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After 36 years, Community Lifeline Center’s food pantry and emergency assistance programs are now part of The Samaritan Inn, Collin County’s leading provider of homelessness services.

Food insecurity doesn’t always look the way we expect it to.In a community like Collin County, it can be easy to assume ...
10/14/2026

Food insecurity doesn’t always look the way we expect it to.

In a community like Collin County, it can be easy to assume that access to fresh, nutritious food isn’t a significant issue. But every month, The Samaritan Inn Food Pantry serves more than 10,500 individuals across 2,700+ households, and 39% of those individuals are children.

The need isn’t limited to the holidays or a single difficult month. For many of our neighbors, putting fresh food on the table is an ongoing challenge.

By providing a grocery-store-style experience with access to nutritious foods and the freedom to choose what works for their household, the Pantry is here to meet that need with dignity every day of the year.

Food insecurity is closer than you think. So is the opportunity to help.

https://saminn.org/food-pantry/

Food can be about so much more than what’s on the table. 💙For a family navigating a financial crisis, help with grocerie...
10/12/2026

Food can be about so much more than what’s on the table. 💙

For a family navigating a financial crisis, help with groceries can provide much-needed breathing room. When one essential expense is temporarily relieved, a household may have more flexibility to focus on rent, utilities, transportation, childcare or other immediate needs.

That’s why The Samaritan Inn Food Pantry is an important part of our broader continuum of care. We’re here to help stabilize our neighbors before, during and after a crisis, providing nutritious food, dignity and choice while helping families take steps toward greater stability and independence.

Because sometimes, food is the first step forward.

https://saminn.org/food-pantry/

For families in parts of East McKinney, this is the reality. A local food access study estimated that households in the ...
10/09/2026

For families in parts of East McKinney, this is the reality. A local food access study estimated that households in the studied neighborhoods spend about 18% of their gross monthly income on groceries, compared with just 6% for McKinney households overall.

That gap matters. When more of a family’s paycheck has to go toward food, there’s less available for rent, utilities, transportation, childcare and other necessities.

The Samaritan Inn Food Pantry helps ease that pressure by providing access to nutritious groceries at no cost, allowing households to stretch limited resources further and focus on other essential expenses.

Food assistance doesn’t just fill a grocery cart. It can create breathing room in a family’s entire budget. 💙

https://saminn.org/food-pantry/

10/07/2026

Good exists, and we need your help proving it! đź’™

The Samaritan Inn has the chance to win up to $50,000 through the , and our community can help us get there!

Through October 23, head to TikTok and share a 30–60 second video showing one good thing you’ve seen in your community, such as something you’ve experienced at The Samaritan Inn, witnessed through one of our programs, or simply a reason you believe in the work we do.

✨ Tag and The Samaritan Inn
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✨ Submit your entry at goodexists.greatergood.org
✨ You can enter once every day through October 23!

Then help us spread the word by liking, commenting and sharing our Good Exists content on TikTok and encouraging your friends to participate, too.

The winning video could mean $50,000 for The Samaritan Inn to continue providing hope, stability and a path forward for our neighbors in need. Every post is another opportunity to show that good really does exist right here in our community. Let’s show TikTok what looks like!

Supporting healthier families and stronger communities! đź’™The Samaritan Inn is proud to support the Building Strong Futur...
10/05/2026

Supporting healthier families and stronger communities! đź’™

The Samaritan Inn is proud to support the Building Strong Futures Health & Wellness Fair on Saturday, October 10!

This FREE community event will bring together resources for the whole family, including health screenings, counseling and mental health support, food boxes, fitness activities, haircuts and more.

đź“… Saturday, October 10
⏰ 9:00 AM–1:00 PM
đź“Ť Steve & Judy Deffibaugh Community Center | Princeton, TX

We’re grateful for opportunities like this to connect our neighbors with resources that support their health, well-being and path toward greater stability. We hope to see you there!

