In partnership with the Galveston County Food Bank and Catholic Charities Beacon of Hope Center, Galveston College will distribute perishable and non-perishable food items to currently enrolled students. Food items will be picked up and distributed by Galveston College at the student designated location (Main Campus or the Applied Technology Center).
Distribution Dates:
Wednesday, April 24th, 2024- 9:30 a.m. at the Applied Technology Center and 10:00 a.m. at the Main Campus Hermes Building Lobby (Gym Entrance). Deadline to apply is Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.
- The program is open to all students enrolled in at least 1 credit hour or Continuing Education program.
- If you selected GC Applied Technology Center as your pick-up location, please go to the covered open breezeway near the garage door on the distribution date(s) selected.
- If you selected GC Main campus as your pick-up location, please go to Hermes Lobby (1st Floor) by the gym area on the distribution date(s) selected.
- All students must apply to receive food items.
2803 53rd St
Galveston, TX 77551
Office: (409) 744-2668
Email: galvestonislandmealsonwheels@gmail.com
Website: gimow.org
Services Offered - Deliver nutritious meals to Island residents who are homebound and cannot prepare their own meals due to illness, disability or age.
St. Vincent's House
2817 Alfreda Houston Pl
Galveston, TX 77550
Office: (409) 763-8521
Email: frontoffice@stvhope.org
Website: stvhope.org
Services Offered - Food Pantry and Snack Packs, Homebound Grocery Delivery, Homeless Prevention & Emergency Assistance Program, Transportation, Clinics, Family Service Center Counseling, Dental Extraction Saturday Clinic
Drive Thru Food Pantry St. Vincent's House:
Dates: Monday-Friday
Time: 9:00 am-1:00 pm
The Salvation Army
601 51st St
Galveston, TX 77551
Office: (409) 763-1691
Website: salvationarmytexas.org
Services Offered - Grocery Assistance, Daily Community Meal, Emergency Shelter, Family Shelter, Transitional Shelter, Case Management
Community Dinner
Days: Every Evening at 5:00PM
The Salvation Army offers a sit-down meal inside
4700 Broadway, Suite F-103
Galveston, TX 77551
Office: (409) 762-2064
24-hr Hotline: (866) 649-5862
Website: catholiccharities.org
Services Offered - Food Distributions, Counseling and Behavioral Health Clinic , Family Assistance, International Foster Care, Pregnancy and Parenting Services, School Counseling Services, Senior Services, Housing Referrals for Rental Assistance , Immigration Legal Assistance, Refugee Services , Women Veterans Program, Disaster Recovery
2420 Winnie
Galveston, TX 77550
Office: (409) 765-6971
Website: christusfoundation.org
Services Offered - Nutritious Meals, Clean Clothing, Personal Hygiene Products, Structured Recovery Program
Breakfast & Lunch Hot Meal
Days: Monday-Friday
Breakfast Served at 9:00 AM and Lunch Served at 11:30 AM
Our Daily Bread provides breakfast and lunch meals Mon-Fri.
Galveston City Clinic
Island Community Center
4700 Broadway, Suite F-102
Galveston, TX 77551
Office: (409) 763-7207
Website: www.gchd.org
Services Offered - Provides supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk.
24/7 Breastfeeding Support: (409) 392- 7120
Texas Health and Human Services (HHSC)
PO Box 149024
Austin, TX 78714-9024
Office: Call 2-1-1 or 1-877-541-7905, after you pick a language, press 2.
Website: yourtexasbenefits.com
Services Offered - SNAP Food Benefits, TANF Cash Help, Health Care, Healthy Texas Women, Medicare Savings Plan, Long-term Care Services
Galveston County Food Bank
624 4th Ave N.
Texas City, TX 77590
Office: (409) 945-4232
Website: galvestoncountyfoodbank.org
Services Offered - Mobile and Pantry Food Distributions, Nutritional Education, Application Assistance for Social Services
GALVESTON COUNTY FOOD BANK MOBILE DISTRIBUTION FEBRUARY 2024
Benefits Registration
Date: Currently Accepting Clients
GCFB offers application assistance at no-cost for the following the social services - SNAP + TANF, CHIP, CHIP Perinatal + Medicaid, Medicare Savings Program, Healthy Texas Women Program. For more information, contact Ida Quezada at (409) 945-4232 (Ext: 2312) Services available in Spanish.
Galveston County Community Fridge
4628 Avenue Q
Galveston, TX 77551
Phone: (409) 939-0619 (Pastor Shirlyn Thomas)
Email: galvestoncommunityfridges@gmail.com, holisticgalveston@sbcglobal.net
Service Offered: Open to all. This community fridge is up, running, and fully stocked. At no cost, please take what you need, leave what you can.
New Life Fellowship Galveston
6328 Heards Lane
Galveston, TX 77551
Website: www.nlfgalveston.com
Services Offered: Each Month, New Life Fellowship holds a food fair. It’s open to the community and completely free! Volunteers place food such as fresh fruits and/or vegetables and canned or packaged items (food varies each month) in the trunk of your car. You will only be asked for basic household information.
Combined Arms Veteran Mobile Food Pantry
The Connection Parking Lot
9300 E.F. Lowery Expressway #222
Texas City, TX 77590
Services Offered: Each month, SERVE, Combined Arms, Pastor Tim Franklin of The Connection Church and the Galveston County Food Bank will host a VETERAN food distribution.
Date: Third Wednesday of each Month
Time: 3:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.