The leaders of Crossroads said they are meeting the urgent need for quality, nutritious food by distributing meal essentials to an average of 1,100 households monthly.
In 2023, we distributed approximately 12.5 million pounds of food, equivalent to 10,416,666 meals.
The facility receives a lot of support from the community and depends on the success of their Nourish Change Breakfast each year to help close the financial gaps in feeding the food insecure.
This year is no different.
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"We host it here inside of the warehouse. So we really allow people to see what is happening when families and Children and seniors come in to actually shop for their groceries," Benaye Wadkins Chambers, President and CEO of Crossroads said. "But also they're able to see that this vast amount of food that we distribute out into the community as a partner with the North Texas Food Bank."
The facility on Cockrell Hill Road in Dallas is hosting its third annual Nourish Change Breakfast, which celebrates the accomplishments of people who have disrupted the course of food insecurity with innovative solutions.
This year’s speaker is celebrity Chef Andrew Zimmern. Zimmern is known for addressing food insecurity and climate change, saying that food insecurity, waste, and the climate crisis are intertwined. He is also a United Nations World Food Program Goodwill Ambassador.
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"I've done a lot of events in my career and I was really intentional when we talked with our board about starting this event to bring in speakers like Andrew Zimmern, who will create a new understanding around this issue. Andrew has been on the White House Council for Hunger and Food insecurity. He's on the UN Council. He is an advocate against food waste and how we can avoid that. He's a real advocate for this issue and expanding the knowledge beyond," Wadkins Chambers said.
The third annual Nourish Change Breakfast will be held on Friday, Oct. 11, at Crossroads. Arrival will be at 7:30 a.m., and the program will start at 8 a.m.
