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Deborah Coppola, Exec. Director Darlene Rees, Asst. Director
Deborah Coppola, Exec. Director Darlene Rees, Asst. Director
Mission: Arlington Charities, Inc. is a 501 {c}(3) non-profit organization founded by the Ministerial Association in 1978 to lead and engage our community in the fight against hunger and poverty. Providing Help, Creating, Hope.
Operating as usual
Arlington Charities is excited to announce that our annual Thanksgiving Distribution will take place November 16th through November 20th. Sign ups and a sneak peek at the menu are now available at https://www.arlingtoncharities.org/thanksgiving-distribution
Have you visited the Arlington Charities Drive Through Food Pantry yet? We offer two weeks worth of produce, baked goods, meats, dairy, and shelf stable items delivered directly to your car. Give us a call at 817-275-1511 or visit https://www.arlingtoncharities.org/schedule-online to schedule a time to stop by.
Thanksgiving will be very different this year, but at Arlington Charities, we are striving to do a safe version of one of our most popular annual programs. Therefore, this years Thanksgiving Distribution will be a drive through.
If you are looking to receive Thanksgiving food, sign ups will be available on our website starting on Monday, October 12th.
Food donations will be accepted Monday through Friday during normal business hours up until November 11th.
Today, we have a group of Elders from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints helping us pack grocery bags for our clients. They will pack 168 bags with canned food, goldfish, soup, raisins, pasta, and other shelf stable goodies.
The Elders are part of a group of around thirty youth missionaries stationed in Arlington. Each week, they rotate volunteers between local organizations like Mission Arlington, The City of Arlington, and Arlington Charities.
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We are excited to announce that Arlington Charities is now enrolled in the Kroger Community Rewards Program. Now, whenever you shop using your Kroger Rewards Card, a portion of your purchase could go to Arlington Charities. Just visit https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards and search for Arlington Charities or WN005 to sign up!
The Arlington Charities Delivery Van is off to the races, providing pre-packed bags of groceries to elderly and homebound clients. Clients are able to select specialty items such as easy to prepare or low sodium in order to meet any dietary or mobility restrictions. It is our goal to be as accessible as possible to whoever is in need of food, even if they are unable to come to our Drive Through Pantry.
Every Wednesday until the end of November, Arlington Charities will partner with the Tarrant Area Food Bank to offer large scale mobile pantries in our parking lot. Today, we got the Army National Guard helping us direct traffic, unload inventory, and load groceries into a long line cars.
With Arlington Charities online scheduling, you can book your appointment up to a week in advance. After it gets approved, we'll send you reminders to make sure you don't forget. It is simple, easy, and you'll spend less time waiting on the phone. Schedule online today at https://www.arlingtoncharities.org/schedule-online
Looking for work? Several part-time temporary positions have opened up at Arlington Charities. The job entails helping set up and run our Drive Through Food Pantry. Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds and handle working outside in the Texas weather. If this sounds up your alley, please email [email protected] for more information.
Mobile Pantries at Arlington Charities open the doors to anyone and everyone who wants to get food. Consequently, they are extremely busy days with hundreds of clients being served in an efficient manner. Luckily, we have some extra help today. A large squad of volunteers from the Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program of Tarrant County are here on a group volunteer day. We also have our group from Arco Contractors Supply Company and many regular volunteers helping work the line.
Sometimes, it takes a village. Arlington Charities is grateful to have such a wonderful community to help us provide help and create hope.
One of the best comfort foods you can make is a crispy and flavorful fried catfish. Join Arlington Charities' favorite cook, Adam Koepp, as he walks you through how to make this scrumptious southern staple in Episode 3 of "Cooking With Adam."
For a follow along recipe and more delicious meals you can prepare with ingredients from the Arlington Charities pantry, visit: https://www.arlingtoncharities.org/recipie-page
Today and Friday, Arlington Charities is partnering with the Tarrant Area Food Bank to host two large scale mobile pantries in order to serve a larger portion of the Arlington community. We are excited to have 30 Air National Guard helping us work the line today! With hundreds of cars lined up to receive food, their strength and efficiency is greatly appreciated!
