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...
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Souper Bowl of Caring
From now until the Super Bowl, youth collect food and funds to donate to Irving Cares, then they report the donation online to be part of the national total. Churches typically collect on Super Bowl Sunday, and schools collect between Jan. 17 and Feb. 7. Here's how to...
Join La Cima Club with a donation to Irving Cares
La Cima is offering a fantastic opportunity to local businesses and their employees, “If you apply for membership by December 16th, the initiation fee will be waived in lieu of a canned food donation for Irving Cares. This represents a substantial savings since the...
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...
4th Annual Healthcare Associates of Irving Hogs and Hearts Rally
Join us Sat., Sept 13th from 11am-3pm at this event benefiting Irving Cares and 2435 Medical Clinic. This year will feature a Food Truck & Craft Fair Theme - welcoming Bombay Street Food, Ruthie's Rolling Café and Parrot Icce! There will be a Bounce House, Games...
“Helping others; making a difference in someone’s life”
That's what volunteers ranked highest as their reason for being at Irving Cares. One volunteer commented, "This is a wonderful organization and I am proud to be associated here." Irving Cares programs touched 44,000 people last year; with only 13 staff, we couldn't...
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...