 200 pounds of cans for the food pantry. Thank you!
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Here’s what Mercury One said
about their recent volunteer experience, "We learned a lot about Irving Cares and the great work they do in the community and how their underlying tenet is not just to help people but to help them up onto a path of self-sufficiency. They are great stewards of their...
Citi Takes on the Summer Squeeze Challenge!
Citi has made a huge donation to the food pantry - including lots of canned fruit, our most needed item! Over 10,000 items weighing 6,686 pounds, were donated. They loaded it up, we brought it back, and needed extra volunteers to unloaded everything. Thank you, thank...
Roth Staffing said, “Thank you for letting us help!”
First time volunteers Hallie Salmon and Patrice Kreutz sent this photo from their time in the food pantry, and said, "Hi Kyle and team! We appreciate you letting some of us here at Roth Staffing come serve with you! Have a great day!" It's volunteers like these who...
Capital One Bank’s Generosity
New friends, Ariel Franco and Rebecca Hehn Calderon from Capital One Bank on N. O'Connor, stopped by today with a fabulous donation of food and funds. The lead tellers at the bank chose Irving Cares as the beneficiary of their donation. Thank you for helping Irving...