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Fish and Loaves tells Taylor council it distributed 3.5 million pounds of food in 2025, asks for volunteers and donations
Summary
Fish and Loaves Community Food Pantry told the Taylor City Council it distributed 3,500,000 pounds of food in 2025 and delivered more than 1,000,000 pounds to Taylor residents. Executive director Stephanie McNeese asked council and residents for volunteers, donations and food drives to sustain operations.
Stephanie McNeese, executive director of Fish and Loaves Community Food Pantry, presented the nonprofit’s 2025 impact to the Taylor City Council and asked for continued volunteer and financial support.
"Last year, we distributed 3,500,000 pounds of food," McNeese said, adding that the pantry served about 90,000 individuals and roughly 45,000 households across seven communities. McNeese said that, when broken out for Taylor specifically, more than 18,000 households and over 36,000 individuals from Taylor were served and that the pantry distributed more than 1,000,000 pounds of food directly to Taylor residents.
McNeese described Fish and Loaves as a largely volunteer-run operation — she said she is the only full-time employee — and said the organization spends about $250,000 a year on food purchases. She urged residents and businesses to volunteer, donate food or money, or organize food drives; she noted drop-off locations including the Taylor Library and encouraged the council to visit the pantry.
Council members praised the pantry’s work and thanked volunteers. A councilmember noted the pantry’s client-choice model and weekend fresh-market program. The presentation concluded with the council receiving and filing the report.
