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We strive to provide food to poor and low income families, Veterans, and any citizen of El Paso, Texas in a judgement free environment. We believe that we all needed a helping hand at one point in life and no one should go hungry.  Please view our news page to see how we help people in need and the companies who help us.

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SPONSORSHIP IS GREATLY NEEDED TO KEEP OUR DOORS OPEN.

You EAt I EAt Community Unity Food Pantry would like to sincerely thank everyone who has generously donated. Without the help of the community we will not be able to continue to serve God’s Children in Need. We are so grateful to have the opportunity to continue our mission and are truly blessed by each and every sponsor that helps us. It takes a village to do what we do, and without the village we would not be able to survive. Please keep You EAt I EAt Community Unity Food Pantry in your thoughts and prayers and if you’re able to give, please donate.

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We are closed the first week of each month. Our hours of operation are Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:00AM - 2:00PM

YEIE FOUNDER’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY AVAILABLE AT BARNES & NOBLE, ON AMAZON AND IN E-BOOKS!

Purchase price is $20.49 at Barnes & Noble and Amazon. The E-Book price is $8.99. Autographed copies may be ordered directly from the author via ahelpinghandupwithgrace@gmail.com.

“GRACE” MERCHANDISE! A GREAT WAY TO CONTRIBUTE IN THE YEIE FIGHT AGAINST FOOD INSECURITIES!

Great gift ideas for yourself or your loved ones! High quality T-shirts. Stylish candle holders. Coffee cups and more! All available via ahelpinghandupwithgrace@gmail.com! When you make a purchase, 50% of your total costs will go directly into the operations of YEIE. Please email us for pricing details and order placements.

FRIENDS OF YOU EAT I EAT

We are SO THANKFUL TO OUR FRIENDS, OLD AND NEW, WHO HAVE JOINED US IN OUR FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM FOOD INSECURITY! YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR US to BRING ASSISTANCE TO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEEED. IT DOES INDEED TAKE A VILLAGE TO DO WHAT WE ARE DOING, AND MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE BENIFITTING FROM YOUR ACTS OF KINDNESS.

INTRODUCING OUR NEW YEIE LOGO….”GRACE”!

A very heartfelt “Thank you” to our friend Logan Mungo of Orlando, FL for making a concept a reality. Working together we were able to imagine a “new face” to YEIE and “Grace” is the result. Placing “pen to paper” you designed our new logo and advertisement banners. Thanks SO very much for being a friend of YEIE!

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VOLUNTEERS. THE BACKBONE OF NON-PROFITS.

YEIE is forever thankful to everyone who has given of their time to help us do what we can for our neighbors in need. A particular note of thanks to Sissy Byrd. I know how demanding your schedule is but you managed to find a bit of time to come out and volunteer.

Several in our Family of Volunteers have even brought their children along with them so that they may learn the importance of helping the less fortunate. If you are available and wish to volunteer or know of someone who may have the time and desire, please contact us at 915-222-4740 or at youeatieatcorp@gmail.com for details. Please use “Volunteer” in the subject line of your correspondence. Thank you.

WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO HELP US KEEP OUR SHELVES STOCKED WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS!

They’ve worked so hard to get this far and their Academic Careers are about to get a bit tougher! If your Freshman could use Community Service Hours, they can receive them by volunteering at YEIE! Helping out around the Pantry or assisting at a Food Drive, we would be pleased to help your student acquire the hours needed. If interested, contact us at youeatieatcorp@gmail.com using “Student Community Service” in the subject line.

DECEMBER 14, 2024: OUR CHRISTMAS SUPPLIES GIVEAWAY BEGINS!

Wow! Seventy-five households came in today and received much needed Holiday decorations and supplies! Thank you so much to the Dyer Street Walmart for donating your unsold inventory and making this Event possible. And a REALLY great thanks to all the Volunteers who helped prepare the facility and take part in the Giveaway! We really appreciate you all!

DECEMBER 13, 2024: KEEPING KIDDIES WARM THANKS TO THREE VERY DEAR FRIENDS!

Thank you so much Willie, Mary and Heidi for once again coming through for some of El Paso’s children! Willie, your donation of coats that you collected in lieu of birthday gifts for yourself and Heidi you donation of hand-knitted hats and other items for kids will be a real blessing for little ones during our upcoming Christmas Event! Thank you all for what you do!

DECEMBER 12, 2024: OUR LAST AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM OF THE YEAR!

Sad but true but the kids still had a really good time! Not only did they get hot Domino’s Pizza but because it’s Christmas Time instead of getting Goodie Bags the kids got Christmas Stocking Stuffers! The were so surprised to see them! Se you in the New Year, Little Ones!

DECEMBER 6, 2024: THE YEIE CHRISTMAS SUPPLIES GIVAWAY IS COMING SOON!

This is a Drive-Up Event at 9301 Diana on Saturday December 14 from 11AM-3PM. Cars will be lined up in three rows in the property parking lot. The lead car from each row will be directed to the entrance of the Event. You will be taken into the facility for a very timely selection of items you may need. Our inventory is limited so we may not have everything you would want but as a courtesy to those who are awaiting their turn to enter, please strive to move along quickly in making your selections. You MUST bring your own bag, none will be provided. This Event is for Christmas supplies ONLY. No meals, groceries or Goodie-Bags will be available.

DECEMBER 5, 2024: ANOTHER DAY OF SERVING DELICIOUS MEALS TO INCLUDE FRESH PRODUCE AND DESSERTS!

Good meals provided to anyone who enters our doors are enhanced thanks to the fresh fruits and vegetables donated by our Friends at Sprouts Farmers Market! Even better is that much of the breads and desserts donated by Sprouts are taken to neighboring Moye Elementary and given to the kids as they leave school for the day! Thanks, Sprouts, for making this possible!

DECEMBER 4, 2024: YEIE FOUNDER FEATURED AS GUEST SPEAKER AT ZARAGOZA ROTARY CLUB!

A heartfelt “Thank you” to the Zaragoza Rotary Club for asking YEIE to attend your meeting today as Guest Speaker! It was a pleasure meeting you all and sharing with you my inspiration for starting the Pantry back in 2015! I really appreciated being able to give you a brief history of our organization and a few details of our day-to-day operations and our Annual Special Events! And thank you so much for your offer to come volunteer in March 2025! I’m looking forward to having you see first hand what YEIE is doing for our community and the impact our efforts have on so many!

DECEMBER 3, 2024: THE YEIE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TOY DRIVE BEGINS!

Thanks to some of our Sponsors, YEIE has been able to utilize their monetary contributions to purchase some items for our upcoming Christmas Toys Giveaway. But we are far from what we anticipate will be needed. So if you are able, please help us collect enough toys, games and electronics for kids in all age groups so that they may have a Merrier Christmas than they may expect!

DECEMBER 1, 2024: THE NINTH ANNUAL YEIE CHRISTMAS DINNER-TO-GO & TOY GIVEAWAY/RAFFLE IS COMING UP!

The Holiday Season is in full swing and YEIE is preparing to do as much as we can to make the Season just a little bit brighter for some of our kids who may not have much to look forward to come Christmas morning! We anticipate upwards of 300 kids who may have little to nothing under the tree so anything you can do to help bring them an early bit of Christmas Joy will be very much appreciated! For those in need of our help, please be at 9301 Dyer at 11am on December 21. We will be there until 3pm. Minor children MUST be present to make their selection of toys. No exceptions. The raffle will be at the Pantry (8888 Dyer Suite #513) after the Event. Winners will be notified and MUST be at the Pantry to claim their prize ON December 21. Those who win a Family Raffle Prize MUST have their families with them to pick up prizes. No exceptions.

NOVEMBER 30, 2024: OUR LAST FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR!

A very warm and sincere “Thank you” to the residents of Northeast El Paso for all you have done this past year to give a Helping Hand to so many of your less fortunate neighbors. Whether it be at the Martin Luther King Jr Blvd or the Hondo Pass Walmart Neighborhood Market, so many of you reached into your purses, wallets and hearts to help YEIE assist others in their fights against food insecurities! The struggle is ongoing for far too many as they try and get back on their feet and anything you can do to help us help them in the coming year will be much needed and greatly appreciated!

NOVEMBER 23, 2024: SPONSORSHIP MAKES YEIE EVENTS POSSIBLE, VOLUNTEERISM MAKES THEM DOABLE!

YEIE is forever thankful to our Sponsors for your financial backing! Without you, the things we try to do for our less fortunate neighbors would be impossible! And further “Thanks” to our Volunteer Staff and those who sign on to volunteer for our Special Events! You guys are the key to everything running as smoothly as possible. Thank you all, Sponsors and Volunteers, for helping us to provide a Helping Hand Up to so many but never a handout!

NOVEMBER 23, 2024: THE YEIE NINTH ANNUAL THANKSGIVING EVENT IS HERE!

Bringing Thanksgiving to so many people is always such a pleasure! But it would not be possible without the support of the Sponsors of YEIE! One such Sponsor is the Papa John’s Pizza Foundation! It was a literal surprise to us all when the manager of several restaurants arrived today with a representative of the Foundation to present YEIE with a $5000 Grant Check! Even more, they both stayed around to help out! Thank you so much, John and Michael, for being Friends of YEIE! Today gave you the opportunity to see first hand how your generosity impacts many citizens of El Paso and the surrounding areas. Your ongoing support & sponsorship are really appreciated.

NOVEMBER 22, 2024: YEIE IS PRESENTED GRANT CHECK AWARDED BY THE NORTHEAST EL PASO ROTARY FOUNDATION!

Thank you so much to the Northeast El Paso Rotary Foundation for such a generous act of kindness! This is going to help so many of our Fellow El Pasoans who are doing their best to make ends meet and will be an absolute blessing to some in our community who are sadly without means.

And an additional “Thank you” to the EPCC Thirteen09 Culinary Arts Restaurant for providing the luncheon venue! Your food is delicious and your service is great! For anyone who has never been to this hidden gem, check it out! You will love it!

NOVEMBER 20, 2024: HELEN OF TROY: “THE SECOND WAVE”!

When Group 2 of Volunteers arrived at our off site Event location all preparations were already complete! No worries! They all loaded up everything not used for the Event and transported it back to Pantry! Once there they all joined in preparing grocery bags and Goodie Bags for our first business day after the Event! Thanks, guys! You have all been great and I really enjoy working alongside you!

NOVEMBER 20, 2024: HELEN OF TROY STEPS IN TO HELP OUT WITH THE FINISHING TOUCHES FOR OUR THANKSGIVING EVENT!

Thank you so much, Helen of Troy, for coming in once again to help us with our Event and more! It’s been a year since you guys started volunteering at YEIE and we have and will always appreciate you help! Your ongoing support has been very instrumental in helping our Events run so smoothly and your help today will proove to be just as invaluable! Thanks for being a Friend of YEIE!

NOVEMBER 18, 2024: GREAT FOOD SERVED THIS WEEK AT YEIE!

Preparing hot foods to be served with fresh fruit and vegetables with a few snack items! That is one of the many facets of YEIE! We believe that everyone deserves access to delicious and nutritious foods and we always strive to make it happen and thanks to all our supporters and those who donate to our mission we will continue to do so. It does indeed take a village!

NOVEMBER 17, 2024: JACK & JILL OF AMERICA COMES IN TO HELP GET THINGS STARTED FOR OUR THANKSGIVING EVENT!

The kids of Jack & Jill coming in today to help us get set up for our Event is really a great help! They got so far ahead of the game with setting up tables and getting all the non-perishable food items in position for our next group of volunteers to prepare grocery bags and Goodie Bags in a few days! Thanks so much, kids! You are all an inspiration to others!

NOVEMBER 15, 2024: YEIE GIVES MORE KIDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOULUNTEER AND GIVE BACK!

