2-1-1 for emergency after- hours food assistance
Service Hours and Days
Please note that the Food Center will be closed February 17 for the Presidents Day celebraton.
(940) 382-0807
Open on the following days and times.
Register now for appointments using link above!
Mon 10:30am–12:15pm by APPOINTMENT ONLY
Wed 10:30am–12:15pm by APPOINTMENT ONLY
People needing food & qualify for food assistance will be asked to park in a designated area and then come inside for food assistance. Come inside to be interviewed for qualifying and other assistance.
Regístrese ahora para citas usando el enlace de arriba
Abierto ahora en los siguientes días y horarios
Lun 10:30 am-12:15pm Solo por cita
Mié 10:30 am-12:15pm Solo por cita
Hemos vuelto a las entrevistas internas para la calificación y otra asistencia. Se pedirá a las personas que necesiten alimentos que se estacionen en un área designada y luego entren para recibir asistencia alimentaria."
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the Food Center has had as its mission to provide emergency food assistance from a central community storehouse to needy families and individuals in the City of Denton and Northern Denton County struggling with hunger insecurity.
Since 1974,
50 years of service
40%
21%
families
63,651
we have served since March 2020
of Americans are only one missed paycheck away from poverty
of Denton county residents are hunger insecure
via our records!
Survival is a shared burden,
There's a lot of shame around asking for help. Since we've been in school, we're taught that it’s eat or be eaten—survival of the fittest.
But survival is a shared burden, and when institutions fail to meet our needs, we can rely on the values that make us human—the social bonds that hold us together as we provide for each other.
NEED
,
in this time of
​Local food drives by schools and local organizations greatly help with the ever-increasing demand for food assistance.
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Here are more local organizations in Denton County that can provide food assistance, social services, and other resources, The Denton Community Food Center only provides fresh groceries each visit, for other social services please visit these sites or call 211.
We have updated our requirements to now allow the convenience of making an appointment to receive food.
Applicants/clients may request an appointment for food once a month. Sign up or request an appointment after registering using the PantrySoft link
For your first appointment bring a photo ID with current address in Northern Denton County. If you are receiving SNAP benefits you qualify.
Clients receive approximately enough food for a family of 4 for a week