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Network Mobile Food Distribution at Dobie PreK
Sep
8

Network Mobile Food Distribution at Dobie PreK

If you are available every other Wednesday afternoons for a couple of hours, you can help make a big difference in your community. Families are still struggling from economic hardships due to the pandemic. These mobile food pantries provide meals for the unemployed and working poor in Richardson ISD whose children suffer from food insecurities.

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Network Mobile Food Pantry Distribution at Dobie PreK
May
26

Network Mobile Food Pantry Distribution at Dobie PreK

Arapaho United Methodist Church has partnered with the Network of Community Ministries to staff volunteers at Dobie Pre-K to distribute food boxes from their Mobile Food Pantry on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 2:00 – 4:00 pm.

Seeking help with the following tasks:

· Obtain basic information from clients

· Direct traffic

· Unloading food boxes from the truck (heavy lifting required - up to 20 lbs.)

· Load food boxes into cars

If you are available Wednesday afternoons for a couple of hours, you can help make a big difference in your community. Families are still struggling from economic hardships due to the pandemic. These mobile food pantries provide meals for the unemployed and working poor in Richardson ISD whose children suffer from food insecurities.

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Network Mobile Food Pantry Distribution at Dobie PreK
Apr
14

Network Mobile Food Pantry Distribution at Dobie PreK

Arapaho United Methodist Church has partnered with the Network of Community Ministries to staff volunteers at Dobie Pre-K to distribute food boxes from their Mobile Food Pantry on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 2:00 – 4:00 pm.

Seeking help with the following tasks:

· Obtain basic information from clients

· Direct traffic

· Unloading food boxes from the truck (heavy lifting required - up to 20 lbs.)

· Load food boxes into cars

If you are available Wednesday afternoons for a couple of hours, you can help make a big difference in your community. Families are still struggling from economic hardships due to the pandemic. These mobile food pantries provide meals for the unemployed and working poor in Richardson ISD whose children suffer from food insecurities.

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Stack The Shelves
Jul
29
to Jul 31

Stack The Shelves

  • Arapaho United Methodist Church (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

How can you help feed a hungry neighbor? Each Sunday in July let's stack the shelves of Network's food pantry by bringing canned goods, shelf stable baking items, water bottles and hygiene products to the donation boxes near our entrances. 

"Stack The Shelves" with these items:
Baking Goods (Flour, Sugar, Cooking Oil, pre-made mixes such as Bisquik and Jiffy)
Canned Fruit (any variety)
Jelly, Jams, and Spreads
Canned Meat (chicken, chili, tuna, etc.)
Canned Pasta
Bottled Water (for volunteers)
Hygiene Products (soap, shampoo, toilet paper, feminine hygiene products, deodorant, tooth paste, toothbrushes, facial tissues, laundry detergent, and cleaning supplies)

 

Volunteer With Network

About Network:
Founded in 1985, Network is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization.
 Several churches came together and formed a non-denominational Church Alliance to assist families through trying times, and thus the term “NETWORK” of Community Ministries was born.

Network responds to human need by giving assistance with the goal of helping individuals achieve long-term independence, its mission is “caring, coaching and empowering our neighbors in need as they seek an improved quality of life.” Based in Richardson , Texas, Network has a service area which includes fourteen zip codes in Dallas County, with over 70% of those served coming from Lake Highlands in the Dallas area, and Garland .

 

 

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