Kingsland food pantry finds a new home
Sharing the Harvest officially has a new home at 2480 Rose Hill Drive in Kingsland. The food pantry has parted ways with its longtime location, pictured here, at the First Baptist Church. Courtesy photo
After more than a month of uncertainty, Sharing the Harvest food pantry in Kingsland has locked down a new location, guaranteeing the nonprofit’s ability to serve the community during the coming holiday season.
Sharing the Harvest is now based at 2480 Rose Hill Drive in Kingsland, where it will continue to distribute food to those in need on a weekly basis. The food pantry recently parted ways with First Baptist Church, at 3435 RR 1431, where it had operated for over 30 years.
After a disagreement about “spiritual oversight” and rent, First Baptist notified Sharing the Harvest in September that it would have to vacate the property by Dec. 1.
The future of the pantry was in limbo until late October, when Ace Home Improvement- Kingsland owners Sherman and Deloris Fickle, along with general manager Chris Martin, offered to lease out a large commercial building at a reasonable rate.
“My biggest fear has been missing distribution during the holidays,” Sharing the Harvest Executive Director Cynthia Green told DailyTrib.com. “But, we are going to be able to continue to meet the needs of the community.”
According to data provided by the pantry, Sharing the Harvest served 28,000 individuals in 2024 and 8,032 households. Numbers jumped in 2025 to over 1,000 individuals per week and they’re expected to rise even higher due to indefinite interruption to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) from the current federal government shutdown.
Contact Sharing the Harvest at 325-388-0620 or STH.KingslandTX@gmail.com to learn more about how to give or volunteer.
“Anybody who is saying ‘Do you need help?’ the answer is a resounding ‘yes,’” Green said. “We can use all the help we can get.”
New, temporary hours and upcoming Thanksgiving event
Sharing the Harvest will operate under temporary hours until the move into its new location is completed. Traditionally, the pantry has distributed food from 9 a.m. to noon on Thursdays at its First Baptist location. Users of the food pantry were notified of the coming change during the last distribution day and a volunteer will be stationed at the old location on Thursday, Nov. 6 to notify anyone who shows up about the change.
Distribution will take place noon-6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 4 and Nov. 11 at the new Rose Hill Drive location. Both days will be a collaboration between the pantry and Ark of Highland Lakes to help ring in the holiday season with fresh food on the grill and take-home casseroles along with regular distribution.
A normal distribution day will also be held 4-7 p.m. on Nov. 18.
A special Kingsland Thanksgiving community dinner is planned for 4-6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22 at the Kingsland Community Center, 3451 Rose Hill Drive.
