What an accomplishment we celebrated this summer! GRACE’s Feed Our Kids summer lunch program just completed its 20th year of serving our community! Thank you to the hundreds of volunteers that made this happen. Whether you’re affiliated with a civic or philanthropic organization, a local business, a church, or even just you and your family or friend group…YOU helped served 36,104 lunches over an 11 week period across six different sites in Grapevine! AMAZING!
The excitement on the faces of our local children and their families when they arrived for the lunch hour is something special to witness. Our volunteers thought of everything! From face painting; balloon animals; setting up tables of books for all ages to take home; and even a wonderful week of Litter Awareness that ended with surprise giveaways and a “Pledge to do your part and put trash where it belong.” These special touches make such a difference in the lives of our kids and families.
Summer 2024 also celebrated the completion of year nine for our GRACE Grocery Giveaway that was held once a week (at two different locations simultaneously) throughout the summer with partnership with Tarrant Area Food Bank. This summer alone, we served 1,026 households and 4,828 individuals.
GRACE Grocery Giveaway volunteers worked tirelessly setting up and hosting Famers Market style grocery shopping that included fresh produce, meats, dairy products and canned goods. This special program brings fresh, healthy food choices to our community where it’s most difficult to access. We’d also like to share our appreciation for White’s Chapel Mobile Market that partnered with us to bring three additional market days to our community on Saturday mornings!
Our sincerest appreciation goes out to our surrounding community as well. To our six site hosts that allows us to serve hundreds of lunches on their property to the dozens of area restaurants that often sacrifice their own clientele to meet the demands of our lunch program! Thank you!
The success of GRACE and its mission is measured by you, our volunteers and community supporters. Thank you for your continuous support of our Seasonal Programs. Before we realize it, Christmas Cottage will be ramping up for another season. For ways to participate, please contact Jina Walker, Chief Programs Officer at jwalker@GRACEGrapevine.org