Earlier this month I spoke at the Emanuel Christian Academy Career Day. At the end of it I was asked if the kids could come volunteer at the Pantry. Of course I would welcome them to come! When they arrived they were given a briefing and broken into several groups with each group given a different task. One such task was stuffing Goodie Bags! It was great to give these young ones another avenue to learn the value of teamwork and taking time to give back to the community they call home. A plus for the kids is that when their volunteer time came to a close they each received a Goodie Bag!

NOVEMBER 14, 2024: YEIE RECEIVES TWO GREAT AND MUCH NEEDED GIFTS!

A new fridge to store our donations from Sprouts Farmers’ Market and a new collapsible wagon to help our clients get their groceries to their cars! Thank you so much to Domino’s Pizza for the refrigerator and thank you to our friend who walked in with the wagon! We really appreciate our gifts and they will certainly make Pantry operations a bit easier!

NOVEMBER 13, 2024: NORTHEAST EL PASO ROTARY FOUNDATION NAMES YEIE AS RECIPIENT OF GRANT AWARD!

A very heartfelt and grateful “Thank you” to the Northeast El Paso Rotary Members for choosing YEIE as one of ten local charities to receive such a generous monetary donation from your Foundation! Your support is going to do so much to help us with our mission in the fight against food insecurities on behalf of so many of our neighbors in need! Times are difficult enough as it is and the current Holliday Season will certainly compound those difficulties but your act of kindness will help others to stretch their food dollar a little farther!

Alone we can do a little but together we can accomplish so much more!

NOVEMBER 12, 2024: MEMBERS OF THE LES WEST TROOP JOIN YEIE IN OUR CONTINUED OBSERVATION OF VETERANS’ DAY!

A great “Thank you” to the Soldiers who gave of your time today to support YEIE in our Post Veterans’ Day Cookout! You were such a help today in preparing and serving hotdogs and burgers to Veterans in need of our help! Watching our uniformed Members bringing a bit of joy to members of our community who were at one time in the same uniform brings light to the old saying “Soldier helping Soldier”.

NOVEMBER 11, 2024: YEIE TAKES PART IN ANNUAL VETERANS’ DAY PARADE!

What an honor to be asked once again to take part in celebrating those who have given so much! Our Country’s heroes deserve all recognition for their Service and YEIE is always grateful to be part of this annual Event! Seeing so many of our Retired and Active Duty Service Members of deferent Branches in one place is such a great thing to observe! We appreciate and salute you all! “Thank you for your Service” can never be said enough!

NOVEMBER 10, 2024: YEIE RECEIVES SPARKGOOD LOCAL GRANT AWARD FROM NORTHEAST EL PASO SAM’S CLUB.

A warm “Thank you” to the Northeast El Paso Sam’s Club for choosing YEIE as recipient of your Grant Award! Your generosity and the generosity of other organizations is what it takes to help the YEIE doors open and our mission going! Without you and others of like mind we would be unable to bring much needed help to the less fortunate of our community! Thank you so much for being a Friend of YEIE!

NOVEMBER 9, 2024: TURKEY DRIVE/FUNDRAISER CONTINUES!

Thank you very much to those of Northeast El Paso who purchased a few extra items during your shopping at the Hondo Pass Neighborhood Market today to donate to our upcoming Thanksgiving Event! Your purchases will be used to prepare Hot Meals-To-Go and for grocery bags to be distributed to Veterans' families and to families with minor children in their households! It really does take a village!

NOVEMBER 7, 2024: HOT FOOD READY TO BE SERVED!

We happily serve hot and delicious Meals-To-Go to all who come through doors while supplies last. Oftentimes we have stragglers arriving at closing and by then everything is pretty much gone! But we do what we can and may provide them with sandwiches from our refrigerators. They may not be hot but it’s at least something to put on their stomachs! YEIE will always do our best for as many as we can!

NOVEMBER 5, 2024: YEIE AFTER SCHOOL PIZZA DELIVERY TO THE KIDS OF MOYE ELEMENTARY!

What a surprise to some of the kids of Moye! Papa John’s Pizza of 2600 North Mesa donated several dozen unsold Personal Pizzas that we took across the street to Moye Elementary! We were there waiting for the school bell to ring and out they came! Curious about what was going on! They came over and received pizzas they would take home and heat up…giving them something to hold them over until dinner! A plus was that two of the Moms shared photos of their little one enjoying their surprise late lunch!

NOVEMBER 5, 2024: ANOTHER YEIE HEARTY MEAL-TO-GO SERVED!

We try to bring a little variety to our clients with what serve and today along with hot pizza there is Jamaican Jerked Chicken on the menu! And thanks to our friends at Sprouts Farmers’ Market, we are also able to serve delicious fresh salads! Everyone who was lucky enough to have really enjoyed it!

NOVEMBER 1, 2024: YEIE SPEAKS AT EMANUEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL FOR CAREER DAY!

It was such an honor to have been asked to come chat with young ones about opportunities that await them in adulthood! The kids were overall very engaging as I told them of the benefits of running a non-profit and how volunteering can help them gain work experience that may later be used on college applications and résumés! It would not surprise me at all if some of their parents call to enquire about their children volunteering at the pantry!

OCTOBER 31, 2024: HAPPY HALLOWEEN & AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM!

What a nice treat for US! A number of the kids showed up today wearing the very costumes they had chosen at our Halloween Costumes Giveaway! Imagine our surprise seeing how very appreciative these little ones are of YEIE making their Halloween a fun one! We love this!

OCTOBER 30, 2024: YEIE TAKES PART IN FORT BLISS NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS EVENT!

It was a great privilege to be asked to come speak about opportunities for individuals with disabilities to volunteer at YEIE! We encourage anyone who wishes to work alongside our regular Volunteer Staff to contact us and make arrangements to do so! All will be welcomed to come meet us and volunteer as often as they like!

OCTOBER 29, 2024: CHAPIN HIGH SCHOOL KIDS BACK AGAIN TO LEND A HAND!

After a long day of serving meals and distributing groceries, it’s always a welcome to have these kids come in to help tidy up and prep grocery bags for the next business day! They work so well with everyone and we always encourage them to not allow their particular disability to be a hindrance and to do their best at whatever task they are assigned! They always put their “best foot forward” and our hope is that volunteering at YEIE will help strengthen them and give them the drive to push through any challenges they may face in life!

OCTOBER 29, 2024: A DELICIOUS MEAL PREPPED AND READY!

Something a little different today! Thanks to our friends at Sprouts Farmers’ Market donating their unsold inventory, YEIE is able to pass it on to our clients! Though they really appreciate anything we wan do for them it’s great to be able to switch things up a bit every now and again! Thank you, Sprouts, for becoming such a great friend!

OCTOBER 28, 2024: OUR ANNUAL THANKSGIVING MEAL/TURKEY GIVEAWAY IS COMING SOON AND OUR TURKEY DRIVE IS UNDERWAY!

Thanks to our monetary Sponsors YEIE was able to purchase a great many turkeys for our Event on Saturday November 23, 2024 at 9301 Diana from 12:00 - 4:00 PM! But we still need help to provide so many people the assistance they will need this Holiday Season so if you are able to lend a hand to our efforts we will really appreciate it! If you are in need of our help please arrive early. Our supplies will be quite limited and everyone will be helped on a “first come first served” basis!

OCTOBER 24, 2024: PAPA JOHN’S FOUNDATION MAKES GENEROUS FINANCIAL DONATION TO YEIE MISSION!

Thank you SO MUCH to the Papa John’s Foundation for your support of the YEIE Mission! Your generosity will certainly do a great deal in helping us to bring a bit of relief to so many El Pasoans in need especially during the rapidly approaching Holiday Season! Your generosity will do so much in helping them with their struggles in making ends meets! Thank you for playing such a great part in helping us assist them in lightening their load!

OCTOBER 22, 2024: SPROUTS FARMERS’ MARKET BECOMES FRIEND OF YEIE!

Thanks so much to Zoe of CAREIT for linking YEIE with the Sprouts located at 2036 N. Zaragosa to receive their unsold inventory so that we may distribute it to El Pasoans dealing with food insecurities! Sprouts Farmers’ Market’s contribution will do a lot in helping our clients access well balanced meals to include fresh vegetables! Thank you both so much for becoming Friend of YEIE!

OCTOBER 21, 2024: LONG-TIME YEIE FRIEND MAKES UNEXPECTED CONTRIBUTION!

A really great thanks to John of the Papa John’s 2600 N. Mesa location for calling us to come pick 175 personal pizzas today! WOW! So many of our clients will be so happy to benefit from this unexpected act of generosity. Your ongoing support is always so greatly appreciated but this little suprise is such a plus!

OCTOBER 19, 2024: FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISER HAS SURPRISING AND WONDERFUL ENDING!

A great thanks to those of you in Northeast El Paso for contributing to our Food Drive/Fundraiser today! We really appreciate your ongoing generosity! But an expected surprise came today when several El Paso families called and explained that they did not have the chance to attend our Halloween Costumes Giveaway! Fortunately, we had a number of costumes available so their young ones were able to come down and find something they really liked! It’s always a treat to bring some unexpected smiles to a few mre little faces!

OCTOBER 17, 2024: READY TO SERVE A HOT MEAL TO MANY IN NEED!

Hot Domino’s Pizza and a variety of tacos to boot! Makes for a great lunch until dinner time! We do all we can to bring variety to what we serve to our clients but the “tried and true” staples are always a hit! We are just glad that we are able to bring a meal to most who come through our doors and thanks to the support of the El Paso community we will be able to continue doing so!

OCTOBER 12, 2024: A GREAT YEIE HALLOWEEN COSTUMES GIVAWAY!

What a wonderful turnout today! Lunch was served. Goodie Bags and snacks given out! And treats being handed out by a Klingon! The kids had a really great time selecting their costumes then enjoying hotdogs and chips for lunch with dessert pastries! Now in a couple of weeks or so El Paso will have a few more ghosts, goblins, princesses, witches and superheroes going door to door in search of more treats!

OCTOBER 7, 2024: YEIE GETS A HELPING HAND IN SETTING UP FOR OUR HALLOWEEN EVENT!

Thanks so much to our good friend Gail for connecting YEIE with the Rae Gilmore Rec Center for the use of their facility for our Halloween Event! And also a great “Thanks” to our friends at Hellen Of Troy for coming out to help get things set up! The kids are likely to have such a fun time choosing from a wide assortment of costumes while enjoying a Hotdog & Chips lunch and receiving some early Halloween Treats!

OCTOBER 1, 2024: THE YEIE HALLOWEEN COSTUMES GIVEAWAY IS ON ITS WAY!

For any little ones who may have missed out at our recent After School Program Costumes Giveaway, no worries! Our official Event will be October 12 from 11:00AM-2:00PM in the Rae Gilmore Recreation Center at 8501 Diana! So bring your kids on down so that they may make their choice from among a nice assortment of Halloween costumes. Come early because we have the Recreation Center for only the allotted time shown above! Children MUST BE PRESENT in order to make their selections!

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024: AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM/HALLOWEEN COSTUMES GIVEAWAY!

The little ones were certainly not expecting THIS one! Domino’s pizza, Goodie Bags AND Halloween costumes! They had such a fun time picking out the costume of their choice! A great “Thanks” to the Dyer Street Walmart for having donated their inventory of unsold merchandise from last Halloween.

SEPEMBER 14, 2024: LOCAL YOUTH GROUP “JACK & JILL OF AMERICA INC” MAKES GENEROUS MONETARY CONTRIBUTION TO YEIE!

What an achievement! Jack & Jill of America conducted an ongoing Fundraiser on behalf of YEIE and raised a very substantial amount to donate towards our efforts! Who would ever have thought that selling bags of popcorn would go so far in the fight against hunger? Your help made it possible for me to go out and shop today and put more into our inventory.

