In the parking lot of Community Missionary Baptist Church in Cedar Hill, boxes of groceries stood alongside lines of cars on Wednesday morning.
“We know food is still a big issue,” said Deacon Stephen Jackson. “The availability, the price of food, is still a big issue.”
Because of this, the Community Missionary Baptist Church planned enough meals with the North Texas Food Bank to feed 3,000 people for Thanksgiving. Volunteers chatted with recipients and worked on the assembly line to get boxes of groceries into cars.
“Let them know we’re not just out here distributing food,” said volunteer Lisa Snead Crawford. “I want you to know that you are valued.”
Dallas County’s food insecurity is 47% higher than the national average; 1 in 5 children in North Texas is food insecure.
“You take everything for granted,” said volunteer Christopher Suarez, a high school student from Frisco. “When you see all these people who need food, you get a different perspective on how many people actually need help.”
Jackson said it was all part of the Church’s mission to nourish bodies and souls.
“That is what service is about, true service. We have to get out of the four walls that are a building. This is not the service, the service is here, ”Jackson said, putting his hand on his heart. “You must love your brother as you love yourself, not just in words … but in actions.”
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