Children's Hunger Fund prepares to leave Frisco for an 85,000-square-foot center in Prosper

Children's Hunger Fund is closing out its time in Frisco and moving its North Texas operation to a much larger center it is building in Prosper, and the new hub is slated to open between January and March 2027.

The nonprofit told Local Profile that public volunteer shifts at its Frisco Volunteer Center are winding down ahead of the move. Food distribution through its partner churches is supposed to keep going during the transition. "Our work doesn't pause for the move," the organization said in a statement to the outlet.

What is going up in Prosper

According to the charity, the Prosper building will cover about 85,000 square feet and put volunteer packing, food distribution, training for church partners and educational programs under one roof. The group expects upward of 35,000 volunteers annually and says the center will help supply roughly 5 million meals a year for North Texas kids and their families.

The organization's project page describes a temperature-controlled space for assembling and bagging its Food Paks, offices for staff, meeting space that businesses and civic groups can use for service days, and an interactive exhibit called Poverty Encounter that walks visitors through what life is like for children living in extreme poverty.

The page says the Prosper site will also ship Food Paks to churches across several states.

Cost and fundraising

Children's Hunger Fund lists a $40 million campaign goal for the North Texas center. Its website shows the first phase, covering land, design, permits and fees at $7 million, as fully funded, and lists the second phase, construction, as in progress. A third phase for the Poverty Encounter exhibit is still being raised. The page also mentions a $500,000 challenge grant from a donor.

How the Frisco chapter grew

The group started its North Texas work in 2016 from a building on Newberry Street, then shifted in fall 2021 to its Frisco Volunteer Center, Local Profile reported. The charity counts over 10,500 volunteers this year, against 1,424 in 2017, and says over 50,700 people have taken part across the decade.

Families, businesses and community groups that want to volunteer at the Prosper center can sign up through an interest form on the charity's Prosper page, childrenshungerfund.org/prosper.

Sources

localprofile.com

childrenshungerfund.org