The grants were unanimously approved by the Mayor s Disaster Relief Fund advisory committee.
The committee is chaired by former U.S. Ambassador and current Hunt Consolidated Senior Vice President Jeanne Phillips.
The other members of the committee are the Dallas Foundation President and CEO Matthew Randazzo, UT Southwestern Vice President for Community and Corporate Relations Ruben Esquivel, the Beck Group s Executive Chairman Peter Beck, Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax, and Mayor Eric Johnson s Chief of Staff Mary Elbanna.
“Last week’s brutal winter storms and catastrophic power outages tested our city’s resolve and our resilience, but our generous donors and the work of our grant recipients show the interminable strength of our communities,” Mayor Johnson said. “The people of Dallas are our city’s greatest asset, and I am thrilled that we will be able to help them recover and rebuild.”
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, His Compassion Food Bank isn’t hard to find. Just look for the line of cars parked adjacent to northeast Jacksonville Road.
The line often stretches up to three-quarters of a mile back toward County Road 326 as people wait in the outreach’s food distribution drive-through car line.
In 2020, His Compassion volunteers took in and then distributed over 13 million pounds of food in the drive-throughs and also provided bulk amounts of food for 82 local community agencies and churches. Food bank officials say this year is starting off with increased need spurred by the coronavirus pandemic.
“We are seeing people come through our car line for the first time needing food because they lost their job. The need for nutritious food especially for children has also increased greatly in the remote areas of the county, said Les Bowen, secretary- treasurer for His Compassion.
Darke residents to help Texas relief, water needed
By Carol Marsh - DarkeCountyMedia.com
Unseasonably frigid temperatures has left many Texans without power, dealing with lack of heat and bursting water pipes, Pastor Wes Lynch (right) of the Radiant Lighthouse Church in Greenville and Eric Fee (left), of Tribute Funeral Homes, are asking for Darke County residents to help the relief efforts with donations of water, in cases or gallons. Radiant Hope Ministries will head out to Texas on Tuesday.
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Cases of water, like these donated by Dr. Clark of Johnston Chiropractic, will help the relief efforts to Texas residents devastated by the loss of power, heat and drinking water due to burst pipes. Donation drop-off locations are at Radiant Lighthouse Campus, 5256 Sebring Warner Rd. in Greenville, and Tribute Funeral Home, 1000 N. Broadway St., in Greenville (near the trailers). All donations accepted now through Mon., Feb. 22, at 7 p.m.
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Genesis Women's Shelter, the Family Place, and other nonprofits have burst pipes and extensive flood damage. Their evacuated residents need immediate assistance.