OUR MISSION
Build Community by Providing for Basic Needs in Ways that can Lead to Live Changing Experiences.
OUR VISION
A community where members will create what they need to continue developing into well educated (both formal and informal) and productive citizens, taking their place in their community and creating a new society.
OUR VALUES
Respect, Community, Relationships.
The primary focus is to help elementary students receive help with their Math homework. When their math homework is complete, they receive help with other subjects.
Children
Free
To promote healthy living through gardening, and knowing the health benefits of the vegetables and herbs. We provide nutrition classes focusing on diabetes, healthy eating and using vegetables from your garden. We also provide cooking demos and their respective recipes so our guests can taste these types of vegetables.
Senior citizens
Free
To promote healthy living through gardening, and knowing the health benefits of the vegetables and herbs. We provide nutrition classes focusing on diabetes, healthy eating and using vegetables from your garden. We also provide cooking demos and their respective recipes so our guests can taste these types of vegetables.
Adults
Free
This program is designed to provide for basic needs for our “neighbors". Time Dollar uses a two-step approach in our work.
The first step is called “giving fish” through our “Los Vecinos” (neighbors) program where we provide food, eye glasses through Prevent Blindness Texas and service referrals.
The second step is "Basic Case Management" where we offer help filling out forms, reading letters, providing service referrals and any other type of assistance required based on the need.
Christmas gifts are provided through Elf Louise Penelope.
Adults
Free
This adult education program provides each parent with a comprehensive math education starting with the parent’s current abilities and ending with standardized Algebra 1 competency. This education takes place in a familiar and safe environment, one-on-one by one of their peers that has been through the program. These parents then learn how to teach their children math from pre-kindergarten and onward. PC Math is a two generational program impacting both mother and children. Children are better prepared to enter Pre-K and parents are better prepared to get their High school diploma, GED, or enter college.
Parents
Free
The program’s design incorporates science, math, language arts, geography, and other subject area disciplines into the "hands-on" gardening based activities. Service learning and community service is part of the program.
Get Involved!
We have many volunteer positions available to help our community grow!
Food Pantry:
- Driver with truck to pick up food order from the San Antonio Food Bank 2 times per month
- Food Pantry In-takes forms (9:30 AM - 12:00 PM Mondays)
- Food Pantry Data Entry
- Volunteer to receive food order (unload truck, sort food and put away) 2 times per month
Parent to Child Math:
- GED teacher in Spanish
- ESL (english as a second language) teacher
- Math teacher
- Summer Junior Master Gardener Classes - Summer
- Teacher’s helper (ages 4-7 years)
- Teacher’s helper (ages 8-11 years)
Two Gardens (Jardin de la Esperanza and Lupita's Garden)
- Water garden 1-2 times per week
- General garden maintenance and up keep
- Mow grass
To get involved, call 210-433-9851 and ask how you can help!
Time Dollar Community Food Pantry provides food to an under-served population with dignity and respect.
Requirements:
- Serving all Bexar County Residents.
- Application with household members and information.
- Government Assistance, if any.
- Daisy Cares Program, dog and cat food when available. Please ask for more information.
Free.