The pandemic brought three times as many calls for food, and already in 2021, volunteers have driven more than 7,000 miles to help the poor. A lot of the people we serve don t have cars and rely on public transportation. They can t really go to these huge mega food distribution things and we fill that void, Greenfield said. When people need food, we deliver food to their doorstep six days a week
But supplies are thin - and volunteers need help.
The food pantry operates in conjunction with Catholic Charities of Dallas and the North Texas Food Bank. NTFB provides nonperishable food items which the pantry supplements with fresh and frozen foods, as well as toiletries and household cleaning supplies. Nonfood items cannot be purchased with food stamps, so the poor often have difficulty paying for these. Greenfield said.