The Numbers

For more than 8 years, the Downtown Food Pantry has served the hungry of Lamar County. Our county has one of the highest food-insecurity rates in the state at 22.1%. This means that almost 1 in 4 or 10,970 people in our community are "struggling to avoid hunger."

Faces of hunger

Chuck Burton

Operations Director.

Janet Allen

Custodian.

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those in need

In 2016 we served:

People: 11,819

Families: 4,026

Meals: 1.12 million

Pounds of Food: 1.3 million

Clients only returned to the pantry to receive food on average 8 times a year.

Alicia Jallah

Executive Director.

Food Insecurity and the Working Poor

Many of our clients are working poor caused by stagnant wages and underemployment many times having to choose paying bills and medical care, over groceries. 66% of food insecure households have to choose between paying for food or medicine. 1:4 children in North Texas live in food insecure households. Children who are in food insecure households are more likely to be sick and suffer developmental delays.

To learn more about the hunger problem in our nation go to feedingamerica.org

Sorters and Baggers
Client Assistance
Bag Folders
Prayer Ministry

Reaching the county

Produce Bagging: Mondays, 9:00 am & Wednesdays, 12:00 pm
Stocking Groups: Tuesday, 6:30 pm and Saturday, 9:00 am. Call to schedule.

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for people

Hunger isn't seasonal, which is why our pantry is open year-round. We are open 2 days a week to clients. Clients are able to receive assistance every other week.

The pantry is open to clients:

Tuesday: 1:30-4:30 pm

Thursday: 8:30-11:30 am

124 W. Cherry St. Paris, Tx 75460 903-737-8870