North Texans are finding ways to support an Oak Cliff store where thieves stole a community refrigerator meant for people in need.
After seeing her story on the news, a group of health advocates, artists and nonprofit leaders met at the store on Wednesday to discuss ways to support and accelerate her efforts."It's unfortunate what happened because this community needed those refrigerators. But taking something negative and making something quantumly positive is just incredible," said Laura Kovacevich, the executive director of Roots Food Foundation.
This gift increases the quantity and quality of free food available at the store. Roots Food group makes unprocessed medically sensitive meals and the foundation provides healthy prepared food for people who need it but can't afford it. "For a community that is plagued with diabetes and hypertension and early mortality rate, this food is very important," Tyehimba said.
In addition to providing more meals, a group of stakeholders, including representatives from The Detente Collective, Joppy Mama's Farm, Hunger Busters, Through Truth to Power, Pan African Connection and Roots Food foundation, are also collaborating on a large community garden. Kovacevich says someone has already donated land for the project.
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