Hunt County Shared Ministries

09/04/2026

What does a donation to Hunt County Shared Ministries really mean?

It means food for a child, groceries for a family, and help for a neighbor facing an unexpected crisis. Most of all, it means hope. 💚

Your North Texas Giving Day gift stays right here in our community and helps us continue serving our Hunt County neighbors.

Give today:
https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/organization/Hunt-County-Shared-Ministries

Thank you for helping us feed families, restore hope, and remind our neighbors that they are not alone.

09/03/2026

We’re getting ready to welcome our neighbors. 💙

Today, our 2nd set of volunteers gathered inside our new Client Choice Pantry for training—learning the new space, walking through the shopping process, and preparing to serve our neighbors with dignity and care.

Soon, these carts will be rolling through aisles filled with food, and families will be able to choose the foods that work best for their households.

But none of this happens by accident.

It takes volunteers willing to learn. It takes a community willing to serve. And it takes donors willing to invest in the mission.

This North Texas Giving Day, your gift helps us stock the shelves, keep the pantry running, and be ready when a neighbor needs help.

The building is changing. The way we serve is growing. The mission remains the same: neighbors helping neighbors.

💙 Give today and be part of what happens next.

https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/organization/Hunt-County-Shared-Ministries

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09/02/2026

❤️ To Our Anonymous Friend…

We don’t know your name. We don’t know who you are. But somehow, you always seem to know when we need a little boost.

Every so often, an envelope arrives in the mail with gift cards inside. No recognition requested. No fanfare. Just a quiet act of generosity to help us care for our neighbors.

And somehow, they always seem to arrive at just the right time.

So, Anonymous Friend, if you happen to see this—thank you. We may not know your name, but we absolutely know the difference your kindness makes.

You remind us that sometimes the biggest encouragement comes quietly… in an envelope in the mail. ❤️

09/01/2026

🧡 SEPTEMBER IS HUNGER ACTION MONTH! 🧡

Hunger doesn’t always look the way you think it does.

It can look like a child wondering what they’ll eat this weekend. A senior choosing between groceries and medication. A working family whose paycheck simply doesn’t stretch far enough.

Every day, Hunt County Shared Ministries meets neighbors in those moments—and reminds them they are not alone.

This September, let’s turn awareness into ACTION.

🧡 Give.
🧡 Volunteer.
🧡 Share.

And with North Texas Giving Day coming September 17, you can take action today by making a gift to HCSM:

👉 https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/organization/Hunt-County-Shared-Ministries

Hunger Action Month starts today. Let’s take action together, Hunt County! 🧡

Hunt County Shared Ministries was organized to help meet basic emergency needs of families residing within Hunt County. Organized in 1980 the ministry has grown from a small pantry to providing services ranging from food to prescription medicines. Each year, FISH (as we're...

08/31/2026

**IMPORTANT UPDATE: FISH FOOD PANTRY OPENING DELAYED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 11**

Sometimes construction has its own timeline! Due to unforeseen construction delays at our new home, the **FISH Food Pantry and Hunt County Shared Ministries offices will now open Friday, September 11.**

We know there are people counting on us, and we do not take this delay lightly. We are working hard to get everything ready so we can safely open our doors and begin serving our neighbors in our new space.

We are so grateful for your patience, your prayers, and the many hands working behind the scenes to get us there.

**New opening date: Friday, September 11**
📍 **2825 O’Neal Street**

We’re almost there. We can’t wait to welcome you to the new FISH Food Pantry!

08/28/2026

40 people showed up….Sometimes God’s provision is so visible you just have to stop and take it all in.

This week, L3Harris showed up with 2,000 pounds of food for our MARK program. And when much of that food is cereal, oatmeal, ramen, mac & cheese and other kid-friendly foods, 2,000 pounds is A LOT of food going home with children who may otherwise struggle with hunger over the weekend. Thank you L3 Harris employees
For the awesome food drive.

More than 40 volunteers showed up for training, preparing to welcome and serve our neighbors in our new pantry. They were so excited.

We received a beautiful legacy gift toward our capital campaign, and another significant gift was promised.

Home Depot came by to consult with us about a raised garden bed they are giving us.

Lolly and Pops is blessing us with much of their remaining merchandise for our neighbors who need medical equipment and supplies.

And today, the gentleman who bought our shed and moved it paid us more than we asked simply because he believes in the work we are doing.

And on it goes…

One provision after another. People showing up. People giving. People encouraging. People saying, We want to be part of this.

We are incredibly grateful.

But more than anything, we recognize the Provider behind the provision.

We didn’t create this work and then ask God to bless it. We believe we are stepping into work He has already prepared—and we are blessed beyond measure to have a small part in it.

God is providing. And we are grateful to be part of His work.

“Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands.”
— Psalm 90:17 ❤️

08/28/2026

💛 One letter. One person who cared. 1,890 pounds of food.

