1. Boots-to-Ground: Homeless Outreach Initiative
Every Sunday at 4 PM, we step out into the community to meet our unsheltered friends right where they are. This program provides hot meals, hydration kits, hygiene products, clothing, shoes, and encouragement to men, women, and children experiencing homelessness. Beyond physical needs, we focus on restoring dignity, building relationships, and offering a message of hope and compassion.
2. Steps Forward: Transitional Support
Homelessness doesn’t end with one meal. Through Steps Forward, we provide resources that help individuals take meaningful steps toward stability—such as referrals to shelters, access to job opportunities, connections to housing support, and guidance for essential documents. Our goal is to empower each person to move from surviving to thriving, one step at a time.
3. Harvest of Hope: Community Partnerships & Volunteer Engagement
We believe in the power of collaboration. Harvest of Hope brings together businesses, churches, civic groups, and volunteers to multiply our impact. By partnering with others, we are able to provide more food, clothing, and services while also giving volunteers a hands-on opportunity to serve and witness the power of community unity in action.
4. Hope Market Mobile: Mobile Grocery Program
Food insecurity doesn’t only affect the homeless—it impacts families across Fort Worth. Our Hope Market Mobile brings groceries directly into neighborhoods that lack consistent access to fresh and nutritious food. By distributing essentials like produce, pantry staples, and household items, we help families stretch their budgets while ensuring no one goes hungry.
5. Annual Community Christmas Giveaway
Christmas is a season of joy, and we believe every child deserves to feel it. At our annual Christmas Giveaway, we distribute toys, bikes, coats, shoes, and teen gifts to hundreds of children. Families also receive food, hygiene products, and holiday cheer. This event is made possible through the generosity of donors, volunteers, and partners who believe in creating memories of hope and love that last far beyond the holiday season.
6. Diaper DelightsDiaper Delights is a compassionate outreach program dedicated to easing the burden on parents and caregivers in need by providing one of the most essential and often most expensive, items for infants and toddlers: diapers.
Many families face difficult choices between purchasing diapers and covering other basic necessities. Diaper Delights steps in to bridge that gap by distributing diapers, wipes, and related baby care essentials to struggling households throughout the community.
This program not only helps keep little ones clean, dry, and healthy, but also brings peace of mind to parents who are striving to provide the best for their children under challenging circumstances. Each package is given with love, dignity, and encouragement, reminding families that they are not alone.
Details about us:
• 501 c3 nonprofit organization
Our Needs
Big Ticket Items:
Outreach Vehicle = utility van
Box Truck 14' needed to pick up large donations
Warehouse/office/food pantry: needed to Store donations and to better serve families in need
Bottled water ***
Tents
Sleeping Bags
Portable Lanterns
Portable heaters
Blankets
Hygiene:
Washcloths
Toothpaste
Toothbrushes
Razors
Combs
Soap
Travel Sized Shampoo & Conditioner
Travel Sized Lotion
Inspirational Cards
Quart Sized Ziploc Bags
Survival kits:
Tuna pouches
Canned soups/pastas with pop tops
Viennas
Chips
Granola Bars
Cheese Crackers
Fruit Cups
Capri Suns
Water
We are currently in need of a utility van or pick up truck, funds for an office/warehouse for distributing food, clothes, job resources, work boots for men and women. We are preparing our biggest event for Christmas, which we will distribute toys, clothing and food.
Fort Worth Five Loaves and Two Fish mission is to empower individuals experiencing homelessness or poverty by providing comprehensive support services that address the interconnected issues of mental health, health, hunger, and violence. We are committed to delivering boots-to-the-ground outreach services that prioritize dignity, respect, and compassion, while fostering a community that promotes healing, hope, and self-sufficiency.
The necessity for securing adequate funds is paramount to ensure the continued operation and effectiveness of our organization. The allocation of resources is crucial to cover the expenses associated with daily operational costs and equipment, which are essential for delivering our programs and services. Moreover, the funding is vital to support the implementation of our strategic initiatives, which aim to enhance the quality and scope of our offerings. Specifically, the funds will be utilized to cover operational costs such as storage fees, equipment and truck rentals, food costs, temporary labor costs for hauling donations as well as to finance specific programs and projects that align with our mission and objectives. By securing sufficient funding, we will be able to sustain our operations, expand our reach, and ultimately, make a more significant impact in the lives of our beneficiaries.
We will not deny any individual an equal opportunity to receive aid, food, shelter assistance, or assistance of any type on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, familial status, or a mental or physical disability.
Organization name
FORT WORTH FIVE LOAVES AND TWO FISH OUTREACH
Causes
Housing, Shelter & Homelessness
Operating Budget
Less than $100,000
Counties Served
Tarrant, Dallas
BIPOC Serving
Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx
BIPOC Leadership
Executive Director/CEO
Address
PO BOX 123616