After 27 years as a teacher, Christen Pollard retired from Midland ISD. About a year and a half ago, she began volunteering at the West Texas Food Bank after learning about the opportunity through her church, Stonegate Fellowship. Every [...]
Veronica and her family have spent the last year finding a new rhythm in Monahans. Her daughters are enjoying school and activities, and Veronica says she has felt welcomed in her new community. At home, Veronica and her husband [...]
For Krychalyn and Ryan, family life is full of science experiments, studying history and plenty of time in the water when the weather allows. Krychalyn stays very busy homeschooling all three children – 13-year-old Dimitri, 11-year-old Matiri, and 3-year-old [...]
“I’m...someone who genuinely believes this community is worth showing up for every single day,” shares Krysta Hadlock, a member of the West Texas Food Bank Board of Directors for five years and past Board President. “When the opportunity to serve [...]
“The goal is simple — don’t let a mistake at 15 follow someone for the rest of their life,” Chalace shares. Chalace Phillips, the Executive Director of Midland Teen Court, is dedicated to helping set the next generation up for [...]
Community resources like the West Texas Food Bank and its Partner Agencies provide a lifeline for families like Angela’s. Paul, Angela’s husband, works in the oilfields, which means he is often away from home. Angela was a teacher’s aide until [...]
At only 22 years old, Jacob embodies the heart behind the West Texas Food Bank, and he does so with pride, love and passion. For over three years, Jacob has been working with the West Texas Food Bank to end [...]
Kat has created a home that encourages her four boys — Dayton, 10, Noah, 7, Vincent, 3, and Bassy, 1 — to use their imaginations. In their free time, Kat and her sons spend time drawing, crafting and writing together. [...]
Alexis was first a volunteer at the Andrews Food Pantry, a Food Bank Partner Agency, before she began to utilize the pantry resources to help ensure her two sons — Noriel, 3, and Henry, 6 – have the healthy food [...]
Every day, staff and volunteers of Senior Life Midland deliver more than 500 hot, fresh meals to seniors in Midland County through their Meals on Wheels program. But the work of Senior Life Midland goes beyond food —providing connection, safety checks [...]
