Minnie's Food Pantry

Volunteers this month on May 1^st are, standing (l-r): Jimmy Dominguez, Terrell Landry, David Kistner, David Rosengrants and Dennis DeMetsenaere. Sitting (l-r) are: John Makuta, Paul Krebs, Phil Stillo and Craig Robinson

Minnie's Food Pantry was named after Dr. Minnie Hawthorne-Ewing who was a community leader with a servant's heart. Minnie's Food Pantry is a 501(C)3 non-profit organization and is one of the largest food pantries in North Texas.

Minnie's Food Pantry was named Community Partner of The Year by The City of Plano! With four locations in three states, Minnie's Food Pantry has provided over 15 million healthy meals to families in need. Guide Star Charity evaluators have given Minnie's Food Pantry the platinum star rating which is the highest level of possible achievement.

Volunteers from Council 7850, both members and family, gather at Minnie’s Food Pantry on the first Wednesday of each month to provide assistance to staff for sorting donations from area vendors and packing boxes of miscellaneous food items for issue to needy families. The work starts at 0830 and lasts until 1130; however, its pays to arrive early to find a parking place !If you can make yourself available during this time, you are more than welcome to join us.

The event is well attended by our Knights and family members, as well as volunteers from other area businesses that allow their staff the time to participate. Organizations are normally identified by their logo T-Shirts representing their affiliation. Often, there are individual volunteers present who are not aligned with any organization.

All volunteers work side by side as one team to serve a common cause – fight hunger. The number of needy families seems to be an ever-increasing number.We are fortunate to have responsive vendors to provide truckloads of pallets to fill Minnie’s warehouse.