{"id":378315,"date":"2025-11-14T12:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T12:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/378315\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T12:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T12:41:10","slug":"dallas-nonprofits-giving-out-blessing-bags-hot-meals-for-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/378315\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas nonprofits giving out \u2018blessing bags,\u2019 hot meals for Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/south-dallas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/south-dallas\/\">Dallas<\/a>-based Feed the Streetz Outreach is collaborating with Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center for the first time ever to hold its 10th annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/holidays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/holidays\/\">Thanksgiving<\/a> Blessing event on Saturday, Nov. 22, according to a Feed the Streetz news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Nonprofit Feed the Streetz has organized the event the last 10 years to provide \u201cblessing bags\u201d to the community, while the MLK, Jr. center has provided Thanksgiving baskets to families in need every year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The organizations will be passing out baskets and meals from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. that day at 2922 MLK Boulevard, the release said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Feed the Streetz hopes to expand its reach and positively impact more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/homelessness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/homelessness\/\">underserved individuals<\/a> through this collaboration, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Get the latest breaking news from North Texas and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Founded in 2016, Feed the Streetz is a dedicated to addressing food insecurity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/homelessness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/homelessness\/\">homelessness<\/a> and community empowerment by providing hot meals and emergency support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Feed the Streetz encourages those who need support to register for the event\u2019s free hot meals and blessing bags <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/10th-annual-thanksgiving-blessing-registration-1805253173839?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/10th-annual-thanksgiving-blessing-registration-1805253173839?aff=oddtdtcreator\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The bags include hygiene items and a to-go meal for each family member, including children. <\/p>\n<p>Know before you go<\/p>\n<ul class=\"body-text-list\">\n<li>Fresh produce and groceries will be available alongside the meals and blessing bags, which contain hygiene essentials.<\/li>\n<li>Registration information can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/10th-annual-thanksgiving-blessing-registration-1805253173839?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/10th-annual-thanksgiving-blessing-registration-1805253173839?aff=oddtdtcreator\">here<\/a>. A survey for groceries can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdHzNgyv608uVgBIMcFaRxhiOgA1vrDTs9Qtziq0J_5Wa0gzw\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdHzNgyv608uVgBIMcFaRxhiOgA1vrDTs9Qtziq0J_5Wa0gzw\/viewform\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The first 100 community members in attendance will receive a special care package.<\/li>\n<li>Hot meals will be distributed via walk-up. No cars will be allowed in the parking lot during the event.<\/li>\n<li>Groceries will be distributed via drive-through.<\/li>\n<li>Attendees hoping to receive meals and other resources will need a ticket.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas-based Feed the Streetz Outreach is collaborating with Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center for the first time&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":378316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,7290,11644,7709,7265,68910,6974,14053,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-378315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-america","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-county","tag-food-insecurity","tag-holidays","tag-homelessness","tag-inspired","tag-snap","tag-south-dallas","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115548106985025580","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}