And thank you so much to Iris Garcia-Barron of KVIA News 7 for coming out to YEIE and report on the donation presentation and speak to the young women and men who put in the work to make this great contribution possible!

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024: YEIE TAKES PART IN ANNUAL VETERANS’ STANDDOWN EVENT!

We’re always so happy to participate in this event. So many Veterans and Active Duty came to us today and it was great to be able to share valuable information with them. While they were not all in need of our help, several of them were and others were thankful to gain knowledge to pass on to some of their friends. It’s such an honor to be a source of information for our current and former Service Members. We are here for them and we thank them for their service and salute them for their sacrafice.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024: THE FINAL DAY OF OUR BIRTHDAY FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISER!

Thank you so much to the Northeast community for doing as much as you have to support the YEIE mission of helping so many of our neighbors in their struggles with food insecurities! Your contribution to our events have always been and will always be so greatly appreciated bur the last few have been especially heartfelt because you have all joined my family and me in celebrating my 60 birthday by helping us to help others! You are indeed the village it takes to give a Helping Hand Up and never a Handout!

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024: MERIDIAN MEDICAL & ASSOCIATES MAKES GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION TO YEIE!

Thank you so very much to the team of Meridian Medical & Associates LLC for your support of our mission at YEIE! Your monetary contribution will go quite far in helping us with our day-to-day operations and your donation of non-perishables will certainly come in handy in the restocking of our pantry shelves so that we may continue supplying families and individuals in need with nutritious foods! We really appreciate your becoming a new Friend of YEIE! Alone we can do little, but together we can accomplish so much more!

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024: OFF VACATION AND BACK TO BUSINESS WITH ANOTHER FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISER!

A little time off is extremely important to us all but for many food insecurity is an ongoing issue. We really appreciate the students of Franklin High School who came out today to help with our third Birthday Food Drive/Fundraiser! You guys did a great job helping to replenish the pantry shelves and raise necessary funds to help keep the pantry doors open!

And a VERY special thanks to the family who donated several bags of non-perishables! Even though you have four little ones of your own to feed, you still found a way to give a little to some of your neighbors in need.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024: AN ABSOLUTE RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS!

So there we were on a New York City subway the day after Dorene’s 60th Birthday when a gentleman boards the train where we were seated. He noticed Dorene’s tiara and wished her a Happy Birthday. She politely thanked him. He then went into his wallet and presented her with a birthday gift of $60! How great was THAT? She thanked him again as introductions were made. He introduced himself as “Earnest”. Dorene began telling Earnest about YEIE. He was intrigued and asked for more information at which point he was given our website.

A total stranger in a city of millions who just happens to board the same train we were on and right where we were sitting making a thoughtful birthday gift that became a generous donation to YEIE. Thank you, Earnest. We really appreciate your act of kindness.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024: GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION MAKES GENEROUS DONATION TO YEIE!

What a wonderful way to close out a Birthday Fundraiser weekend! A very heartfelt “Thank you” to the GECU Foundation for thinking of YEIE in regards to your Grant Program for non-profit organizations! Choosing us as a recipient of your monetary support will do so much for our upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas Events! Your act of kindness is the definition of “It takes a Village”. Alone we can do little but together we can accomplish so much more! Thank you for becoming a Friend of YEIE!

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024: DAY 2 OF THE YEIE BIRTHDAY & LABOR DAY FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISER!

Today went as great as yesterday! Thank you again to the residents of the Northeast for taking time to put a little extra in your shopping carts here at the Walmart Neighborhood Market on Hondo Pass! We really appreciate your generosity and your willingness to come forth and do what you can to help us help your neighbors in their time of need!

AUGUST 31, 2024: 60TH BIRTHDAY & LABOR DAY WEEKEND FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISER DAY 1!

Please join the YEIE Crew of Volunteers in wishing Founder/CEO Dorene M. Corothers (Miss Dee) a very Happy Birthday weekend! Her Big Day isn’t until Tuesday but she chose to celebrate in part by holding her usual Food Drive/Fundraiser. Thank you so much to the community of Northeast El Paso for helping to replenish the Pantry shelves today with your donations of food items and your monetary support!

AUGUST 28, 2024: STUDENTS OF FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL DELIVER SNACK DRIVE DONATIONS TO YEIE!

The kids of Franklin High School and Youth For Change surprised us today with a truckload of snacks to fill our Goodie Bags for our After School Program. THANK you so much to everyone who took part in this effort to raise much needed items that will certainly do a lot to help us bring a few more smiles to a few more El Paso’s little ones!

AUGUST 27, 2024: ANOTHER OLIVE GARDEN BECOMES A FRIEND OF YEIE!

A great thanks to the Olive Garden Woodrow Bean location for contacting YEIE via the Food Donation Connection in regards to donating your freshly prepared but unsold and frozen menu items! You are now the third in your franchise who are joining YEIE in our mission to bring hot meals to many who may not have had a nutritious and delicious meal on a given day. Thank you so much for taking part in our effort to help those struggling with food insecurity!

AUGUST 25, 2024: FIVE BELOW ON JOE BATTLE HOSTS SNACKS/TOY DRIVE FOR YEIE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM!

AUGUST 16, 2024: YEIE PROVIDES YOUNG FAMILY WITH EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE!

We do not often get calls from anyone who is in a dire situation but when it occurs we do our best to help. This young father called and explained that they had hardly any food in the house and had nowhere else to turn. What made matters worse is that he had recently lost his job. When they arrived I was surprised at the number of little ones with them. They had just picked most of them up from school. As we prepared groceries for them, a little voice said “I’m hungry”. Fortunately, we had Goodie Bags and fresh fruit available to hold them over until a nice dinner was prepared. It was really great to have been a blessing for this family who had found themselves suddenly on hard times. Thank you so much for those who support our mission which made this possible.

AUGUST 15, 2024: A SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO A LOCAL CATERING SERVICE!

Thank you so much to Greg and Della of Ribs And Beans Catering Service for providing today’s hot meal at YEIE! Your delicious homecooked foods went over really well and our clients absolutely appreciated it! We do all we can to feed everyone who comes into our doors in need of a meal and your Helping Hand today helped us do a little more. We are very grateful for our new friendship and your assistance in helping us help others! Thank you both for becoming Friends of YEIE!

AUGUST 15, 2024: MORE OF OUR WOMEN & MEN IN UNIFORM PITCHING IN TO HELP THEIR COMMUNITY!

Thank you so much to the small Squad of the LSE West for coming in to volunteer as servers today! Your participation was greatly appreciated and our Volunteers were proud to work alongside you! But you didn’t stop there! In today’s El Paso heat, you all helped out at the nearby Grace Lutheran Church by removing much of the chipped paint to prepare the area shown for painting! Thank you all for your Service and for taking on such a task!

AUGUST 8, 2024: ANOTHER DAY OF SERVING A DELICIOUS AND NUTRITIOUS MEAL!

Filling sandwiches! Hearty Olive Garden soups! Domino’s Pizza! Fresh fruit! Another meal fit for those younger than six and well above sixty! We are so thankful to our friends at Olive Garden and Domino’s for helping us provide another great dinner to a few more El Pasoans in need!

AUGUST 6, 2024: BRUNCH IS AGAIN SERVED AT YEIE!

Chicken & Waffles with their choice of hot cheese, pepperoni or sausage Domino’s pizza! And to top it off…a tasty pastry! The young ones really enjoyed the extra treat along with their Goodie Bags! And a heartfelt “Thank you” to Sam’s Club for your monetary donation which made it possible snack items for our Goodie Bags an

JULY 27, 2024: THE ANNUAL YEIE BACKPACK & SCHOOL SUPPLIES GIVEAWAY IS ON!

All the Little Ones (and many of the Bigger Ones) anxiously awaiting their chance to come in and take their choice of backpack! Filled with school supplies, their backpack will give them a good start of the school year. But along with every backpack comes a Goodie Bag and hot Domino’s Pizza and iced down bottled waters to hold them over until they get home for dinner! What a great day!

JULY 20, 2024: OUR FRIENDS AT MAXIMUS HOLd BACKPACK DRIVE!

Thank you again, Maximus, for coming through for the kids for our upcoming Backpack & School Supplies Giveaway! Your ongoing support of our Events is really appreciated and so very helpful! Quite a few kids are now going to have much of the classroom items they will for the next school year!

JULY 18, 2024: SCHOOL IS OUT BUT NUTRITIOUS LUNCHES AND GOODIE BAGS ARE STILL COMING!

We recognize that many of the area children rely on their School Lunch Program to get them through the day during the school year. That of course goes away in the summer. YEIE is so appreciative to everyone who helps us keep our After School Program going throughout the summer so that these young ones can still have a good lunch and delicious snacks!

JULY 15, 2024: A MUCH NEEDED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT DONATED BY STARBUCKS’ VOLUNTEERS!

When the team from Starbucks was here the other day one of them asked about the little wagon we had always used to help our clients take their groceries to their vehicles and to also bring donations into the Pantry from the donors’ vehicles. Well, the wagon had seen better days. What a great surprise when the Volunteer called today to tell us that a hand-truck had been purchased for the Pantry! We are so greatful to her and her team for such a wonderful gift!

JULY 14, 2024: MORE KIDS FROM THE RECKER GROUP JOIN YEIE IN TODAY’S FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISER!

The new kids were great in our Food Drive/Fundraiser today! We really appreciate all the help we can get to keep our inventory up and these guys have done so well in that effort! Our supplies diminish so quickly but thankfully we are able to restock to be there for those who need a helping hand!

JULY 13, 2024: ANOTHER HOT ONE BUT A VERY GOOD FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISER!

Thanks again to the community of Northeast El Paso for contributing to another Food Drive/Fundraiser at the MLK Walmart Neighborhood Market today! Your support is always so appreciated and greatly needed! And thank you to Rachel for donating a gift card which was used for the purshase of bottled waters in your store! These will most certainly be useful during El Paso’s Summer!

JULY 11, 2024: YEIE GIVES MORE OF OUR YOUNGSTERS A MODE BY WHICH TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY!

Thank you Roberto and Bertha of the Assisteen Youth Group for reaching out to us to give these young ones the opportunity to give back to their community. At YEIE we are always pleased to help in teaching our next generation the value of assisting the less fortunate among us.

JULY 10, 2024: TWO GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR UPCOMING BACKPACK & SCHOOL SUPPLIES GIVEAWAY!

Our good friends of the West Texas Military RV’ers Club have come through for our community again for another of our Events! And our good friend Francine has also come forth to help supply some of our kids with much needed school essentials! Thank you all so much for helping to make this year’s upcoming Backpack & Supplies Giveaway and promising one!

JULY 9, 2024: STARBUCKS HELPS PREPARE FOR OUR UPCOMING BACKPACK & SCHOOL SUPPLIES GIVEAWAY EVENT!

Thanks again, Starbuck’s Employees, for coming out to volunteer at the YEIE facility to help get us ready for our Event! We will be giving El Paso children backpacks, school supplies and YEIE Goodie Bags and today you guys prepared 174 Goodie Bags! Thanks so much for being among the great Friends of YEIE!

JULY 1, 2024: THE ANNUAL YEIE BACKPACK/SCHOOL SUPPLIES DRIVE BEGINS!

June is suddenly behind us and he next School Year will be here before we know it! Some families will find it challenging to provide their kids the school essentials they will need! Please help YEIE to assist them with the backpacks and basic classroom supplies so that they may get off to a good start! Donations may be made at our facility at 8888 Dyer Suite #513 on Tuesdays and Thursdays 10AM - 4PM. If you are unable to do so during that time, please call 915-222-4740 to arrange a more convenient time.

And for anyone who may be in need of these supplies, our Event will be on July 27 from 12-4PM at 9301 Diana. Children MUST BE PRESENT to receive backpacks! No exceptions.

