Donations Archives - Carol's Kindness https://www.carolskindness.org/category/donations/ Redistributing otherwise wasted food to food insecure people in East Austin, Texas. Sun, 16 Nov 2025 20:45:56 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.carolskindness.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Asset-1.png Donations Archives - Carol's Kindness https://www.carolskindness.org/category/donations/ 32 32 OUR MISSION: responding to the SNAP issues https://www.carolskindness.org/2025/11/02/our-mission-responding-to-the-snap-issues/ Sun, 02 Nov 2025 14:44:29 +0000 https://www.carolskindness.org/?p=13702 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 […]

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]]> A day of outreach on the streets and camps of Austin https://www.carolskindness.org/2025/09/21/a-day-of-outreach-on-the-streets-and-camps-of-austin/ Sun, 21 Sep 2025 12:45:38 +0000 https://www.carolskindness.org/?p=13212 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. […]

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]]> a volunteer’s roadtrip to the pantry https://www.carolskindness.org/2025/07/29/a-volunteers-roadtrip-to-the-pantry/ Tue, 29 Jul 2025 11:44:55 +0000 https://www.carolskindness.org/?p=12710 A note posted from Tommy after Saturday’s pantry with Maya (his dog): It was a pleasure to finally meet Dianne LS Koehler after many texts & Carol Rabun the backbone […]

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]]> We welcome Central Texas food bank as a donor https://www.carolskindness.org/2025/07/13/we-welcome-central-texas-food-bank-as-a-donor/ Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:26:00 +0000 https://www.carolskindness.org/?p=12521 Carol’s Kindness Plus has applied many times over the last few years to become a site for the food bank but some rule got in our way as we are […]

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]]> Coffee, Java, Joe, Super Power In A Mug https://www.carolskindness.org/2025/05/27/coffee-java-joe-super-power-in-a-mug/ Tue, 27 May 2025 21:25:57 +0000 https://www.carolskindness.org/?p=12121 Coffee, Java, Joe, Super Power In A Mug, all names for that dark colored liquid in the cup. We have been so blessed at our pantry to receive gourmet coffee […]

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]]> The food and people just keep coming https://www.carolskindness.org/2025/05/11/the-food-and-people-just-keep-coming/ Sun, 11 May 2025 12:09:02 +0000 https://www.carolskindness.org/?p=11725 Warmer weather has people congregating outside so it seems our lines are shorter but they are there and taking away a lot of food. We have had several large donations […]

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]]> Carol’s Army Behind the scenes with the pantry https://www.carolskindness.org/2025/04/23/carols-army-behind-the-scenes-at-the-pantry/ Wed, 23 Apr 2025 22:02:27 +0000 https://www.carolskindness.org/?p=11591 Every week and sometimes several times a week they get into their cars with crates and tubs and drive to the donor stores and warehouses to pack up the food […]

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]]> Carol’s Kindness’ pantry Gets great donations to support us https://www.carolskindness.org/2025/04/20/carols-kindness-pantry-getting-great-donations-to-support-us/ Sun, 20 Apr 2025 19:57:39 +0000 https://www.carolskindness.org/?p=11549 A great fundraiser in March and unexpected fantastic donations are keeping our shelves and fridges pretty flush during the last couple of weeks. We were able to raise over $3000 […]

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]]> We are so thankful for all the donations https://www.carolskindness.org/2025/04/13/we-are-so-thankful-for-all-the-donations/ Sun, 13 Apr 2025 12:33:08 +0000 https://www.carolskindness.org/?p=9856 Every week we get 100s to 1000s of pounds of food donated, 30,797 pounds in March, from a variety of places. A lot of it is perishable and is distributed […]

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]]> Carol’s Kindness pantry Keeps serving many more each week https://www.carolskindness.org/2025/03/23/carols-kindness-pantry-keeps-serving-many-more-each-week/ Sun, 23 Mar 2025 13:17:13 +0000 https://www.carolskindness.org/?p=9855 Our pantry every Saturday at Gus Garcia Rec center on Rundberg is attracting more clients than before. We knew that recent changes in food stamps and employment might affect us […]

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