A semi truck full of food and a whole lot of generosity! đź’™We are incredibly grateful to our partners at The Church of Je...
10/02/2026

A semi truck full of food and a whole lot of generosity! đź’™

We are incredibly grateful to our partners at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and JustServe for delivering pallets of food to support our community. This generous donation will be shared between The Samaritan Inn Food Pantry and our shelter kitchen, helping provide nutritious food for both Pantry clients and residents of The Samaritan Inn.

Partnerships like this show what’s possible when our community comes together with a shared goal of caring for our neighbors. Thank you to everyone who helped make this incredible donation possible and for continuing to stand alongside The Samaritan Inn!

Together, we’re helping make sure more of our neighbors have food on the table when they need it most. 💙

Better flow. Greater capacity. More neighbors served. đź’™Recently, The Samaritan Inn had the opportunity to participate in...
09/28/2026

Better flow. Greater capacity. More neighbors served. đź’™

Recently, The Samaritan Inn had the opportunity to participate in the Kaizen program with friends Jo and Anthony from TOYOTA, who worked alongside our team to evaluate operations at The Samaritan Inn Food Pantry and identify ways we could serve our community even more effectively.

Together, we took a closer look at how clients move through the Pantry and developed a new system that establishes designated shopping zones, better manages the number of clients in each area and creates more flexible roles for staff and volunteers.

The impact is significant: with this new pace and improved flow, we expect to be able to serve approximately 100 MORE people every week!

Even as we increase capacity, two principles remain at the heart of our Pantry: equity and client choice. Every neighbor should have access to the food they need and the dignity of choosing the items that are right for themselves and their families.

Thank you to Toyota for sharing their time and expertise, and to our staff and volunteers for embracing new ideas that help us better serve our neighbors. This is what continuous improvement looks like, creating stronger systems so we can make an even greater impact. đź’™

We did it! $251,383 raised for The Samaritan Inn this North Texas Giving Day! đź’™To every person who gave, shared, encoura...
09/18/2026

We did it! $251,383 raised for The Samaritan Inn this North Texas Giving Day! đź’™

To every person who gave, shared, encouraged a friend to donate or helped spread the word: thank you. Whether your gift was big or small, every single donation played a part in helping us reach—and surpass—our $250,000 goal.

What makes this community so special is that there are so many reasons to give. Whether your heart is with supporting families experiencing homelessness, fighting food insecurity, helping individuals build a path toward independence, or making sure furry family members have a safe place to stay, your generosity makes this work possible.

Because of you, The Samaritan Inn will continue to provide help, restore dignity and offer hope to our neighbors each and every day.

From all of us at The Samaritan Inn, THANK YOU for showing up for our community! đź’™

09/18/2026

$162,000+ raised AND our $75,000 match has been met! 🎉💙

We are incredibly grateful! Thanks to the generosity of our community, we’ve raised more than $162,000 toward our $250,000 North Texas Giving Day goal — and together, you helped us meet the full $75,000 matching gift from Larry and Pam Little!

Thank you to Larry and Pam for their incredible generosity, and to every donor who helped us unlock the full match. Your support helps The Samaritan Inn provide shelter, food, supportive services and resources that empower individuals and families to move toward stability and independence.

WE'RE NOT FINISHED YET! We’re more than halfway to our $250,000 goal, and there’s still time to give. Every gift moves us closer!

Let’s keep the momentum going and finish North Texas Giving Day strong! 💙

https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/organization/the-samaritan-inn/

09/17/2026

We’re SO close! 💙 Only $10,000 stands between us and unlocking the full $75,000 match generously provided by Larry and Pam Little for North Texas Giving Day!

Your gift today can help The Samaritan Inn fight food insecurity right here in our community. Through our Food Pantry and other essential services, we help ensure individuals and families facing difficult circumstances have access to the food and resources they need.

And right now, your generosity can go twice as far. Help us close the final $10,000 gap, unlock the full match and put more resources into the hands of our neighbors who need them.

Give today and help us fight hunger, provide hope and build a stronger North Texas. đź’™

https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/organization/the-samaritan-inn

Address

1601 N Waddill Street, Ste 102
McKinney, TX
75069

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 2:45pm
Wednesday 10am - 2:45pm
Thursday 10am - 2:45pm
Friday 9am - 2pm

Telephone

+19725420020

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