JULY 1, 2024: YEIE PARTNERS WITH VERIZON TO CO-HOST THE UPCOMING VERIZON BACKPACK & SCHOOL SUPPLIES GIVEAWAY!

It’s always great to work alongside our Friends to make life a little easier for some of our neighbors in need! A plus is that YEIE will be doing as we do at our Event and bringing hot Little Caesar’s Pizza and Goodie Bags! Children MUST BE PRESENT to receive a backpack!

JUNE 30, 2024: CLOSING OUT A GREAT WEEKEND OF FOOD DRIVES AND FUNDRAISERS!

Almost got rained out but the kids from the Recker Group hung in there! The rain only lasted a short time and the Food Drive Fundraiser went on to collect a great amount of non-perishables food items to fill our shelves and donations of much needed monetary support! The kids never complain and are very engaging with the store patrons! It’s always great to see various young El Pasoans so willing to do their part in the fight against food insecurities!

JUNE 29, 2024: UNDERWAY WITH ANOTHER FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISER!

Today was a hot one but the Recker Kids did such a great job! Thanks so much to those of you who donated today! You all really come through for your fellow El Pasoans! We have been able to keep our shelves stocked thanks to your help! YEIE really appreciates it!

JUNE 28, 2024: ALBA COLD STORAGE MAKES GENEROUS POULTRY DONATION TO YEIE!

We thank Chris Jeri of Vectra International Inc for contacting us about receiving five 40lb boxes of frozen Tyson Brand chicken quarters! This will be put to great use as the entrée for our Hot Meals-To-Go! Another “Thanks” to Alfredo for making yourself available to bring the donation out to us!

JUNE 23, 2024: THANKS AGAIN TO THE RECKER GROUP FOR BRINGING THE KIDS TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY!

We really appreciate the Recker Youth Group Staff for continuing to bring the young ones out to assist us on our Food Drive/Fundraisers! They have been a great help in collecting non-perishable foods and also much needed funding from the general public! We look forward to having them with us in the coming weeks!

JUNE 22, 2024: CONTINUING TO REPLENISH OUR SHELVES THANKS TO THE NORTHEAST EL PASO COMMUNITY!

A heartfelt “Thank you” to the Ladies of Oro Court #20 for coming in and giving of your time to help out at the Pantry today! Your assistance was quite the welcome at the YEIE facility! We really enjoyed working alongside you all! Thank you so much for being Friends of YEIE!

JUNE 11, 2024: REPS FROM WALMART NEIGHBORHOOD MARKETS MLK AND HONDO PASS VOLUNTEER AT YEIE!

A great “Thanks!” to Rachel of the MLK Neighborhood Market and Johnathon of the Hondo Pass Neighborhood Market for joining members of your team in volunteering at the Pantry today! Your ongoing support of allowing YEIE to conduct Food Drive/Fundraisers at your respective stores is always appreciated but your willingness to come into our facility to directly serve our clients was really great. Thanks so much for that!

JUNE 6, 2024: YOUNG SOLDIERS CONDUCT FOOD DRIVE FOR YEIE!

Thank you so much to these young Servicemen of the First Battalion 35th Armored Regiment for collecting non-perishable foods for YEIE! We are so appreciative of your efforts and so very proud to have next generation Soldiers such as yourselves who not only serve our Country but who also make time to serve our community! YEIE salutes you all!

JUNE 1, 2024: YEIE RECEIVES DONATION FROM NEIGHBORHOOD WALMART MLK BLVD DURING GRAND REOPENING!

A great thanks to Rachel at the Neighborhood Walmart on MLK Blvd for reaching out to YEIE about your Grant Program! Thanks to you we are able to do a lot more shopping for the Pantry with the funds received from the Walmart Grant! We absolutely appreciate your thinking of YEIE as the recipient of your generosity! Thank you, Walmart and Rachel, for being Friends of YEIE!

MAY 31, 2024: YEIE SPEAKS WITH THE KIDS OF THE RECKER YOUTH GROUP!

It was great working with these kids on our recent Food Drives/Fundraisers! Being asked to come in and give them further words of encouragement is an honor! Speaking to them about how everyone makes mistakes in life and how giving them the opportunity to reshape their paths in life is a great way to go from being “boys and girls lost” to productive young men and women! They all received the “pep talk” quite well and I’M quite sure they will all do well in life!

MAY 30, 2024: OUR LAST AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM OF THE SCHOOL YEAR STILL BRINGING SMILES!

A bitter sweet moment watching each little face today as they got their Goodie Bags and hot Domino’s Pizza because this is the last time they will be coming over after school until after Summer! But a bit of a silver lining is that they also get to choose a new toy today! They loved it!

MAY 18, 2024: ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISER!

The kids from the Recker Youth Outreach Group did a great job today! They worked so hard to give back to their community and were very engaging with everyone with whom they came in contact! It’s been a pleasure giving these young ones a helping hand in giving a Helping Hand for the past few weeks!

MAY 16, 2024: MORE SMILES BROUGHT ON BY MORE GOODIE BAGS AND PIZZA!

Another afternoon of grins! These young ones so often express their appreciation of having a slice or two of hot pizza to hold them over until dinner and also a bag of snacks! It’s also such a pleasure knowing that we are putting a little something in their bellies because dinner for some of them may be hours away! A great thanks to Domino’s Pizza for making it possible!

MAY 14, 2024: FLOWERS WITH DINNER FOR YEIE MOM CLIENTS!

A very nice surprise met many of our clients and several of our Volunteers today! We thought it would great to show our appreciation to our Volunteers by giving them each a flower and also giving our clients who are mothers and grandmothers a flower along with their Hot Meals-To-Go!

APRIL 23, 2024: STARBUCKS DROPS IN TO HELP OUT!

Thank you to some of the Crew of several local Starbucks for coming in to help prepare Goodie Bags today! You were all very motivated and willing to do all that was asked of you while volunteering to bring so many smiles to many of the children in the area! You have long been Friends of YEIE and are so very appreciated for what you do for the YEIE Mission!

APRIL 21, 2024: DAY TWO OF OUR FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISER!

Some of the kids from the Recker Youth Outreach Program returned today to give a Helping Hand Up at the MLK Jr Walmart Neighborhood Market! We are always pleased to give anyone who asks the chance to do a little bit more for the city they call home and we will gladly welcome more from the Recker Program in the future!

APRIL 20, 2024: A GREAT FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISER TO RESTOCK THE PANTRY!

A very good Food Drive/Fundraiser! Thank you to the Recker Youth Outreach Program for contacting YEIE as a means to give these young ones an opportunity to give back to their by volunteering for our Food Drives and Fundraisers this weekend a the Walmart Neighborhood Market on Martin Luther King Jr Blvd! We look forward to having them with us again tomorrow! Another “Thanks” to the hosting store for your generous monetary donation which makes it possible to purchase much needed foods to replenish our pantry shelves! We really appreciate your ongoing support as a Friend of YEIE!

APRIL 16, 2024: YEIE PROVIDES VENUE TO THE UNITED WAY!

Another organization asks YEIE to allow them a place to give out much needed information to people who may not have access to said information! We are pleased that The United Way of El Paso looked to us to do so and came out to speak to our clients while our clients waited to receive a hot meal and groceries!

APRIL 11, 2024: THE EASTER BUNNY HOPS INTO OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM WITH MORE EASTER BASKETS AND BOOKS!

A surprise donation of Easter Baskets delivered yesterday brought the YEIE Easter Bunny right back out after our Easter Basket Giveaway! The kids were really surprised and pleased because many of them had missed out on our recent Easter Event! But not only did they get an unexpected Easter Basket, they also had a great selection of Children’s Literature from which to choose!

APRIL 9, 2024: THEY CAME IN FOR A HOT MEAL BUT ALSO GOT EASTER BASKETS!

A few extra Easter Baskets really came in handy today! Some of these little ones didn’t get to make it in time for our Event the other day but they were really happy to see that we had extras available so they all had the chance to choose whichever they wanted!

APRIL 5, 2024: A GREAT YEIE FUNDRAISING DAY AT KENDRA SCOTT JEWELERS!

Thank you so much to Kendra Scott located on North Mesa for hosting another YEIE Fundraiser today! Your ongoing support really helps a lot in our mission to bring food assisstance to so many El Pasoans who find it difficult to make ends meet!

MARCH 30, 2024: OUR ANNUAL EASTER DINNER AND EASTER BASKET GIVEAWAY!

A wonderful turnout today! Over 500 hot meals served and 300 plus Easter Baskets given to the Little Ones! There were also a great number of grocery bags distributed to families with children so that they may have a traditional Easter Dinner at home! Thank you so much to everyone who donated funds, supplies and your time to make our event possible! Without our Volunteers this would never have happened! And a particular “Thanks” to the Volunteers from Maximus! So many of you showed up and were a really great help in the operations of our Event! And a really great “Thank you” to Grace Lutheran Church at 9301 Diana for allowing us the use of your adjoining facility for our event! Having use of your grounds was great for an Easter Egg hunt and other activities! We really appreciate you as a new Friend of YEIE!

MARCH 21, 2024: A GREAT DAY OF BRINGING SMILES WITH OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM!

It’s always so pleasing to see so many smiles as we are serving hot Domino’s Pizza and handing out Good Bags! Keeping these little bellies full until dinner time is wonderful but watching so many ear-to-ear smiles is a real plus!

MARCH 20, 2024: A GOOD FRIEND CONTACTS YEIE ABOUT A GREAT SALE FOR OUR EASTER DINNER GIVEAWAY!

Thank you, Betty Halliburtin, for calling me today and telling me about the sale on turkey breasts at the Dyer Street Walmart Supercenter! Not only did you call but you selected a cart full for me to purchase once I arrived from the Eastside! These purchases were made with donated funds and will be used for our Easter Dinner Grocery Bags Giveaway during our upcoming event! A few families with children will be very fortunate simply because you took a moment to help YEIE in its mission!

MARCH 17, 2024: A GREAT ST PADDY’S DAY FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISER!

The Luck oF the Irish bringing a Bit of a Bounty at the Neighborhood Market on Martin Luther Blvd! Thanks to the community of Northeast El Paso for helping us to replenish our shelves and for donating monetarily to the operations of the Pantry. It does take a village to give a Helping Hand Up and not a Handout!

MARCH 15, 2024: MORE DONATIONS FOR OUR UPCOMING EASTER BASKET GIVEAWAY!

Things are shaping up to being a really great Easter Event! Thank you so much to everyone who is chipping in to make this happen! And to anyone who has the time to volunteer, please do so! We anticipate a pretty large turnout and could really use your help! Please contact us by phone (915-222-4740) for details! Thanks in advance for your consideration!

MARCH 14, 2024: NORTHEAST EL PASO (NEEP) COLLECTIVE HOSTS FUNDRAISER FOR YEIE!

“Thank you so much” to our new friends Jo and Javi for your month-long FeBrewary Fundraiser for YEIE! Not only do you make the NEEP Collective a great family friendly place for outdoor dining, but your generosity to the YEIE mission of fighting against food insecurities will really do a lot for many residents of Northeast El Paso and the general El Paso area!

MARCH 12, 2024: A YEIE BRUNCH AT THE PANTRY!

Crispy, juicy chicken! Thickly sliced ham! The choice served with a plate sized waffle hot off the griddle! Along with fresh fruit, pastries and a couple of slices of Domino’s pizza! We always do what we can to feed as many as possible with whatever we have and everyone really appreciated the brunch idea! Thanks so much to all who continue to make it possible for YEIE to continue our mission!

MARCH 6, 2024: A GOOD DAY FOR SHOPPING FOR OUR EASTER BASKET GIVEAWAY!

More Easter Baskets thanks to the kindness of more of our great financial supporters! We so appreciate the generosity of Molina Cares and Verizon TCC Gives! You have done so much to help us in our efforts to do as much as we can for so many of our neighbors!