Mark your calendars. We are excited to announce that there will not be just one, but two Mobile Pantries this week thanks to the generosity of the Tarrant Area Food Bank. On Wednesday, September 23rd, and Friday, September 25th, the Arlington Charities parking lot opens at 9:00 AM to any and all individuals in need of free food.
No need to make an appointment. Drive through only.
After making our final tallies, we are delighted to announce that our North Texas Giving Day total was $72,608! This drastically surpassed our $60,000 goal and we could not be more grateful to everyone who made it possible. Our staff knew that we had to thank you personally to express just how much this means to us and our clients.
All of us at Arlington Charities would like to extend a huge thank you for helping make this North Texas Giving Day our best yet! With 164 donors and counting, we were blown away by the overwhelming support from our Arlington community and beyond. Tune on Monday for our final count and some personal words of gratitude from our Arlington Charities staff.
We may not be able to join you in person at the Arlington Tomorrow Foundation Arlington Gives concert this year, but it is available to Live Stream from 10:30 AM - 8:30 PM on their page! Along with live music, you'll also get updates on how your favorite Arlington nonprofits are doing during North Texas Giving Day. You'll also be able to vote for your favorite nonprofit by texting VOTE to 70402 and following the instructions. Your vote could help Arlington Charities win an additional $10,000.
Today is the big day, another North Texas Giving Day is upon us! As always, your donation goes directly to helping food insecure families in Arlington with quality programs like our drive through food pantry, food delivery programs, utility assistance, and case management. We even have a matching fund donor that will double your donation for twice the impact. Donate today and help a community in need!
https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/arlingtoncharities
To lead and engage our community in the fight against hunger and poverty. Providing help, creating hope. In 2019 we provided over $3M (FMV) in food and clothing to those in crisis.
Tomorrow is the big day! You can make your donations go even further on North Texas Giving Day by helping Arlington Charities win prizes. Online donations made during specific time slots are eligible for cash prizes up to $5,000! Check out our handy infographic and be sure to set your alarms. For more information on prizes, go to https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/prizes
With football season coming up, Arlington Charities own, Adam Koepp, shows you how to make a game day quesadilla platter using the ground beef given out to clients each week at Arlington Charities. Check out Episode Two of "Cooking With Adam" to learn how to make this delicious treat.
On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Arlington Charities distributes lunches to 12-18 homeless individuals in Arlington. Volunteer, Eve, starts by gathering supplies from our warehouse. She likes to find healthier items like salads and vegetables because many of the homeless are health conscious. Clients get several lunch items, water bottles, desserts, fruit, and on Fridays will receive hygiene items and goodie bags to get them through the weekend. Eve used to be a caterer, so she likes to set up her table as attractively as possible and allow clients to choose which items they want to take. She knows all of the clients by name and often remembers what types of food they like.
Just another quality Arlington Charities program that allows us to provide help and create hope in our community.
Thank you to the Arlington Tomorrow Foundation for the shout out. Tune in to the Arlington Tomorrow Foundation and Levitt Pavilion Arlington pages on 09/17/20 for live streamed concerts and North Texas Giving Day updates.
Be sure to remember to make your donation to Arlington Charities on or before 09/17/20 to help us continue to provide meals, case management, food delivery, and other quality programs to our Arlington community.
https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/arlingtoncharities
Let's hear it for Arlington Charities, one of many great Arlington-based nonprofit organizations YOU can support on North Texas Giving Day, this THURSDAY!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7biBKGn-WQ
The St. Andrews Mobile Pantry is tomorrow at 9:00 AM. The Tarrant Area Food Bank confirmed that it is doubling the amount of food that was available at the last mobile pantry. There is enough food for 600 families, so be sure to tell your friends and stop by if you need some extra food.
Absolutely wonderful video made by Elder Maat of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chronicling their recent donation of 24,000 pounds of food to Arlington Charities and Arlington Urban Ministries.
JustServe and Arlington Charites, pairing up to feed families in need! Serving the community brings us closer together, so we can all rise as one. Find service opportunities near you by visiting JustServe.org
Huge thanks to Elder Maat for this amazing video!