When Jan received our 68 Hour Heroes letter, she decided to do something.

She started a MARK Bag food drive at L3Harris, and her coworkers showed up in a BIG way.

Together, they collected an incredible 1,890 pounds of food for children right here in Hunt County! That food will help fill weekend bags for students who have been specifically identified by their schools as being at risk of hunger when school meals aren’t available.

Jan, thank you for taking our mission to work with you—and thank you to everyone at L3Harris who filled these tables. You turned one letter into thousands of meals and a whole lot of hope.

This is what being a 68 Hour Hero looks like. 💛

08/28/2026

Neighbors helping neighbors! 💙

A huge thank you to GEUS for generously donating fans and an air conditioning unit for Hunt County Shared Ministries to give to neighbors in need.

During this Texas heat, these aren’t just fans, they can bring real relief to someone struggling to keep their home cool. We are incredibly grateful to GEUS for seeing a need in our community and stepping up to help us meet it.

We enjoyed giving you a sneak peek in our new home!

Thank you, GEUS, for helping us take care of our neighbors! 💙

08/26/2026

**Something unexpected has happened to me during this move.**

I'm seeing people I wasn't really seeing before...at least not as many.

Or maybe that's not quite right.

**I'm seeing them differently, perhaps more clearly.**

And I think that sharpened awareness began with a phone call.

“Um…is this FISH Ministries?”

“I've never called here before…but, well, truth is, we need food. It's me and my wife. Our income was unexpectedly cut by a third.

I just haven't figured out what to do yet…I have no idea, really.”

Quiet.

“But I'm not ready to give up. So, I heard you might help us with food. I don't have transportation, but I think I can walk to you.”

It was already 103 degrees when I got the call.

In the middle of this move, Rebeka and I have been taking turns answering the phones. That day, while I was talking to this gentleman, she was talking to someone who was camping out behind a building.

Trying to carve out a place to exist.

**In this heat.**

I gave the gentleman our new address on ONeal.

He was about three miles away.

He said he would walk.

And he did.

In the middle of the day, carrying a backpack.

I was just sick thinking about it.

Later, my phone rang again.

He had walked to the wrong place.

Miles in the wrong direction.

And he was prepared to turn around and walk to ONeal.

We packed an emergency bag for him, and there was no way we were letting him make that walk. Rebeka and I split the cost of an Uber and sent him home with food.

But something changed for me after that.

**I started noticing the backpacks.**

People, all over town, with backpacks.

**In this heat.**

We all notice someone pushing a shopping cart. It's hard not to.

But the backpacks?

I hadn't really noticed them before.

Now I see them everywhere.

During this move, I've become much more acquainted with some of our neighbors who are homeless, living in motels, or what I have started thinking of as “floating”—finding a place to sleep wherever a friend or family member will allow for a night or two.

And now that I'm seeing them differently, I am shocked at how many there are.

It has also made me think differently about what it means to feed someone.

If you don't have stable housing, you don't have a pantry.

You don't have a refrigerator.

You may not have a stove or a microwave.

You may not even have a can opener.

So food assistance looks different.

**Pop-top cans. Tear-open packages. Screw-off lids.**

Food you can carry.

Food you can open.

Food you can actually eat.

Although our pantry is closed while we move, people have continued walking over to ONeal after reading our relocation signs at King Street. So we've kept what we call **ready-to-eat bags** available.

This move has put me a little closer to some of our neighbors and their stories.

One man was walking miles in 103-degree heat because his income had been cut and he wasn't ready to give up.

Someone else was behind a building trying to carve out a place to exist.

And there are people all over Greenville carrying backpacks whose stories I don't know at all.

That's what has changed for me.

I notice.

I wonder.

And I try not to assume.

So maybe the next time you're driving through Greenville, you'll notice the backpacks, too.

Not because everyone carrying one has the same story.

But because there's a person carrying it.

A person who may be fearful.

A person who may be desperate.

A person who may be incredibly determined.

A person whose story we simply don't know.

**And knowing the story isn't a prerequisite for offering dignity.**

I see them clearly now....in this heat.

They aren’t bothering anyone. They are surviving.

I hope you see them more clearly, too.

08/24/2026

Sometimes the biggest acts of kindness are simply showing up where you’re needed. ❤️

These wonderful ladies from Altrusa did exactly that.

They stepped in to help with our moving sale—sorting, pricing, organizing and sitting in the Texas heat—so our HCSM staff and regular volunteers could stay focused on the huge job of moving into our new building and getting ready to serve our neighbors.

And along the way, they got a little glimpse into a day at HCSM, the activity, the work, the unexpected things that come up, and the many hands it takes to keep everything moving.

This wasn’t an Altrusa Greenville event. It was simply friends in our community seeing a need and saying, “We can help.”

And sometimes, that is exactly the help you need most.

Thank you, ladies. You gave us much more than a few hours at a moving sale. You gave us the gift of time. ❤️