The University of North Texas at Dallas (UNT Dallas) will team up with the North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) to host their first 2025 monthly mobile food pantry event on campus Friday (Jan. 17) from 9 a.m.-noon (or until the food runs out). The monthly giveaway is designed to help as an increasing number of North Texans struggle to buy groceries and make ends meet.
Last year, UNT Dallas’s monthly pantries distributed 566,306 pounds of food to 17,686 people, pointing to the ongoing need for assistance. And the need continues. In fact, according to the NTFB, one out of every six children in North Texas is food insecure. Additionally, the USDA reports that Texas has the second-highest rate of food insecurity in the nation at 16.9%, with nearly 5.1 million Texans at risk for hunger.
Please see below for key details as well as a brief announcement. Let me know if you plan to attend. Thanks!
WHAT: Mobile food pantry event hosted by UNT Dallas and the North Texas Food Bank
WHEN: Friday, Jan. 17, from 9 a.m.-noon (or until supplies run out)
WHERE: UNT Dallas, 7300 University Hills Blvd., Dallas 75241
CONTACT: The on-site contact will be Joe Posada-Triana of UNT Dallas.
Taylor Mayad Powell
214-435-7756 cell
taylor@mayadpr.com
PLEASE ANNOUNCE – Jan. 15, 2025
UNT DALLAS IN SOUTHERN DALLAS TO HOST FIRST 2025 MONTHLY DRIVE-THRU FOOD PANTRY EVENT ON FRIDAY (JAN. 17) FROM 9 A.M.-NOON
The free event is open to any North Texas community member in need of nutritional support; last year, UNT Dallas’ events provided more than 566,000 pounds of food to more than 17,000 people
ANNCR: The University of North Texas at Dallas (UNT Dallas) will team up with the North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) to host their first 2025 monthly mobile food pantry event on campus Friday (Jan. 17) from 9 a.m.-noon (or until the food runs out). The monthly giveaway is designed to help as an increasing number of North Texans struggling to buy groceries and make ends meet.
Last year, UNT Dallas’s monthly pantries distributed 566,306 pounds of food to 17,686 people, pointing to the ongoing need for assistance. And the need continues. In fact, according to the NTFB, one out of every six children in North Texas is food insecure.
Additionally, the USDA reports that Texas has the second-highest rate of food insecurity in the nation at 16.9%, with nearly 5.1 million Texans at risk for hunger.
UNT Dallas student volunteers play a huge role in the monthly food distribution efforts, with more than 200 students lending a helping hand last year.
The UNT Dallas mobile food pantry program started five years ago during the pandemic and has continued monthly to help students and the community.
The free drive-through service is open to the public and any community members needing food support.
Participants will complete a simple intake form while remaining inside their cars. Volunteers will then load a box of food into each person’s trunk.Future mobile food pantry events will be held Feb. 21, March 21, April 18, May 16, June 20, July 18, Aug. 29, Sept. 19, Nov. 22 and Dec. 19.