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Grace Pavilion Community Outreach

Meeting needs. Sharing hope.

GPCO works to make quality resources available to everyone in our community, so families can thrive. We look for gaps in community resources and step in to fill them.

Email the outreach team: community-outreach@gracepavilion.org

This holiday season

Sharing the love of Christ with our neighbours

Christmas is the story of God coming close to us in Jesus. This Thanksgiving and Christmas, GPCO is carrying that love out to seniors, to neighbours sleeping out in the cold, and to people staying at Haven for Hope. There’s a place for you to help.

Thanksgiving meals for our seniors

Thanksgiving week · Thu, Nov 26

We’re giving H-E-B gift cards to the senior residents of Christian Living Apartments, so each of them can enjoy a Thanksgiving meal and groceries for the holidays. It’s a small gift that says: you are remembered, and you are loved.

Give toward the gift cards

Winter warmth under the bridge

Sun, Dec 20 · 1:30 PM

Our teens are collecting hats, gloves, socks and blankets. Then, alongside GPCO and our friends at Northwest Hills Global Methodist Church, they’ll hand them out to neighbours experiencing homelessness under the bridge. Warm hands, and a reminder that God sees every person.

A Christmas morning meal

Fri, Dec 25 · 4:00–10:00 AM

On Christmas morning we join Northwest Hills Global Methodist Church to prepare a home-cooked Christmas meal for Haven for Hope, and GPCO brings homemade Christmas cookies to share. Start Christmas Day the way Jesus came: to serve.

Volunteer for a shift

“Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”Matthew 25:40 (KJV)

Questions? Email community-outreach@gracepavilion.org. Times and meeting points are shared with volunteers when you sign up.

Our why

Why GPCO exists

Jesus taught the crowds and healed the sick, and He fed the hungry too. He cared for the whole person. We follow His example by meeting people’s physical needs and, for anyone who wants it, their spiritual needs as well.

“Freely ye have received, freely give.”
Matthew 10:8 (KJV)

Body and soul

We give food, backpacks and health care, and we connect people with prayer, a listening ear and spiritual guidance.

No strings attached

Help is never conditional on faith, church attendance or listening to a message. Spiritual care is offered, never required.

Love in action

“Let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.” 1 John 3:18

  • Access to basic needs and services for low-income and uninsured families
  • Awareness, so every family who needs help can find it
  • Partnership with others to serve more people, better
Programs

How we serve

All programs are free. If you or someone you know needs help, reach out.

Monthly Dental Outreach

Free dental cleaning or extraction with our dental partners, including Encino Family Dentistry. Apply in advance with a medical history form.

Free Backpacks with School Supplies

Available year-round for students who need them. Schools, shelters and nonprofits can request backpacks for the families they serve.

Annual Health Fair & Back to School

Our biggest day of the year. We give away more than 2,500 backpacks, and community health partners offer services on site. The 8th annual event took place on July 18, 2026.

Annual Hair & Beauty Outreach

Blow-dries, crochet styles and simple cornrows for girls and women at a local shelter, a day to help them feel cared for and beautiful.

Partnering with Churches & Non-profits

We serve alongside churches and non-profits across San Antonio, from feeding neighbours with Church Under the Bridge to backpacks for transplant kids with Transplants for Children. Together we reach more people.

Meet our partners

Food, Prayer & Family Support

Food distribution, prayer support, family assistance and everyday acts of compassion for neighbours in need.

Ask for help
Our story

Year by year, since 2019

What began in 2019 as a single free community health fair has grown into a yearly calendar of outreach: Back to School & Health Fairs, free dental care and breast health days, serving thousands of San Antonio families.

All year round

  • Feeding the homeless with Church Under the Bridge
  • Free food distribution
  • Free case management & counseling
  • Free backpacks year-round, including 60 for immunocompromised children through Transplants for Children
  • Annual Hair & Beauty Outreach at a local shelter
Partners & supporters

We don’t serve alone

Every year, churches, non-profits, health providers, schools, city services and local businesses join GPCO to serve San Antonio families. Thank you for giving with us.

Partner with GPCO
See it in action: our 2024 community outreach, with food distribution, prayer support and family assistance.
Thank-you banner with the logos of the sponsors of GPCO’s 2026 Health Fair & Back-2-School
Thank you to the sponsors of our 2026 Health Fair & Back-2-School.
Partner story

60 backpacks for transplant kids

Transplants for Children (TFC) serves transplant families in San Antonio, from age 1 to 26, with scholarships, therapy and lodging. For back-to-school season, GPCO provided 60 backpacks for immunocompromised transplant children and teens.

Partner with GPCO

“With your help, we were able to help so many of our transplant kids and teens.”

Kirson Barnes, Program Marketing Manager & Volunteer Coordinator, Transplants for Children
Meet the team

Outreach leadership

The people who plan each outreach, coordinate volunteers and partners, and make sure every family is served with dignity and love.

Grace Pavilion Community Outreach volunteers in GPCO T-shirts at the 2024 Health Fair
GPCO volunteers at the 2024 Health Fair & Back to School

Lola Olumuyiwa

Director

Grace Ayemobola

Team Lead

Kemi Oladosu

Team Lead

Oluwabunmi Adedayo

Team Lead

Email the outreach team

Non-discrimination policy

Grace Pavilion Community Outreach does not discriminate against service recipients, volunteers or employees on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, national origin, ancestry, veteran status, marital status, family status or genetic information.

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