MARCH 3, 2024: FOOD/EASTER BASKET DRIVE & FUNDRAISER!

Thanks so much to the Northeast El Paso Community for your donations of food items today! We run short of inventory quickly but thanks to you we are now replenishing! Another “Thanks” to our monetary contributors for making it possible for us to purchase Easter Baskets for our Easter Event! And a very special and heartfelt “Thanks” to our friend James for the gift-card! Usually, gift-cards come in for the Pantry but you asked that I use this one for myself! I really appreciate your thoughfulness!

MARCH 2, 2024: A PRETTY GOOD FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISER!

It can oftentimes be a challenge to restock the YEIE shelves but thanks to the support of the El Paso community we are able to do so. Our Food Drives/Fundraisers are a cornerstone of the YEIE mission to provide some of the less fortunate among with much needed assistance in stretching their food dollar. It quite literally takes a village to help our fellow man who struggles with food insecurities and YEIE cannot do what we do to that end without the generosity of so many others. Thank you all so much for your ongoing support of the YEIE mission. Alone we can do little but together we can accomplish so much more.

MARCH 1, 2024: THE YEIE EASTER BASKET DRIVE IS ON!

Our Easter Dinner and Easter Basket Giveaway is only a few weeks out on March 30, 2024 from 12PM-3PM! Our Easter Basket Drive is off to a great start thanks to our monetary supporters! Please help us to make this Easter Event as great as last year’s with donations of completed baskets or empty baskets with “filler items” and we will assemble them! Donations may be made at Pantry location 8888 Dyer Suite #513 on Tuesdays and Thursday from 10AM-4PM. If unable to drop donations off during business hours hour, please contact us at 915-222-4740 to arrange a more convenient drop off date and time.

All children who wish to receive Easter Baskets must be present. No exceptioons.

FEBRUARY 29, 2024: LEAP YEAR AT THE PANTRY!

A Leap Year After School Program! What are the odds!? The kids had another really great time on a nice sunny day. Still a bit chilly but they really enjoyed running around until it was time to fall in line for pizza and Goodie Bags! It’s always great to see them smiling “ear to ear” when the Goodie Bags are handed out. There is often different content from the previous After School Program and they love it!

FEBRUARY 23, 2024: SUNSET PARLOR ART EXHIBIT HOSTS YEIE FUNDRAISER & BOOK SIGNING!

Such a great turnout tonight! Several poets. Aerobatics! An oil painter! And my first public reading of my autobiography! It was so much fun! As the Headlining Storyteller I was the finale in “The Art Of Storytelling” event. But immediately following was a “meet and greet” book signing! It was quite humbling to have members of our community supporting YEIE by purchasing my first book and to ask that their copy be autographed was very fulfilling! I thank everyone who came out tonight to support the YEIE mission!

FEBRUARY 20, 2024: A GREAT DAY FOR A YEIE COOKOUT!

This was a really great day for grilling! Grilled veggies to round out a hearty meal for so many who may not have had meal today! It is always so great to do what we can to bring nourishment to so many!

FEBRUARY 18, 2024: BLACK HISTORY MONTH FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISER!

Thanks so much to the Northeast El Paso community for helping YEIE restock our shelves by making food and monetary donations at the Walmart Neighborhood Market on Martin Luther King Jr Blvd! It really does take a village for us do as much as we can for our less fortunate neighbors.

FEBRUARY 15, 2024: OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM BRINGING SMILES AGAIN!

Domino’s Pizza and Goodie Bags! They always bring smiles to the kids of Moye Elementary! Having a bit to eat until dinner is very important to so many of our kids because dinner could be a ways off since their school lunch! A full belly is essential to good study habits and thanks to the generosity of so many our Fellow El Pasoans YEIE is able to fill some of those bellies!

FEBRUARY 13, 2024: YEIE RECEIVES AWARD AND FINACIAL CONTRIBUTION FROM POLITICAL ORGANIZERS!

While not affiliated with any political party, YEIE is honored to be recognized by the Black El Paso Democrats and receiving the “A Place For Nourishment” Award. Thank you so much for having considered and chosen YEIE as recipient of such recognition. We are also very appreciative of your monetary support of $200 to our mission. This will surly do much for a few families in need.

FEBRUARY 11, 2024: SUNSET PARLOR ART EXHIBIT BECOMES FRIEND OF YEIE!

A really great “Thanks” to Julian Morales and Leilainia Marcus for coming together to host a YEIE Fundraiser during your upcoming “The Art Of Storytelling” event at the Sunset Parlor Art Exhibit! Along with several other Storytellers I will be giving my first public reading of portions of my autobiography “You Eat I Eat; A Story Of Love”. Thank you so much for this opportunity and for becoming Friends of YEIE!

FEBRUARY 10, 2024: EL PASO BOY SCOUTS MAKING A DIFFERENCE WITH FOOD DONATION TO YEIE!

Thank you, Brandon of the El Paso Boy Scouts, for reaching out to YEIE so that we could receive a portion of the food your Troops collected in their recent Food Drive! It’s so important that our kids learn the value of giving back to their community and what you are doing with your Scouts to that end is commendable to say the least. Thank you all for helping us in our efforts to help those in need! Alone we can do little but together we can accomplish so much more!

JANUARY 25, 2024: YEIE RECOGNIZED BY EL PASO VETERANS’ ORGANIZATION!

Thank you so much Veterans At Breakfast for inviting YEIE to dine with you this morning to receive your “Recognition Of Excellence” Award! We try and do as much as we can for many of your Fellow Veterans and Active Duty Members in need and it is so great to be placed in such high regards by those among us who have and are currently serving our Country.

JANUARY 20, 2024: FIRST FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISER OF THE NEW YEAR!

A very good Food Drive/Fundraiser today! Thanks so much to the Northeast El Paso community shopping at the Walmart of MLK Blvd for making purchases in support of the YEIE mission and for contributing monetarily! Your support and the support of others is what it takes to do what we can for our neighbors in need!

JANUARY 16, 2024: EL PASO VETERANS’ CLUB MAKES FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION!

Thank you again to our long standing friends of the West Texas Military RV’ers Club for your continued support! Your donations always do a great deal in helping us with our day-to-day operating expenses so that our doors may remain open to those of our community who are in need of a Helping Hand Up and not a handout!

JANUARY 16, 2024: NEW FRIENDS OF YEIE COME IN TO HELP OUT!

A really great “Thank you” to our new friends at LIFE Christian TV for your generous contribution. The toys will be utilized as Easter Basket stuffers for our Easter Event on March 30th! The coats will certainly come in handy during this unusually cold weather! The towels and hygiene items will be quite useful for some of the homeless in our community and the cleaning products will help in keeping our facility tidy. Thank you so much for becoming friends of YEIE. It really takes a village to do for the less fortunate among us.

JANUARY 15, 2024: LOCAL CENTER SPONSORS MLK DAY FOOD DRIVE FOR YEIE!

Thank you so much to the McCall Neighborhood Center for the efforts you put forth to help restock the shelves of YEIE! Your Food Drive will certainly help us in helping others stretch their food dollar a bit more!

JANUARY 14, 2024: YEIE FOUNDER RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR HUMANITARIAN AWARD!

Congratulation, Dorene Marcus Corothers! You have done so much for so many over the past eight years! Though you have done so with no expectations of anything in return, being recognized by the Martin Luther King Jr Committee with such an honor is undoubtedly quite rewarding! Those with whom you work and those who benefit from your efforts know collectively that the MLK Humanitarian Award is well deserved! We are all so VERY proud of you!

JANUARY 13, 2024: YEIE FUNDRAISER HOSTED AT KENDRA SCOTT JEWELERS!

Kendra Scott Jewelers on North Mesa we really appreciate your hosting another Fundraiser on behalf of YEIE! You’ve done a lot to help in our ongoing mission of making things a little easier for quite a number of El Pasoans! And a really heartfelt ‘Thanks” to everyone who made Kendra Scott purchases, on site and online, over this weekend! Your business this weekend will result in 20% of total sales being donated to the YEIE Mission! Thank you all so much for taking part in giving a Helping Hand Up and not a handout!

JANUARY 12, 2024: A WONDERFUL DONATION OF MINI bACKPACKS!

Thank you, Yvette from Helen Of Troy, for reaching out to us for such a great contribution! And thank you, Angelica, for meeting with us to pick up the contribution! These items will be distributed at future After School Programs and will be a treat to a number of children.

JANUARY 11, 2024: OUR FIRST AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM OF THE NEW YEAR!

Hot Domino’s Pizza on a cold afternoon! The kids really loved it! Along with snack-filled Goodie Bags the kids had plenty in their little bellies to hold them over until dinner and to get started on homework and not having hunger be an unwolcomed distraction!

JANUARY 10, 2024: NEW/UNSOLD SEASONAL ITEMS DONATED TO YEIE!

Thank you so much to the Walmart Super Center on Dyer! Your donation of unsold Holiday inventory will certainly come in handy later in the year! We really appreciate your thinking of YEIE for this act of generosity!

JANUARY 9, 2024: FIRST HOT MEAL OF THE NEW YEAR SERVED ON A VERY COLD DAY!

A nice hot meal for those in need! So many of our homeless walked in today in need of a hot and nutritious meal! It is always a great feeling to serve as many people as we can and thanks to those who help us along our mission we will continue to do so! Alone we can do so little but together we are doing SO mush more! It does indeed take a village to give a Helping Hand Up and not a handout!

JANUARY 5, 2024: KENDRa SCOTT JEWLERS HOSTS UPCOMING FUNDRAISER FOR YEIE!

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and what better way to bring a quality and affordable gift to that special someone while simultaneously donating to a good cause! Any purchase made in-store at 6801 North Mesa Suite A7 on Saturday January 13 will have 20% of its total donated to YEIE! Online purchases made at www.kendrascott.com from Saturday 12:00AM (Friday night) January 13 to Sunday 11:59PM January 14 will also have the 20% donation using Code GIVEBACK-FTDFY . So please help us in giving a Helping Hand Up while placing a special gift in the hands of your special someone!

JANUARY 4, 2024: FIRST DAY OF PANTRY SHOPPING FOR THE NEW YEAR!

Another year of giving behind us and another ahead thanks to our local friends and those afar! We all know how trying things can be for so many of us but thanks to so many others YEIE is able to help quite a few ease their daily burdens by providing them a little help in stretching their dollar. Alone we can do so little but together we are doing so much more!

JANUARY 2, 2024: YEIE FOUNDER TO RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS AWARD DURING UPCOMING OBSERVANCE CEREMONY OF CIVIL RIGHTS ICON!

Please mark the date on your calendar! All are welcome to attend this moment of recognition of a woman who has done so much for so many in her adoptive West Texas home. So please come join her in her well deserved celebration at Mount Zion Baptist Church on January 14, 2024 from 3:00-5:00PM !

JANUARY 1, 2024

DECEMBER 29, 2023: YEIE ATTENDS FORT BLISS GAMING EVENT FOR GOLDSTAR CHILDREN!

While it was great seeing these Goldstar kids enjoying an afternoon of free video games, providing their parents with information on what is available to them at YEIE was very fulfilling. Times are difficult for many of us and to be able give a Helping Hand Up to the family of a Fallen Soldier makes what we do even more satisfying.

DECEMBER 25, 2023

DECEMBER 20, 2023: YEIE BRINGS CHRISTMAS TO WOMEN’S & CHILDREN’S SHELTER!

A few days after our Christmas Event we received a call about the children at La Posada Shelter who were not able to make it to the Event. So, Santa Kool and Santa Dee loaded the sleigh with bags and bags of toys and with their Helpers made a special trip to bring Christmas and hot Domino’s Pizza to them! The kids were so surprised, excited, thrilled (pick an adjective) and appreciative! It was SO GREAT bringing a bit of unexpected joy to a few more of our kids this Holiday Season!

