Join us for the First Annual Pay It Forward Holiday Fundraising Celebration and Raffle Drawing today, from 5:30-7:00 pm, hosted by Glory House Catering & Bistro, 109 S. Main Street. Enjoy complimentary drinks and food; 2 drinks per person, with live music by Leo...
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A Special Donation Arrived Today
from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC). It took 2 trucks to get it here! We appreciate your support! And thanks to DMG Events Digital Marketing who helped unload the trucks and fill the food pantry. Irving Cares loves our volunteers!
You don’t need a bucket of ice on your head to know that #GivingTuesday feels good!
Remember the ice bucket challenge? It spread like wildfire this past summer. Before long, everyone was dumping buckets on their heads and challenging friends to do the same. So we did it. It was fun. We donated money and felt better for doing it. It felt good to...
Thanks to Dr. Dunn & ADCLC for their Holiday Food Drive
Dr. Jerry Dunn and Advanced Dental Care of Las Colinas joined Irving Cares to collect food donations for Irving families this holiday season. Thanks to everyone who donated - you made a difference and helped families in your own neighborhood. Dr. Jerry and Connie...
Thank You to Dallas Live Work Play
Thanks to Annie Farmer and all the donors who braved the cold, wet weather yesterday. We gathered about 250 pounds of food and some generous donations. Thank you, thank you for your support!
FedEx Supports the Food Pantry
About 60 FedEx employees from across the nation attended a meeting in Westlake, and as part of their activities, wanted to support a local Food Pantry. Their local FedEx co-worker suggested Irving Cares. They went to Kroger and bought 200 pounds of groceries then...
Celanese Corporation Volunteers Increase Efficiency
by working with food pantry volunteers in a 2-day training. Following a Lean Evaluation of food pantry inventory and processes. Now we can purchase, stock, and serve more effectively. Lean is "the elimination of anything not absolutely required to deliver a quality...
Irving Cares is Facing a Critical Shortfall
Due to limited funds, the Irving Cares Board of Directors made a difficult decision to eliminate the Patient Transportation Program, which had provided rides to medical appointments since the early 1990s. Although the program was outside of our mission of temporary...
Veggies and a pallet jack thanks to NTFB
"Today we are providing fresh sweet potatoes, squash, zucchini, carrots and cucumbers to our food pantry clients. I am so excited that Irving Cares can share this healthy food. We couldn't have done it without funds from the North Texas Food Bank. Their grant let us...