Dallas District Office Family Holiday

DALLAS, Texas – Family members and youths come into the parole office every day. They all have expectations to meet to help them become successful. Every family is different and they all have different personal needs. There are some families and youths that struggle from day to day to have basic personal needs such as food and clothing. The parole officers are charged with monitoring youths and providing guidance so that youths are successful. Sometimes this is a difficult task for youth because they are struggling with basic needs.

Because of this struggle, volunteers have created a food and clothing pantry at the Dallas District Office that provides help for these youths and families. During the holidays 12 families needed assistance with food during Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Volunteers from Transforming Lives Ministry, Abundance Spiritual Life Ministry, and Free On the Inside Ministries provided 17 turkeys and a large amount of food including eggs, fresh potatoes, and butter to families so that they could make dinner during the holidays. Some families received two turkeys as well as two baskets. The families were extremely grateful to receive the donations. The smiles on the faces of the families were enough for volunteers to know that more needed to be done.

Volunteer Lindsey Cowell wanted to replenish food pantry and also give food to families during the Holidays. She recruited people from her job to donate canned and boxed foods. The foods that were donated were given to several families to assist not only with the holidays but after the holidays were over. Lindsey helped refill the pantry so that families can continue to have food after the holidays are over. None this would have been possible without the kind hearts of volunteers.

Photo: Donated food boxes with all the fixing to make Christmas dinner, which included turkeys.