DECEMBER 16, 2023 4:00PM: RAFFLE WINNERS RECEIV!NG THEIR PRIZES!

A lot of extra Christmas Joy brought to lucky winners of the YEIE Christmas Raffle! When they were called and told that their kids had won, most wasted no time getting down to the pantry to claim their prize! But for those who could not make it back later in the evening because the Little Winners were asleep, no problem! They came by over the next two days to pick up their gifts! There was even a young lady who had won a 10-speed bike but their car was to small to haul it. So what did Santa Dee do? She had Santa Kool load the bike into his sleigh and deliver it to her house!

DECEMBER 16, 2023 12:15PM: DELICIOUS CHRISTMAS DINNER READY!

Having a hot meal while waiting to on Santa’s Helpers to help them with toy selections! Some of the older kids were super excited about what their Raffle Tickets may bring! One little fella told Santa Kool that he wished his ticket would bring him a bike. Sadly it would not, but it seems his Christmas wish would be passed on to his sister because SHE won a bike!

DECEMBER 16, 2023 12:00PM: THE YEIE CHRISTMAS WONDERLAND IS UNDERWAY!

What a great turnout! Kids lined up waiting their turn to enter the Winter Wonderland and a chance to pick out their toys! They had such a great time pointing out whatever toy they wanted and having our Volunteer Staff get it for them and then taking pictures with Santa Kool to show some of their toys off!

DECEMBER 16, 2023 11:00AM: LINE IS GROWING FOR YEIE CHRISTMAS MEAL-TO-GO AND CHRISTMAS WONDERLAND TOY GIVEAWAY/RAFFLE!

Santa Kool is ready! Rudolph and Paw Patrol are ready! Volunteers are ready. The Tiny Tots are definitely ready! Only a little bit more until the doors are open to get a really great Christmas meal and a walkthrough of our Christmas Winter Wonderland to pick out toys and get tickets for a chance at winning a great raffle prize!

DECEMBER 13, 2023: YEIE PURCHASES MORE BIKES FOR THE BIGGER KIDS!

What luck for four more lucky kids! Thanks to our monetary contributors we were able to buy four more 10-Speeds bikes today to be added to our Christmas Event Raffle list! Now a few more El Paso kids will be the lucky winners of brand new bikes!

DECEMBER 12, 2023: WARM COATS FOR some LITTLE ONES AND WARM BLANKETS FOR ALL!

Great appreciation to our friends at the Braden Aboud Foundation for your wonderful donation of blankets! Many of our clients, especially the homeless, will truly benefit from your gifts that will be provided to them during our Christmas Event. Thank you again for what you do for our community. #Bradenstrong.

And a special “Thanks” to our dear friends Willie and Mary Barber for donating the children’s coats you collected as birthday gifts for Willie. Kids grow fast and it is without a doubt that the new coats some of them will receive at our Christmas Event will be replacing many that have already been outgrown. Thank you guys so much for again coming through for a few of El Paso’s little ones.

DECEMBER 10, 2023: “BIKES-IN-A-BOX” READY FOR THE CHRISTMAS RAFFLE!

Online purchases of bikes and scooters have been coming in over the past couple weeks! They have been built in Santa’s Workshop (or in this case assembled in our living room) and are ready to be delivered by Sleigh (SUV) to the North(east) Pole for our Christmas Raffle in a few days!

DECEMBER 8, 2023: LOTS OF TOY SHOPPING THANKS TO OUR GREAT MONETARY CONTRIBUTORS!

A really heartfelt “Thank you” to Molina Cares, Verizon TCC Gives and others who ask for anonymity for your more than generous financial contributions to the YEIE mission. Your great acts of kindness will absolutely help us stuff quite a few Christmas stockings and broaden so many smiles this Holiday Season! We have much more shopping to do and many online orders that have yet to come in. Thank you all SO MUCH for being friends of YEIE and for being “Santa’s Little Helpers”!

DECEMBER 6, 2023: HELP ARRIVES TO TRANSFORM FACILITY FOR CHRISTMAS EVENT AND TO GET SNACKS READY FOR THE TINY TOTS!

A big THANKS to the team from Helen Of Troy for coming by to help us turn a section of our facility into the YEIE Christmas Winter Wonderland! Not only that but you guys also took the time to help us prepare dozens upon dozens of Goodie Bags that are certain to render the Tiny Tots little eyes all aglow! We really appreciate all of your help!

DECEMBER 4, 2023: YEIE CHRISTMAS TOY DRIVE FOR OUR 2023 CHRISTMAS TOY GIVEAWAY on december 16th BEGINS!

Our 2023 Christmas Wonderland/Toy Giveaway is just around the corner! So many kids of El Paso may not have much under the tree Christmas morning so YEIE hopes that we can help in filling some Christmas Stockings! We hope to get enough toys for upwards of 300 children who are expected to attend our Event. We are asking for donations of new and unwrapped toys for girls and boys and also toys that are gender neutral. Donations may be dropped of at 8888 Dyer Suite #513 on Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00AM - 3:00PM. If unable, please contact us 915-222-4740 to arrange a more convenient drop off time and date. Monetary donations which will be used to purchase toys will also be great!

DECEMBER 2, 2023: A GREAT FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISER TO HELP REPLENISH PANTRY SHELVES!

Thank you so much to the Northeast El Paso community for helping your neighbors in need! You do so great in supporting the YEIE Food Drive/Fundraiser at the Walmart Neighbor Market at Hondo Paso with food purchases and monetary contributions. A special “Thanks” to the young mother who encouraged her little boy to donate to our Fundraiser! Teaching this little fellow the importance of “giving back to his community” well serve him well!

NOVEMBER 30, 2023: ANOTHER FUNFILLED AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM!

“Pizza, Goodie Bags and Books! OH MY!” Sausage? Pepperoni? Pepperoni? Sausage? One of each? How about a book instead of a Goodie Bag? How about a Goodie Bag instead of a book? How about “All of the Above”? Decisions, decisions. But the kids loved the “challenge”. Some of the kids at the nearby Moye Elementary School could not make over so once again we took HOT Domino’s Pizza and YEIE Goodie Bags over to them! They loved it!

NOVEMBER 29, 2023: LONGTIME FRIEND OF YEIE MAKES ANOTHER GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION TO OUR MISSION!

Thank you so much to the Management Staff of the Walmart Neighborhood Market at Martin Luther King Jr Blvd in El Paso, TX for your Grant Award of $1000! This will really help YEIE in our ongoing mission of bringing a bit of relief to those in our community who are struggling to stretch their food dollar!

NOVEMBER 28, 2023: FRESHLY PREPARED THANKSGIVING COMES AFTER OUR OFFICIAL EVENT FOR THOSE WHO MISSED OUT!

Even though we had quite a number of people show up for our Event there were many others who showed up late or called after we had closed. So the next best thing we could do for them is give them a Belated Thanksgiving! Two freshly baked turkeys and freshly prepared side items along with Domino’s and Papa John’s pizzas and pastries and breads from a local bakery!

NOVEMBER 27, 2023: NEW FRIEND HELPS YEIE BEGIN RESTOCKING OF SHELVES!

Our Thanksgiving Event went really well and we are now in the process of replenishing non-perishables that were provided to our neighbors in need! A great “Thanks” to Maria Dominguez and her co-workers at Maximus Careers for getting us started with such a great contribution to replace those much needed items!

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

NOVEMBER 22, 2023: SOLDIERS STOPPING BY with DONATIONS FROM FOOD DRIVE!

Serving their Country and their community! It was so great when for members of The Iron Legion to reach out to us and asking to conduct their Thanksgiving Food Drive Ruck for YEIE this year! Great thanks to them for coming through for the community again!

NOVEmBER 20, 2023: ANOTHER LOCAL OLIVE GARDEN BECOMES A FRIEND!

The Cielo Vista Olive Garden contacted us recently about receiving their unsold products! The Food Donation Connection is a wonderful program that allows restaurants to donate unsold products to YEIE for immediate distribution to anyone who needs a little help putting food on their tables!

NOVEMBER 18, 2023…5:15PM: WHAT WOULD MLK DO..?

Today’s event was long over and we were still cleaning when a homeless Veteran called at a bit past 4:00PM and asked if he could still come by for a meal. We waited for him and when he and his wife arrived he explained that he and their daughters (ages 8 and 17) were living in an Extended Stay Hotel. I asked if the room had a kitchen and it does. They were given meals for all and a frozen turkey with side items.

Two other families called and explained that they could not venture out due to COVID. We do not typically deliver but these homes were fortunately along our route home and along the route home of one of our volunteers so meals for all and frozen turkeys with side items were delivered with no contact. We do the best we can when we can for all we can.

NOVEMBER 18, 2023: VERIZON TCC GIVES PRESENTS YEIE ANOTHER GENEROUS DONATION DURING THANKSGIVING EVENT!

Friends helping friends do good deeds for the community! Thank you so much, Venessa Iturralde, for your and Verizon’s continued support to the YEIE mission. You have done so much over the years to help us keep our doors open to serve so many of our neighbors with a Helping Hand Up and not a Handout!

NOVEMBER 18, 2023: OUR NINTH ANNUAL THANKSGIVING FEAST-TO-GO/TURKEY GIVEAWAY WENT GREAT!

What a great turnout! A huge “THANKS!” to all the contributors who made this possible! We exceeded our goal and served well over 500 meals and provided over 200 households and Veterans with frozen turkeys and side items to prepare in their homes on Thanksgiving Day! Our regular Volunteers had a great deal of help from those who came in to help out with today’s Event! The help was much needed and appreciated! Thank you so much to DJ Rebecca for coming out and providing some musical entertainment!

SO many of our neighbors who are struggling received a hot meal today that they may otherwise would not have had, especially those among us who are homeless and completely without means. On behalf of them all, again…Thank you.

Alone we can do so little, but together, today, we accomplished so much more!

NOVEMBER 17, 2023: SOME OF THE ENTRÉES FOR TOMORROW’S EVENT!

It’s well into the PM and two of the turkeys are done with four more to go! Also getting trays of ham, donated Olive Garden lasagna along with stuffing and other side items! It’s going to be a long night!

NOVEMBER 16, 2023: FRIENDS AT LOCAL VETERANS’ ORGANIZATION AND FORMER YEIE CLIENT GIVE THEIR SUPPORT!

Thanks go to VFW 8919 for coming in and helping out today! Getting ready for Saturday requires putting in some long hours but your help today got us a bit further ahead! And a special thanks goes to a surprise visitor! One of our former clients came in and donated a turkey! Our motto is to “Give a Helping Hand Up and not a Handout” means to be there for anyone until they get back on their feet. Well, this gentleman got back on his feet and decided to give back! It’s so wonderful when that happens!

NOVEMBER 15, 2023: MORE CONTRIBUTIONS COMING IN!

Our Thanksgiving Event is only three days away and people are still coming together to make such a great difference in the lives of so many who may otherwise not have a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner this year. YEIE thanks them all for lending a hand!

NOVEMBER 12, 2023: OUR LAST FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISER BEFORE OUR THANKSGIVING EVENT!

Still hard at it trying to raise enough to feed 200 plus people and provide some 70 plus households and Veterans with frozen turkeys and side items to prepare at their homes! Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who is able to help make this happen!

NOVEMBER 11, 2023: YEIE TAKES PART IN UNITED AMERICAN VETERANS ORGANIZATION PARADE!

It was great to once again come together with so many organizations to recognize those who served! Touring sections of downtown El Paso and seeing more citizens coming out in celebration of our Nation’s heroes is always a humbling experience. Also, seeing and speaking with members of the community who have benefited from YEIE and having them come up to thank us for what we have done for them is so very heartwarming.

NOVEMBER 10, 2023: YEIE TOURS PART OF NORTHEAST EL PASO IN THE FLAGS ACROSS AMERICA VETERANS DAY PARADE!

