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Before this week’s snow storm many Texans needed help with finding food. Now, several days without power, many have experienced difficulty locating food in grocery stores. The supply chain has experienced disruption due to weather and road conditions. Here’s the list of food distribution sites in our area for this weekend.
DeSoto Food Distribution
FOOD DISTRIBUTION THIS WEEKEND! 115 W. Beltline Rd. DeSoto TX 75115
Community Missionary Baptist Church in DeSoto in partnership with The Chocolate MINT Foundation will be hosting their food giveaway this weekend.
9-11am or until all boxes are gone
The boxes contain protein, vegetables, dried rice, canned vegetables, eggs, box cereal etc.
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Bledsoe opened his remarks by recognizing the newest Texas unit.Â
âI wanted to welcome you guys aboard and to say that I am absolutely enthused that youâre here,â he said.
Bledsoe also praised the community work DFW Metro has already started.
âYou are doing the kinds of things we need the NAACP to do,â Bledsoe said. âWe are a great and diverse group that look at the world in the appropriate way. We look forward to you being a full-fledged unit doing great work, even greater work than what youâre doing now.â
The inaugural meeting was well attended by the local unit members, and it also attracted the following local and Texas-wide officials: Judge Victor Landers; Gwen Morrison â Tarrant County Community College Trustee Board Member; Kristen Washington â Greenville Place 3 Councilwoman; Reverend Lynn Harper â Community Missionary Baptist Church of Desoto;attorney Delia Parker-Mims; Paige Dixon â LewisvilleÂ