Our impact

Food rescued. Families served. Resources shared.

Every pallet, pickup, volunteer hour, and distribution represents real resources reaching real East Texas families.

Latest completed report · October 2026

$127,777.91 in community impact.

September 13–October 10, 2026: estimated local retail value of food and resources shared with East Texas families and community partners.

$127,777.91Estimated local retail valueCompleted September 13–October 10 reporting cycle.

350Families servedAt the October 10 outreach.

16Recurring-produce distribution daysDuring this reporting cycle.

Estimated retail community-impact values are not cash revenue or expenditures. Family counts refer to the October 10 outreach; they are not a count of unique households across the full cycle.

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Published reports through October 10, 2026

$520,427.65 documented across three published reports.

July ($241,242.56), August ($151,407.18), and the September 13–October 10 reporting cycle ($127,777.91) together document $520,427.65 in estimated local retail value shared with East Texas communities.

$520,427.65Published-report totalThree completed reports through October 10.

$173,475.88Three-report averageAverage of the three published reports through October 10.

$1,570,598.96Historical January–August estimateUnchanged: January–June modeled at the original $196,324.87 basis, plus the documented July–August subtotal.

~1,000Family-service visits each monthIncluding repeat visits from 11 East Texas counties.

208+Volunteer hours each monthReceiving, sorting, storing, loading and serving.

Measurement note: Dollar figures are estimated retail community-impact values, not cash revenue or expenditures. The $520,427.65 figure is the total of the three published reports through October 10, not an all-period grand total. The $173,475.88 three-report average is descriptive only and has not been used to recalculate the earlier model. January–June remain modeled at the historical July–August basis of $196,324.87; the historical January–August estimate is unchanged and excludes the September 13–October 10 report.

Impact in action

Donations become meals, outreach, and stronger partnerships.

See the month-by-month view, the published community impact graphics, and the July, August, and October reports on our report archive page.

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Fresh food prepared for community distribution by Lake O’ The Pines Dream Center — Food placed directly into the community

Lake O’ The Pines Dream Center volunteers loading donated goods — Volunteers moving every donation forward

Donated beverages organized for partner and family outreach — Partners extending the reach of every load

Finished Dream Center warehouse interior with cold-storage units, a forklift, and stocked pallets

Built to move volume

Cold storage, transportation, and hands-on logistics.

The Dream Center’s current operation can receive larger donations, preserve cold-chain products, and redirect usable food and beverages to families and partner organizations.

40-by-60-foot warehouse and semi-truck access
Two 40-foot container freezers
One 40-foot combination refrigerator/freezer container
Three stand-up freezers and a three-door refrigerator
30-foot and 26-foot refrigerated box trucks
Three-quarter-ton van
Forklift plus manual and electric pallet jacks

A network of partners

Donations travel farther when organizations work together.

The Dream Center works with regional hunger-relief organizations, distributors, retailers, churches, nonprofits, and community partners to recover usable food and products and move them where they are needed most.

Dream Center volunteers receiving support from a community retail partner

Questions?

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