It has always been an honor to take part in this parade to celebrate our Service Men and Women and to watch the raising of Old Glory! It was a cold day and a bit rainy but that did not stop a lot of people from coming out to salute our military alongside many of those who wore and those who are still in uniform!

NOVEMBER 5, 2023: ANOTHER GREAT FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISER BEFORE OUR BIG EVENT!

This has been a very busy few weeks and we really thank everyone who has taken part and will take part in making our Thanksgiving Event possible! Without the help from our community and from friends afar none of what we do would be possible! Thank you all SO MUCH for being friends of YEIE and helping us to serve our fellow man who is in need!

NOVEMBER 4, 2023: FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISER BROUGHT IN SOME MUCH NEEDED TURKEYS AND TRIMMINGS!

Even in these trying times, neighbors who can help neighbors in need do so! It is so great that we can come together to do little bit more for those among us who are struggling. This is what “It takes a village” is all about! Now a few more families can have a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner at home.

NOVEMBER 2, 2023: DELICIOUS OLIVE GARDEN ENTRÉES SERVED AT YEIE!

Thanks, Olive Garden, for selecting YEIE as recipient of your freshly made but unsold menu items through the Food Donation Connection Program! These delicious foods will be great for our Hot Meals-To-Go! Thank you so much for becoming a Friend of YEIE and helping us to feed many El Pasoans in need of our services!

NOVEMBER 1, 2023: SO FAR SO GREAT! TURKEYS GALORE BUT STILL NEED MORE TO REACH OUR GOAL!

We are SO close to our target number of turkeys and trimmings but we are hopeful we will get there! If you are able to drop off turkeys and or trimmings please do so. We are expecting to feed upwards of 350 people but it could be well over. Our supplies will be very limited but it would be sad to have stragglers come by hoping for a meal but miss out simply because we may have run out sooner than anticipated. So please help in any way you can.

OCTOBER 28, 2023: ANOTHER INSTANCE OF “JUST IN TIME”!

How fortunate! One of our freezers recently went on fritz and our friend John from Domino’s Pizza offered to replace it. Just happens that I was running errands today when I came across a yard sale not far from my house and they had a two year-old freezer for sale! I paid the owner to hold it for me so I could call John and tell him about it. What a guy! He not only took time to pick it up and deliver it to the pantry but he also hauled away the old one! Just in time, too! Now YEIE will have the space we need to receive more turkey donations!

OCTOBER 27, 2023: CLOSING IN ON OUR GOAL TO SERVE 350 MEALS-TO-GO AND TO GIVE 75 HOUSEHOLDS TURKEYS AND TRIMMINGS!

We’re getting there! But we still need a little more help. We would like to be able to give YEIE Goodie-Bags to 200 children or more. Whatever you can do to help us out to that end would certainly be appreciated and your contribution is sure to bring some big smiles to small faces!

OCTOBER 25, 2023: NEW FRIEND OF YEIE JOINS OUR FIGHT TO HELP OTHERS IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST FOOD INSECURITIES!

Thank you so much John of Gold Star Gamers for joining YEIE in this ongoing battle with hunger. Your organization does so much for our community and we are very appreciative that have come to in order help us do what we can for those of El Paso who need us most.

OCTOBER 24, 2023: MONETARY DONATIONS ARRIVE JUST IN TIME TO SHOP FOR THANKSGIVING EVENT!

A huge “Thanks” to our named friends and to those who donated through our Facebook Fundraiser! We were able to continue shopping for turkeys and side items for our annual event! It does indeed take a village to do what YEIE is trying to do and we absolutely appreciate any and all help we can get to continue our mission of giving a Helping Hand Up and never an Handout!

OCTOBER 23, 2023: STOCKING UP ON TREATS AND SNACKS FOR GOODIE BAGS!

Thanks to the generous grant from the Albertson’s Foundation we are able to purchase snack items for our YEIE Goodie Bags that the kids love so much. Not only snacks but we also purchased corn dogs to go along with their Domino’s Pizza! As an added surprise for some of the little ones, we stumbled upon some donated Halloween costumes that were not given out last year!

OCTOBER 20, 2023: A REALLY GOOD START ON TURKEY DONATIONS THANKS TO OUR “SILENT FRIENDS”!

This is great! Some of our friends who choose to remain unnamed have gotten us on a good start towards our Thanksgiving Event! We really appreciate what they’ve done and hope to keep the momentum going to make our Event another successful one!

OCTOBER 19, 2023: OUR NINTH ANNUAL THANKSGIVING MEALS-TO-GO AND TURKEY GIVEAWAY IS COMING UP!

Here we are again with the YEIE Thanksgiving Meals-To-Go and Turkey Giveaway coming on Saturday November 18 from 12:00PM - 3:00PM! Everyone who arrives will receive a meal (while supplies last). Families and Veterans will also receive frozen turkeys and side items to make Thanksgiving Dinner at home (while supplies last). Single Veterans MUST have more than themselves in the household (i.e. roommate). Veterans MUST provide proof of veteran status. Proof can be your retirement identification, your DD214 or simply a photo of you in uniform taken during your time in Service. No exceptions.

If you are able to donate turkeys and or side items, please do so at the pantry at 8888 Dyer Suite #513 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00AM - 4:00PM. If you are unable to do so, please contact us at 915-222-4740 to arrange a more convenient time and drop-off date. You may also contribute monetarily during the above business hours or click on the “Donate” button above. Thanks in advance for your help.

OCTOBER 19, 2023: YEIE GIVES LOCAL TEENS with special needs THE OPPORTUNITY TO challenge themselves by helping their neighbors in need!

Administrators of Chapin High School contacted us recently asking if some of their special needs students could volunteer at the Pantry. We were quite humbled to have been asked and very pleased to help the kids explore some of the intricacies of a workplace environment. Though they are under the constant supervision of School Staff with whom they are familiar, they are also learning what it is like to work as a team alongside people with whom they are not. This will undoubtedly prove very valuable to them as adults.

OCTOBER 18, 2023: MOLINA CARES FOUNDATION MAKES GENEROUS MONETARY DONATION!

Thank you SO MUCH to the Molina Cares Foundation for reaching out to and supporting YEIE in our ongoing mission! Your generous act of kindness is going to do so much in helping us bring help those who are struggling with food insecurities especially during the upcoming Holiday Season. We really appreciate you and are so thankful with you becoming a friend of YEIE.

OCTOBER 14, 2023: NEARBY THRIFT STORE REACHES OUT TO YEIE TO DONATE A SURPLUS OF GENTLY USED CLOTHING ITEMS!

A great “Thanks” to La Casa Thrift Store of Anthony, New Mexico for your donation of gently used clothing and a collection of children’s books! The clothing will be sorted through and organized onto tables so that our clients may carefully go through it and make selections of what they may need and the children will get to choose whatever reading material is available! Thank you SO much for becoming a friend of YEIE!

OCTOBER 12, 2023: EL PASO GIVING DAY IS FAST APPROACHING!

El Paso Giving Day Thursday October 19th! But you don’t have to wait because early giving begins today! Please visit ELPASOGIVINGDAY.ORG to learn how to donate to You Eat I Eat and other charity organizations. It does indeed take a village to help our less fortunate El Paosans.

OCTOBER 11, 2023: EMPLOYEES OF NEARBY STARBUCKS ARRIVE TO LEND A HAND!

We really appreciate everyone who volunteers to help out at the Pantry. These guys did so great and were eager to serve their community! And a special “Thanks” to our long time friend and extended family member and volunteer Klisston for showing up with her grandson Isaac to help! He brought flowers for his Auntie Dee and even donated $5! Learning to give back at such a tender age!

An added “Thank you” goes to our long time YEIE friends for your individual donations of bottled waters and meal containers. We absolutely sppreciate your regular acts of kindness that truly help us in what we try to do for our community.

OCTOBER 10, 2023: WALMART DONATES UNSOLD BACKpacks TO YEIE!

Thank you so much to Amy Leyva of the Dyer Street Walmart Supercenter for reaching out to YEIE in regards to the availability of unsold backpacks at your store! Your store’s generous contribution of 100 backpacks will certainly be of great use for our next Annual Backpack & School Supplies Giveaway!

OCTOBER 5, 2023: A GREAT DAY OF SHOPPING TO REPLENISH PANTRY SHELVES!

As difficult as things are financially for so many, those who usually donate food items are understandably unable to do as much as they would like to help others who are dealing with food insecurities. But there are also those among us who are still able to help out with monetary donations which allows YEIE to shop and replenish our shelves. A really heartfelt “Thank you” to all who assist YEIE in our mission to give a Helping Help Up and not merely a Handout to those who need us.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023: KENDRA SCOTT JEWELERS SPONSOR YEIE FUNDRAISER!

Thanks again to Kendra Scott Jewelers at La Villita 6801 North Mesa for helping YEIE raise funds for our mission. Donating 20% of all your sales during your Give Back Event does a lot for us in our efforts. Your help is always so greatly needed and appreciated.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023: BRINGING SMILES TO LITTLE FACES AGAIN WITH OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM!

Those ear-to-ear grins say it all! It’s always great to see these kids have such a wonderful time at our After School Program! Having hot Domino’s Pizza and YEIE Goodie Bags waiting for them when the bell rings out the school day is something they really look forward to! But there are a few kids who have other After School Activities at school and are unable to make it to the Pantry. But that’s okay! We deliver the pizza and Goodie Bags to them!

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023; KENDRA SCOTT TO HOLD FUNDRAISER EVENT FOR YEIE!

Christmas is just around the corner and a nice jewelry piece from Kendra Scott would make a really beautiful stocking stuffer for that special someone and will also be a great way to be of assistance to the less fortunate among us. Be it online at kendrascott.com or in store at 6801 North Mesa Space A7, 20% of all proceeds on purchases made on September 30th will be donated to YEIE Food Pantry. Please take a look at examples of their quality and reasonably-priced in-store inventory or view more on their website. It truly does take a village and your generosity can really make a difference.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023: YEIE RECEIVES GENEROUS DONATION FROM LOCAL ministry!

Thank you to the members of the Texas Western Jurisdiction RAPID Response Ministry for selecting YEIE as one of four entities to receive such a generous contribution from your organization. Your act of kindness will do a lot in our ongoing efforts to help those in need. Additional “Thanks” go to Pastor Murchison of the Bethel F.O.R.C.E. Church for reaching out to YEIE and letting us know of the generosity we would be receiving.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023: YEIE TAKES PART IN HOMELESS VETERANS STAND-DOWN EVENT!

While YEIE is available to anyone who needs us, our homeless Veterans are a special lot along with many of our Active Duty Service Members who are struggling to make ends meet. A great “Thanks” go to VFW Post 8919 for holding this event and having YEIE in attendance to share information on how we may be able to be of assistance to those who have been and who are in Service to our Country.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023: A SURPRISE “AFTER” AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM!

Some of the Moye Elementary kids couldn’t come over to our After School Program today. But no worries! We took the Program to them! They were taking part in another organization’s program when YEIE showed up with hot Domino’s pizza and Goodie Bags! Those little faces lit up! Program organizers were happy to have us give the kids an unexpected treat!

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023: A GREAT TIME FOR KIDS AT OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM!

Along with hot Domino’s pizza and Goodie Bags the kids had cups of fresh fruit! What a great surprise for them all! Plus, any of them who needed school supplies received much of what they needed from pencils to binders! They also had the chance take their choice of available books!

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023: UNEXPECTED BUT WELCOMED VISITORS AT YEIE!

Surprise, surprise! What started as a regular day of food distribution and hot Meals-To-Go became an unexpected After School Program! Moye Elementary had only a half day today and the parents picked the kids up before stopping by for groceries. Thankfully, our volunteers were able to pivot from the norm to the unexpected influx of little ones and prepare Goodie Bags!

