Updates
Updates on our activities and progress.
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Food pantry move to Gus Garcia Rec Center
Published on July 10, 2023 by Carol Rabun
For 7 years we have had the food pantry in our home. 2 years ago we started working along side Austin Mutual Aid. July 8, 2023 we partnered with Austin Mutual Aid and moved the food pantry out of my home to Gus Garcia Rec Center a few block...
Saturday food pantry
Published on March 6, 2023 by Carol Rabun
Our first time to give out food at Austin Firefighters Assoc parking lot.We fed 63 homeless . 48 families with a total of 199 in the household 43 were under 18,They were allowed to pick out the food they wanted and as much as they needed. N...
New Collaboration
Published on March 2, 2023 by Carol Rabun
We have been invited to partner with Keep Austin Fed to do a food pantry at Blackland Community Center on Tuesday March 28, 2023. We will be giving out food to several hundred people that day. This weekend will be our first time to move our...
We have grown so much this year
Published on December 10, 2022 by Carol Rabun
At the beginning of this year we were feeding a few hundred people. At the end of 2022 we are feeding about 1000 people through 5 organization. Carol's Kindness rents a U-Haul truck to pick up the donations. Volunteers from all organanizati...
U-Haul donation
Published on October 27, 2022 by Carol Rabun
I received a email from U-Haul we are receiving $250 worth of truck rental. Thank you so much. With the new food donations this will help get the food to its distribution place much faster and hold the temperature of the food much better th...
Warehouse donations
Published on October 24, 2022 by Carol Rabun
We have picked up 3 new to us distribution centers. 2 fill vending machine in local offices. Like Tesla and IBM. The third supplies a major convince store. That puts us up to 5 donation pick ups for Friday. We share it with other organizati...
Food Justice Program grant
Published on September 27, 2022 by Carol Rabun
Thank you city of Austin for selecting Carol's Kindness for one of your Food Justice Program Grants. The money will be spent on buying food for homeless and under fed people in our neighborhood.
Welcome to Carol's Kindness
Published on September 27, 2022 by Carol Rabun
Welcome! Carol's Kindness+ is a simple solution, we directly rescue usable food that would have otherwise been thrown away from grocers, restaurants, and other food industry sources and make it available to families and individuals in our c...
2022
Published on June 10, 2022 by Carol Rabun
For 2022 we are moving more food than ever to people in need. I live in a poor zip code. My 29 volunteers bring donated food to my house. Under the carport we bought last year, we distribute all the food. No qualifying no limits. Take what...
Shipping container Africa bound
Published on March 30, 2022 by Carol Rabun
Fredericka, one of our volunteers has been sending drygoods, clothes, shoes, pots, pans, plates, bowls, silverware, toiletries, soap etc. Back to her hometown in Africa. The people there are extremely poor. Anything they get is a blessing....
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