Waxahachie CARE Services is a small staff dedicated to CARE-ing for our Neighbors. Each volunteer, board of directors, and staff serves a vital role in helping us reach our full potential throughout Ellis County. 

We started as a small food pantry serving in a neighborhood and assisted TXU Energy customers. Four decades later we serve Ellis County with groceries, five partnered utility companies, financial assistance partnership with a medical clinic and a pharmacy, and other resources when funds are available.  

We serve low-to-moderate-income individuals and families who are 185% or below the poverty level. With the increased prices of goods and services, unexpected expenses, life changes, health issues, and job insecurity our services are needed more every day. We want to assist our neighbors through these obstacles and help them become successful and good stewards of their resources.   

We have an online application for approval of services, and we consider the unexpected life situations that may arise within a family. Our mission is to serve until our neighbors can be sustainable or pay it forward as they serve others. 

We started as a small food pantry created by local churches. Since then, we have grown and grown and grown! No longer just a food pantry, today we help neighbors in numerous ways. In addition to providing supplemental groceries once a month, we are able to assist in bill payment when funds are available, provide resources for medical, spiritual and financial growth, and we serve the needs of Neighbors with many other resources. Under the direction of our Executive director Kim Holman, we have grown Waxahachie CARE into a thriving hub for good works in Ellis County. Each week we provide thousands of pounds of food, have about 40 volunteers in our facility, and help hundreds of neighbors.