First of all, Derek is a real people-person, and he is always trying to help others. He is organized, kind, humble, cheerful (sounds like a boy scout) and “spiritual.” He […]
Many thanks to our superstar Volunteer, Derek Read More »
Carol says My pantry at Gus Garcia may be canceled for today because the rec center is closed but people/camps that know my address are coming to my house to
Austin is COLD, Gus Garcia is closed-Carol serves on the Drive Read More »
A lot has changed in the last few years, Carol’s Kindness has grown to a huge operation that regularly involves more than 20 trips a week to collect 7,000 –
2025 a year of growth and service Read More »
OMG!! I had to double-check the sheets, but we saw 262 clients yesterday (up over 100 from last fall and 90 from last week) with 545 household members fed! This is definitely a
OMG Where did they all come from? what a week Read More »
Carol’s Kindness has always had partners to share food with so nothing goes to waste. Some have been one-time partners, others are groups we share with regularly. Some of them
We collect a lot of food each week. Where does it go? Read More »
WOW, what a week, and Saturday was the frosting on the cupcake! We had massive donations capped off with 2 extra pallets from the food bank, making a total of
WOW, what a week, and Saturday was the frosting on the cupcake! Read More »
Being privately funded by donations and grants and being a salvage pantry is allowing us to jump right in and respond to the potential cut off/delay of SNAP for many
OUR MISSION: responding to the SNAP issues Read More »
Food donations at Carol’s Kindness are up for the month and up 21% over last year. We are getting more usable produce than ever, lots of snacks and beverages of all kinds too,
OUR MISSION: FEED THE HUNGRY Read More »
Jeff and Debb have taken on an almost daily mission to feed the brothers and sisters on the streets with fresh food and more from Carol’s Kindness Plus each week.
A day of outreach on the streets and camps of Austin Read More »
I am not sure the operation ever really stops. It pauses after our pantry on Saturday, but Carol Rabun is constantly networking to get partners for food donations and places
“What does it take to operate a food Pantry?” Food Salvage and distribution Read More »
