{"id":399902,"date":"2025-11-23T21:15:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/399902\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T21:15:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:15:19","slug":"dallas-nonprofits-see-hundreds-of-attendees-at-thanksgiving-blessings-event-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/399902\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas nonprofits see hundreds of attendees at \u2018Thanksgiving Blessings\u2019 event Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

People from all walks of life lined up by the entrance to Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center on Saturday afternoon to receive homemade Thanksgiving meals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Along the side of the MLK center, dozens of volunteers passed out turkeys and boxes of groceries to people waiting in a long line of cars.<\/p>\n

Children ran across the sidewalk, hugging volunteers and playing games while their parents grabbed meals.<\/p>\n

About 1,000 community members received meals from the 10th annual Feed the Streetz Outreach Thanksgiving Blessing event<\/a> in collaboration with the MLK center. <\/p>\n

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Feed the Streetz has organized the event for the last 10 years to provide \u201cblessing bags\u201d to the community, while the MLK center has provided Thanksgiving baskets to families in need every year.<\/p>\n

The blessing bags include food and hygiene essentials.<\/p>\n

\"Cars<\/p>\n

Cars line up during the Feed the Streetz Outreach annual Thanksgiving Blessing food distribution event at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center in Dallas on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Jason Janik \/ Special Contributor<\/p>\n

\u201cI went from a three-man show to having a solid team of 12, and they\u2019re all volunteers,\u201d said Crystal Robertson, founder and executive director of Feed the Streetz. \u201cNo one person is bigger than the other. They all go hand in hand, and solidarity is the key.\u201d <\/p>\n

About 25 community groups and nonprofit organizations come together to help the event run smoothly, Robertson said.<\/p>\n

Robertson said she started the organization to bridge the resource gap in overlooked communities and give back to where she came from, as she once experienced homelessness.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to use food as the tool to knock on people\u2019s doors and find out what they needed most,\u201d Robertson said.<\/p>\n

The Thanksgiving Blessing event also has a third component, where volunteer drivers take meals and deliver them to those in need around Dallas.<\/p>\n

\"Volunteers<\/p>\n

Volunteers organize food during the Feed the Streetz Outreach annual Thanksgiving Blessing food distribution event at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center in Dallas on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Jason Janik \/ Special Contributor<\/p>\n

Pamela Jones, MLK center manager, said it is amazing to see the immediate impact of providing support to the local community. Thanksgiving meals are one of about 20 events the center holds every year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe only have 400 registration slots to fill, and this year we got around 17,000 hits,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n

The leftover food from the events gets distributed to volunteers or used in the meals that are driven out to community members, Jones said.<\/p>\n

Tiara Cooper, executive director of In Defense of Black Lives, said these events do not just make up a moment; they are a movement.<\/p>\n

\u201cHanding out these meals isn\u2019t just a transaction,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cIt\u2019s all about building relationships with the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Feed the Streetz has a mobile pantry four times a month and holds an annual Christmas party for underprivileged youth. This year, the party will be held on Dec. 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas at Oak Cliff.<\/p>\n

For more information on upcoming Feed the Streetz events, visit its website<\/a> or Instagram page<\/a>. <\/p>\n