4Saints Episcopal Food Pantry, Fort Worth

When Episcopalians in east Fort Worth made a commitment to help their neighbors access healthy food, they did not realize they would be creating a movable feast.

Delivering Food and More

4Saints distributed food each Friday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Last year, volunteers served an average of 100 families each week. Currently they are serving about 125 families a week. On one Saturday a month, the mobile food bank serves 200 to 300 families, depending on how much food the Tarrant Area Food Bank delivers.

Clients are not just handed bags of groceries. They “shop” the aisles and pick out what they want or need from the available food supplies. Fresh eggs, milk, vegetables, and meat are provided. The pantry also offers offers pet food, cleaning supplies, and personal hygiene products. Ageappropriate books are made available for the children to take home.

As important as the food are the relationships of mutual respect and affection the volunteers build with their clients. No matter the location, staff and volunteers strive to live out the promises of the Baptismal Covenant each week: to seek and serve Christ in all persons and to respect the dignity of every human being.