“The mobile food pantry giveaway is expected to be one of the largest in North Texas,” and “North Texas Food Bank to distribute free food at Fair Park with mobile pantries” are just two of the recent headlines as more and more families seek assistance. The North Texas Food Bank is a collaborative partner of RCPC. As one of our major projects, in 2015 Rotary Club of Park Cities raised the funds to donate the first mobile food pantry to the North Texas Food Bank.
Having a mobile pantry is important to those who have little or no access to grocery stores, since it can deliver fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as canned goods, to the neighborhoods where it is most needed. By recent count, over 12,000 families have received food from the mobile pantries this month, some of whom have never been to the food bank before. While the mobile pantry was needed then, it is serving an even more critical role now!