Food pantries and meals in Flint, Texas

St. Mary Magdalene Food Pantry

Grocery pantry that also serves a meal. Volunteers interview and register clients. The phone is the church office.

Hours

Wednesday, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM

Address

18221 FM 2493, Flint, TX 75762

East Texas Food Bank Tyler Resource Center

Indoor pantry where you pick your own groceries, including meat and fresh produce. You can come 2 times a month. You will be asked out loud for your name, address, household size, date of birth and monthly income. You do not have to live in Tyler. Closed October 27 and November 25 to 27, 2026.

Hours

Monday through Thursday, 12:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Friday, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM.

Address

3201 Robertson Road, Tyler, TX 75701

St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry

Open to the public, first come, first served. It is behind the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in the JJ Saleh Building. Park in the cathedral's back lot. The SVdP lot is kept for people with mobility problems. A limited selection of donated clothes is set out on tables outside during pantry hours, weather permitting. It also has a prescription help program (call to apply). It does not help with rent.

Hours

Tuesday and Thursday, 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM (arrive before 11:30). 1st Monday, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (arrive before 6:45). 3rd Saturday, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM.

Address

410 S. College Ave, Tyler, TX 75702

Lanes Chapel Methodist Church Food Pantry

Food pantry. The church posts schedule changes on its Facebook page. The food bank gives the service area as Smith County.

Hours

Tuesday, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Address

8720 Old Jacksonville Hwy, Tyler, TX 75703

Love in Deed Food Ministry (Trinity Fellowship Church)

Weekly grocery pantry run by Trinity Fellowship Church. The church says it gives out about 11,000 pounds of food a week. The food bank gives the service area as Smith County.

Hours

Wednesday, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

Address

10344 Hwy 31 E, Tyler, TX 75705

Sylvania Church Food Pantry

In the white brick house behind the church. Smith County residents only. Bring a photo ID and a recent utility bill. Closed the day before Thanksgiving and the 4th week of December.

Hours

1st and 3rd Wednesday, 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM

Address

2806 Santa Elena, Tyler, TX 75701

St. Paul Children's Services Food Pantry

Free weekly produce pickup. No qualifications, and people from any county can come.

Hours

Thursday, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Address

1358 E. Richards St, Tyler, TX 75702

Swan Food Pantry

Drive-through pantry at First Baptist Church Swan for Smith County residents. New guests fill out a short form; ID helps but is not required. Have your food bank case barcode and an email ready. Produce day needs only your ZIP code, up to 4 households per car. Line up in the grass, not in the road.

Hours

Tuesday, 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM (drive-through). Produce on the 2nd Monday, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM.

Address

11364 US Hwy 69 N, Tyler, TX 75706

Call first. The pantry's site gives two different times for produce day (9:30 to 11:00 AM and 1:30 to 3:00 PM). Call to confirm the produce time.

Azleway Pantry

Pantry on the Azleway campus. Azleway lists this phone number as Papa Bill's Store on the campus. The food bank gives the service area as Smith County.

Hours

Wednesday, 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM. Full walk-through pantry on the 3rd Wednesday. Sweets and produce on the 1st, 2nd and 4th Wednesday.

Address

15892 CR 26, Tyler, TX 75707

Call first. A directory says it is by appointment only through Azleway's main line, 903-566-8444.

Meals on Wheels East Texas

Home-delivered weekday lunches for people 60 and older (and some disabled adults) who cannot cook for themselves. A phone assessment is required. Smith County is served from Tyler, with meal sites in Whitehouse (118 Railroad Ave) and Winona (212 Dallas St).

Hours

Office: Monday through Thursday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Address

3001 Robertson Rd, Tyler, TX 75701

Call first. Its website says the office is not taking new clients right now.

The Salvation Army of Tyler

The only shelter in Smith County for men, women and families, by its own account. It offers showers and hygiene kits to the community daily, and shelter residents get three meals a day. It also runs a food pantry and a 180-day faith-based recovery program (ReConnect). It does not help with rent.

Hours

Please call for hours

Address

633 N. Broadway Ave, Tyler, TX 75702

Call first. Shelter intake hours and pantry hours are not published on its own site. A 2024 news story said grocery pickup was Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Please call first.