SEPTEMBER 8, 2923: LOCAL OLIVE GARDEN BECOMES FRIEND OF YEIE!

“Thank you” to Olive Garden, for partnering with Food Donation Connection in support of the YEIE mission. Doing so makes it possible for you to share with us your frozen and unsold inventory so that we may use it for immediate distribution to our clients.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023: BIRTHDAY/LABOR DAY WEEKEND FOOD DRIVE & FUNDRAISER DAY TWO!

It’s Dorene’s birthday today! We all wish her a very HAPPY 59TH! And she has chosen again to spend her day doing God’s work by raising funds and replenishing the Pantry shelves. Thanks again to everyone who came out to lend a hand and those who donated food and funds so that YEIE can keep doing what we can to help as many of our neighbors as possible. It does indeed take a village.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023: BIRTHDAY & LABOR DAY WEEKEND FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISER DAY ONE!

It’s Labor Day and YEIE Founder Dorene’s Birthday Weekend! “Thank you” to all who volunteered to help today with our Day One Food Drive/Fundraiser and those who donated food for neighbors in need and funds for Pantry operations. Without you none of what we do would be possible!

AUGUST 31, 2023: YEIE TO BE FEATURED ON LOCAL NEWS!

Jasmine from KTSM-9 News arrived at YEIE today and interviewed several YEIE clients and me for a future broadcast! Our segment will be aired Monday September 5th at 5:00am, noon and evening. Please tune in to hear from several of our clients who shared their personal stories as to how You Eat I Eat helped them and their families and learn how we could either help you or someone you know and how you may help us help some of our less fortunate neighbors. Thanks so much, Jasmine, for reaching out to us in regards to the fight against food insecurities in our city. #Ittakesavillage.

AUGUST 28, 2023: APPLE STORE COMES IN TO LEND A HELPING HAND AND TO RAISE FUNDS FOR YEIE!

Thanks SO much to employees of The Apple Store in Cielo Vista Mall for selecting YEIE as your charity for which to volunteer! The time you guys spent helping through your Volunteer Program raised $1035.50 to put towards our mission! Thank you all for being a friend of YEIE! We really appreciate you!

AUGUST 25, 2023: YEIE RECEIVES GENEROUS DONATION FROM TCC VERIZON!

Venessa Iturralde of the Verizon at the Woodrow Bean location has once again come through for YEIE and by extension members of the El Paso community! We thank her so much for having nominated YEIE as recipient of the TCC Gives Quarterly Award. TCC’s contribution of $2000 will do so much to help our organization in its efforts to help those in need to stretch their food dollar.

AUGUST 23, 2023: FRIEND OF YEIE GIVES A HELPING HAND WITH A GENEROUS DONATION!

A heartfelt “Thank you” to Starbucks location 9455 Dyer El Paso, TX for having nominated You Eat I Eat as recipient of the grant from the Starbucks Foundation. Your ongoing support has done so much in helping us with our mission and is so greatly appreciated!

AUGUST 3, 2023: A FEW LUCKY KIDS GET BACKPACKS!

What lucky kids! Though YEIE was not open for business today, a family who had missed out on our recent Backpack Giveaways was driving by and saw my car. They came in and explained that they were not able to make it to either event and asked if we had any more backpacks. And yes…we had a few. The kids’ eyes lit up and their smiles widened! I’m so glad YEIE was able to make their day!

JULY 30, 2023: THE TCC GIVES/VERIZON & YEIE BACKPACK GIVEAWAY!

It’s always great when the community comes together to help others and our coming over to the Woodrow Bean Verizon location to take part in their very own Annual Backpack and School Supplies Giveaway is a welcome! Not only did the kids get nice backpacks but we provided hot Domino’s pizza and juices to the little ones and a few of them got jackets! The village joining hands to give a Helping Hand Up and not a Handout!

JULY 29. 2023: THE YEIE 7TH ANNUAL BACKPACK & SCHOOL SUPPLIES GIVEAWAY!

A heartfelt “Thank you” to everyone who contributed to our Backpack & School Supplies Giveaway and to those who volunteered to help out today! You all really made our annual event a huge success and brought so many smiles to so many kids who needed help in acquiring some of the most minimum of necessities for their studies. Thank you again for helping YEIE help in giving some of our kids a scholastic Helping Hand Up.

JULY 21, 2023: YEIE TO PARTNER WITH VERIZON FOR THE VERIZON BACKPACK GIVEAWAY ON JULY 30!

Our good friends at the Woodrow Verizon location has asked us to lend them a Helping Hand with their Backpack Giveaway! We happily accept because it does take a village to help our kids who are in need of basic school supplies. YEIE will be serving the kids hot donated Papa John’s Pizza delivered by Papa John’s! We will also be giving out YEIE Goodie Bags and bottled waters to the kids! The Event will be at 4605 Woodrow Bean from1:00PM - 4:00PM. Kids MUST BE PRESENT to receive a backpack. No exceptions.

JULY 14, 2023: NEW FRIEND MAKES GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION TO YEIE AND ALSO DOES GOOD DEED FOR LOCAL DISABLED VETERAN!

Thanks so very much to the Albertson’s Foundation for your generous monetary contribution to our ongoing mission. It will go far in our efforts to help others. And a VERY special thanks to Sarah at your George Dieter location for nominating Branden Munoz as recipient of your $5000 Award and for entrusting YEIE with distribution of Branden’s good fortune in the way of your supermarket $250 gift cards, four of which Sarah and Dorene presented to him today. Acts of kindness such as yours is what it takes to do what we do for our community.

JULY 11, 2023: A GREAT DINNER READY TO BE SERVED!

A good meal is so important, but with the weather being in the triple digits late, it’s more important than ever for us all to stay hydrated. So thank you so much to those of you who make monetary donations. Doing so allows YEIE to purchase bottled waters to distribute to our clients and especially to the homeless among them.

JULY 8 & 9, 2023: YEIE FUNDRAISING EVENT SPONSORED BY KENDRA SCOTT JEWELERS!

We are here at 6801 North Mesa Space A7! Come on down and check out their beautiful and quality merchandise! Any purchase you make in store or online at kendrascott.com (promo code GIVEBACK-EIYBN) will have 20% of total total donated to YEIE. Thanks for helping us give a Helping Hand Up and not a Handout!

JULY 7, 2023: ANOTHER YEIE FRIEND GIVES A HELPING HAND UP!

Our appreciation goes out again to the Walmart Supercenter Dyer Street location for your contribution of a gift card! This will be very helpful for the purchases of items to be placed in donated backpacks for our upcoming Backpack Giveaway! Thanks so much for your ongoing support!

JULY 5, 2023: A VERY GENEROUS DONATION OF BACKPACKS FROM ANOTHER GREAT FRIEND OF YEIE!

Thank you again to the Braden Aboud Memorial Foundation for your generous contribution of 200 backpacks and school supplies! Your ongoing support to the YEIE mission is always so graciously appreciated and much needed! So many in our community benefit from your continued acts of kindness!

JULY 3, 2023: YEIE FUNDRAISING EVENT AT LOCAL JEWELRY STORE!

Our friends at Kendra Scott Jewelers coming through for the community again! If you are looking for a special gift for your special someone and will also like to give back to our community, this is another route to go! Please visit the store at 6801 North Mesa Space A7 or visit their website using the above code. Thanks for your help!

JULY 1, 2023: THE YEIE BACKPACK GIVEAWAY IS COMING UP SOON!

The new school year will be here before we know it! Our annual Backpack Giveaway is scheduled for Saturday July 29 from 12;00PM - 3:00PM! Our supplies will be limited! School aged children MUST BE PRESENT to receive a backpack…no exceptions.

JUNE 28, 2023: EL PASO YOUNGSTERS CONTINUE TO GIVE A HELPING HAND!

Thanks once more to some of the kids of Northeast El Paso for coming to help out at the Pantry this week! Your help is always greatly appreciated and this week was no different! I really look forward to having you come out again!

JUNE 20, 2023: VERY FILLING HOT MEALS-TO-GO ARE READY TO GO!

An important part of the YEIE mission is making hot food available to some of the homeless of El Paso and to anyone who is struggling to provide meals to their families. The majority of the food is prepared in my home and thanks to several locals businesses we are able to stretch our servings with hot pizza and delicious pastries!

JUNE 18, 2023: OUR FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISING CONTINUES!

More kids coming out to give back to their community! I cannot express enough the importance of instilling the value service in our young ones! A very special “Thank you” to our dear friend and volunteer Natalie for coming out today to lend a hand! We recognize how tight your schedule can be and really appreciate your still find time to help out!

JUNE 17, 2023: GREAT DAY FOR A FOOD DRIVE/FUNDRAISER!

Another “Thanks” to the students of the Franklin High School National Honor Society! You guys were a really great help today in our efforts to raise food items for our less fortunate neighbors and also to raise much needed funds for Pantry operations!

JUNE 6, 2023: A DONATION OF NEW FANS! JUST IN TIME FOR THE EL PASO SUMMER!

A great “Thanks” to our deer friend Mary DeLaRosa-Barber for celebrating your recent birthday by holding a “Fans for the Elderly Fan-Raiser”! The fans you collected will be distributed by YEIE to those over 62 years of age and are in need of additional ways to help beat the El Paso heat! Thanks again for all you and Willie Barber do for our neighbors in need! We have a very limited supply! First come first served!

MAY 29, 2023: IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE EVERYTHING SO THAT WE MAY HOLD ONTO THE BASIC THINGS.

MAY 25, 2023: OUR LAST AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM of the school year AND THE KIDS LOVE IT!

As usual the little faces light up as they receive their YEIE Goodie Bags and hot Domino’s Pizza! A bite to eat to keep the little bellies happy until dinner and nice snack for later!

MAY 20, 2023: GOODIES FOR GOODIE BAGS!

We are so appreciative to all of those who make monetary donations to our cause! Doing so allows YEIE to go shopping to replenish our shelves and to restock our supply of snack items for our After School Program. Having a between meals snack does a lot for our children and thanks to the generosity of others, a few children of low income families are able to enjoy such snacks.

MAY 13, 2023: LOCAL GIRL SCOUTS HELPING OUT!

Thank you to our wonderful Girl Scouts and their families for giving a Helping Hand Up today at our Food Drive/Fundraiser at the Neighborhood Walmart on Hondo Pass. You young ladies are a great example of what it means to give back to one’s communiy!

MAY 10, 2023: BRADEN ABOUD MEMORIAL FOUNDATION MAKES GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION!

Thank you so much to the Braden Aboud Memorial Foundation for your contribution to the YEIE mission. Your ongoing support has done so much in assisting us with what we do to help as many El Pasoans as we can. You are a very good Friend of YEIE and of your community. Braden Strong!

APRIL 27, 2023: LITTLE VISITOR WANTED TO GIVE THANKS FOR TODAY’S MEAL!

Such a sweet little one! This little angel in pink wanted to open prayer before we began serving our hot and nutritious Meals-To-Go! Having a child do prayer was unexpected but her mother was more than happy and very proud to have this precious one lead us off!

APRIL 20, 2023: FRIENDS OF YEIE DROP BY WITH GENEROUS DONATION!

Thank you so much Roc and Monae for your ongoing support and monetary contribution to assist anyone who enters our doors. As an independent organization striving to provide non-perishable foods an hot meals to anyone in our community, we rely on donations to make giving possible.

APRIL 16, 2023: A GREAT DAY of shopping for the pantry!

Thanks again to those who made monetary donations! Your generosity made it possible for YEIE to do some bargain shopping at the Neighborhood Walmart on Hondo Pass! We even found a bargain of fresh pineapples at $1.00 each which will go into our food bags on our next day of business!

APRIL 12, 2023: LOCAL BUSINESSES AND VOLUNTEERS RECEIVE RECOGNITION FROM YEIE FOR THEIR ONGOING SUPPORT!