About The King’s Storehouse Food Bank
The King’s Storehouse Food Bank is a nondenominational Christian organization which distributes food from a central location to nonprofit organizations who feed the needy of East Texas and surrounding areas. The King’s Storehouse helps feed the hungry with the purpose of showing God’s love through His Son, Jesus Christ.
What is a Food Bank?
A food bank is generally defined as a non-profit organization which solicits, purchases, inventories, and warehouses donated food and other procucts. The most common items procured are non-perishable. This food is then distributed to a variety of community agencies such as pantries, shelters, and meal sites which serve the people in need.
The major focus of food banks is not to provide food directly to individuals in need. Instead, food banks provide food to non-profit organizations such as church food pantries, in their service area that, in turn, provide foodfor an individuals short-term need basis.
Food banks receive food in many differeent ways.
Some examples are:
- Business and church food drives
- Individual food donations
- Bulk purchases from your financial support
- Grocery store product reclamation
- Corporate reclamation and redistribution centers
Phone: 903-595-5097
Physical Address:
422 E. Oakwood Street Tyler, TX 75702
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 131782
Tyler, TX 75713
Hours:
Monday thru Thursday
7:00 am to 4:00 pm
Closed for the following Holidays:
New Year’s Day
Memorial Day
July 4th
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
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TVEC Charitable Grant
We sincerely appreciate receiving this grant from TVEC Charitable Foundation. These funds will help us to fulfill our mission of feeding the hungry of East Texas.
I LOVE THEE BEST
Written October 21st, 1977
At Christ Church in Los Angeles, California
By Jan B. Mathew
Thy praises sing I from a heart
That’s full of love for Thee…
For Thou hast answered ev’ry prayer
And put Thyself in me…
And yet Thou givest still
And answerest and answerest
And all my needs fulfill…
How sweet Thy tender touch alights
Upon my soul each day…
How sure Thy leading, guiding hand
Illuminates my way!
How much I love Thee, Jesus…
I could have never guessed
That I would come to such a place
To say… I love Thee best!
Remembering Jan Mathew
Jan Mathew, a volunteer at The King’s Storehouse, went home to be with The Lord on February 2, 2017. She faithfully volunteered every Monday for about 12 years. She was a very generous person and always tried to help others. She was a poet and an artist. Jan loved The Lord and below is one of her poems that expresses this love. Her smiling face will be greatly missed.
How many CEO’s does it take to run a food bank?
How many outreach and development employees does it take to locate and procure millions of pounds in 30 years?
How many paid writers does it take to receive over $200,000 in grants in 30 years?
How many employees does it take to assure our ministries that we are in compliance with government regulations?
The large food bank networks receive food through government/commodities programs and require compliance to those regulations to receive food. How many food bank networks do we participate in?
How many marketers and publicity employees did it take to create these posters, brochures, etc., and make this happen?
How many people does it take to move over 200,000 lbs. of food each year?
How many prayers and gifts from God have been answered and given over the years?