North Texas Giving Day is only one week away and we are already more than halfway to our $60,000 goal. In fact, we are currently ranked number 14 out of over 2,000 nonprofits based on the amount of money we have raised! Give today to help fight hunger in Arlington and remember that every donation will be doubled by an anonymous donor.
Arlington Charities is excited to announce a new weekly cooking video segment that teaches you how to cook delicious meals with the varied ingredients you receive each week at Arlington Charities. Check out our first episode to learn how to cook a succulent whole chicken.
Online appointment scheduling is back at Arlington Charities. Watch this handy video to learn how to schedule your AC appointment from the comfort of your couch as well as new features such as new client scheduling and customizable food boxes.
https://www.arlingtoncharities.org/acuity
It is with a heavy heart that we remember former Arlington Charities employee, Dorina Ramos Sanchez, who recently passed away. Dorina was a popular presence around Arlington Charities, where she had worked for 18 years before retiring last year. She was known for her sense of humor, her love of the Dallas Cowboys, and her love for the Arlington Charities staff and clients. Even after retiring, Dorina liked to come volunteer. One of her favorite events was our annual holiday toy drive, which she loved to set up and orchestrate. Dorina had a tremendous impact on Arlington Charities, as well as the people that worked there. She will be dearly missed.
Week one of early giving for North Texas Giving Day is almost over. So far, we have raised $17,295 out of our $60,000 goal! That equals approximately 173 families that can be fed for one whole month thanks to your efforts!
Thank you to all who donated and made such a huge impact in such a short amount of time. Let's keep that momentum going!
https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/arlingtoncharities
Arco Contractors Supply Company often sends workers to volunteer at our mobile pantries. Last time they were volunteering, workers noticed that clients were having trouble following the paths set by our tiny traffic cones and sometimes even running them over. To attempt to fix this problem, they decided to donate 10 large traffic cones that are impossible to miss. Thank you Arco Contractors for seeing a problem and generously deciding to fix it!
Arlington Charities will be closed on Monday, September 7th, for labor day. Please plan accordingly. We will reopen on Tuesday, September 8th.
The church of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donates trucks full of food to charities around the U.S. as part of their Covid-19 relief efforts. Yesterday, Arlington Charities and Arlington Urban Ministries were selected to split a truck full of 24,000 pounds of food. Food was first unloaded into the Arlington Charities truck by AC staff. It was then placed into storage by Latter Day Saints and JustServe.org volunteers.
"It was a no brainer," said Arlington Stake president of the Latter Day Saints, Mark Davies. "We chose Arlington Charities because of their ability to help out families in their community with basic necessities. It was one of the first charities on our minds to donate to."
Yesterday, representatives from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints came to Arlington Charities to drop off a semi truck full of 24,000 pounds of food to be split between Arlington Charities and Arlington Urban Ministries. The event was met with a lot of fanfare, including local news stations coming to cover the donation, and exuberant volunteers from the church and JustServe.org helping to properly store food. Our hearts could not be more full of gratitude and this donation will go a long way towards helping families in Arlington.
Be sure to check the Arlington Charities page later today for more coverage from the event.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made a significant food donation to Arlington Charities and Arlington Urban Ministries to help both nonprofits provide pantry staples to residents who are struggling financially during COVID-19. Learn more ➡️ ow.ly/XmlO50BghN7 #ArlingtonKindness ❤️
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One of the best comfort foods you can make is a crispy and flavorful fried catfish. Join Arlington Charities' favorite cook, Adam Koepp, as he walks you through how to make this scrumptious southern staple in Episode 3 of "Cooking With Adam." For a follow along recipe and more delicious meals you can prepare with ingredients from the Arlington Charities pantry, visit: https://www.arlingtoncharities.org/recipie-page
After making our final tallies, we are delighted to announce that our North Texas Giving Day total was $72,608! This drastically surpassed our $60,000 goal and we could not be more grateful to everyone who made it possible. Our staff knew that we had to thank you personally to express just how much this means to us and our clients.
