The West Texas Food Bank was founded in Odessa, Texas in 1985 by a group of compassionate citizens determined to fight hunger in their community. In just our first year, we distributed more than 200,000 pounds of food to 40 Partner Agencies—laying the groundwork for decades of impact across the region.

Odessa remains home to our central operations, including our administrative offices, warehouse, and primary distribution center. In Midland, we’ve expanded with a state-of-the-art Volunteer and Education Center, providing space for hands-on community involvement, nutrition education, and thousands of hours of volunteer service each year.

Over the years, the West Texas Food Bank has grown in response to both ongoing and urgent needs. We’ve launched three successful capital campaigns, allowing us to expand our facilities, improve our infrastructure, and better serve the 19 counties that rely on us—including the two largest counties in the state, Brewster and Pecos.

We have been a lifeline during times of crisis, including the 2018 government shutdown, where we served furloughed federal workers, and the COVID-19 pandemic, when demand for food assistance surged overnight. Most recently, we have responded to natural disasters across Texas, providing emergency food and supplies in times of flooding and extreme weather.

As a proud member of Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger-relief network, and Feeding Texas, our state’s food bank association, we are held to rigorous standards that ensure safety, accountability, and excellence in everything we do.

Through it all, our mission remains the same: to create a West Texas without hunger. We continue to serve as a vital resource for food distribution, disaster response, education, and community empowerment—one meal, one neighbor, one county at a time.