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Homeless Outreach: Mobile Loaves & Fishes - Austin Ridge Food Truck

Homeless Outreach: Mobile Loaves & Fishes - Austin Ridge Food Truck

Austin Ridge partners with Mobile Loaves & Fishes to provide 100 meals per night, seven nights per week to share the gospel message through food, clothing, and other life-sustaining items for our homeless neighbors.

We occasionally host Socks + Underwear Drives at our campuses, and you can donate online at any time through our Amazon Wish List  to benefit our neighbors experiencing homelessness.


SERVE OPPORTUNITES


Make Ready Teams - Prepares food and loads truck with bibles, socks & underwear, and toiletries.

  • Teams of 4-6 people serve at the Bee Cave Campus Monday through Sunday from 10-11:30am.
  • These teams will come together to pray and prepare the food and the truck for that night's run.


Truck Teams
- Load food onto the truck, take it out to the city, hand it out, and build relationships.

  • Teams of 3-6 people meet at the Bee Cave Campus Monday through Sunday from 5-7:30pm.
  • These teams will load the truck with food from the commissary and then take the truck out to serve in the city.
  • Driver Training Video


Commissary Loading Teams
- Unload bulk boxes of food and pack them into commissary.

  • Tuesdays at the Bee Cave Campus, time varies.


Eggs & Sweet Treats Ministry
 - Provide hard-boiled eggs and baked goods for the truck.

  • Sunday drop-offs at the Bee Cave Campus from 8:30am-12:30pm.

To join any of the above teams, please email our MLF Coordinator.


FAQs


How can I help financially?

Austin Ridge Bible Church has partnered with Mobile Loaves & Fishes to serve the homeless in our community through our very own Austin Ridge - MLF Truck Team. If you are looking for a way to financially support the annual cost of this program, please follow these steps:

  • Click on the donate button and select Austin Ridge Bible Church as your designated church.
  • You will be asked to select ARBC on the first question "Please choose a program" on the Mobile Loaves & Fishes donation page. Once you complete the donation form, select the orange donate button and you will receive an email confirming your donation. Thank you for your interest in partnering with us to serve our city.


What could I buy/create for MLF?

Our brothers and sisters living without homes in Austin are always in need of a wide variety of hygiene items. Linked is listing of specific items by brand with their respective prices all from HEB. The total cost of all of the items on the list is less than $30 before taxes. Those $30 dollars will make a world of difference for the individual they go to - good hygiene can be the difference between being offered a job or sent a rejection.

Please consider teaming up to cost-share putting together multiple hygiene packs by reaching out to your Life Group, Women's/Men's Study, or workplace! These items help to change the lives of these brothers and sisters.


Do you accept clothing donations throughout the month?

We are now accepting new socks and underwear anytime through online donations to our Amazon Wish List!


Do you accept food donations?

It depends on what it is and when you have it! Christine Stehno, our Missions Project Coordinator, would love to talk with you if you have food to donate at any time. Reach out via email and indicate in the subject line if you're in a time restraint and need a response quickly.


Have Questions?

  • Christine Maddux

    Christine Maddux

    Christine was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. She received her degree in Recreation and Leisure Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Since college, Christine has spent time working in Parks and Recreation as well as at a Christian Camp in Sequoia National Forest in California. A trip to Nepal really opened her heart to all aspects of missions. She loves being outside in the sunshine as much as possible, reading, and watching Husker sports – especially football. Go Big Red! She’s excited to be living in the warmth of the south alongside her husband, Landon, and grateful for this chapter working in ministry and getting to pursue her passion for people.