With football season coming up, Arlington Charities own, Adam Koepp, shows you how to make a game day quesadilla platter using the ground beef given out to clients each week at Arlington Charities. Check out Episode Two of "Cooking With Adam" to learn how to make this delicious treat.
North Texas Giving Day is only one week away and we are already more than halfway to our $60,000 goal. In fact, we are currently ranked number 14 out of over 2,000 nonprofits based on the amount of money we have raised! Give today to help fight hunger in Arlington and remember that every donation will be doubled by an anonymous donor.
Early giving for North Texas Giving Day opens today! With an unlimited dollar for dollar match ensuring that every donation will be doubled, now is a great time to help us fight hunger in Arlington.
Early giving for North Texas Giving Day starts tomorrow, 09/01/20. Be sure to mark your calendars and give to Arlington Charities so we can continue to fight hunger in our community. https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/arlingtoncharities
Arlington Charities volunteer, Sue, is in charge of preparing fruits and vegetables bags for our drive through food pantry. Since Covid-19 hit, she has been preparing a staggering 200-300 per day to feed the hundreds of clients who visit each day. With North Texas Giving Day coming up on 09/17/20, you can help us continue to supply clients with fresh fruits and vegetables as well as other food items. Be sure to mark your calendars. Donations open on September 1st! https://www.arlingtoncharities.org/ntxgd-2020
Ever since the Covid-19 crisis has hit, a group of 15 volunteers, has worked a combined total of 550 hours per month to provide food to hungry families in Arlington. Arlington Charities is a passionate community of hard workers determined to feed 90-150 families per day. By donating to our North Texas Giving Day campaign, you can help us purchase food and supplies to enable us to continue to feed our community at a time when they need it most. Every single donation made will be matched by an anonymous donor to double your impact. Donate today to help Arlington families in need.
Every weekday, staff and volunteers load food directly into our clients cars in order to keep everyone safe.
See for yourself how Arlington Charities is keeping safe during the COVID-19 threat and the measures we are taking to ensure you continue to receive supplemental food and supplies. Be sure to visit our website to see how you can help and consider making a donation so we can continue to keep our community fed on this much greater scale.
Why do we give? We can be inspired by a noble cause, we might see the need firsthand and feel a connection, or we may just feel like it is our duty. Arlington Charities provides a variety of programs that directly impact our local community that inspire our donors to give. Our robust client choice food pantry allows our clients to pick their own groceries, clothing, household goods, and hygiene items in quantities that ensure that their needs will be met. Please consider supporting us this North Texas Giving Day on 09/19/19 in order to ensure that those struggling in our community continue to have the resources they need to thrive. Visit https://www.arlingtoncharities.org/north-texas-giving-day for more information.
Do you like to stay on top of all of the events coming up at Arlington Charities? Have trouble remembering when our monthly mobile pantries are or our senior days? Check out our new calendar page on our website to see every event in one handy place. You also have the option to copy events to your personal calendar as well!! https://www.arlingtoncharities.org/calendar
Take a tour of our expansive client choice pantry with our wonderful volunteers as tour guides! To learn how to donate to our pantry please visit https://www.arlingtoncharities.org/get-involved
Grab your cream cheese, the shelves at Arlington Charities are packed to the brim with Einstien Bros Bagels. These bagels, donated by Costco, come in a variety of delicious flavors for our hungry clients to enjoy.
We had too much fun today at the Arlington Police and Fire Appreciation Day!! Thank you to all the Arlington First Responders! We appreciate everything you do and were so happy to help the Masons provide food and serve lunch! Together, #WeHelpArlington
Back To School Mobile Food Pantry!!
Arlington Charities is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization helping to stabilize families, individuals and the homeless by helping them cover their most basic needs. The charity specializes in food, clothing, hygiene items, financial literacy classes, food and toys for the holidays, and information and referral services. We were founded in 1978 and have been dutifully serving the Arlington Community for over 40 years. AC is currently the largest food pantry in the city and the only client choice pantry for local individuals! We try to make a big difference in our community. In 2017 the charity served over 55,000 residents with over 1,067,549 pounds of food.
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