Mobile Food Pantry
The Brazos Valley Food Bank began the Mobile Food Pantry program in 2008 with the goal of bringing fresh, frozen, and non-perishable food directly to food deserts - communities with inadequate access to nutritious foods needed to maintain a healthy diet. Currently, the Mobile Food Pantry provides 50-75 lbs. of food a month to approximately 250 food insecure households in Madison, Grimes and Washington Counties. To learn more about rural hunger, click here .
Mobile Food Pantries can operate inside a building or outside in the elements and utilize a system called Client Choice that allows individuals to pick the food they want. The flexibility of the structure of a Mobile Food Pantry means the distribution can occur where it is most needed, even if a physical building is not available, and when volunteers are available to run it. The Brazos Valley Food Bank’s current Mobile Food Pantries operate at the County Fairgrounds of two counties and a third Mobile Pantry operates in a parking lot.
From July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022 the Brazos Valley Food Bank Mobile Pantry provided 3,414 individuals with 456,187 pounds of food. With this amount of food we were able to distribute through 45 Mobile Pantries held in 6 counties, Brazos, Burleson, Robertson, Madison, Grimes, and Washington County.
The Brazos Valley Food Bank’s Mobile Food Pantries are overseen by Food Bank staff and volunteers who determine individual eligibility for the program and help load food into the vehicles of those in need.
Interested in learning more about Mobile Food Pantries? Email our Mobile Pantry Coordinator.