Jeff Smith

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Jeff Smith 기준 | 2021년 2월 20일

North Texas Food Bank는 영양가 있는 식품에 대한 접근을 제공하여 North Texans를 지원하기 위해 최선을 다하고 있습니다. 이번 주 추운 날씨는 역사적으로 기록적으로 파괴적이었습니다...

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감사 시리즈: 소셜 미디어 대사

Jeff Smith 기준 | 2020년 11월 17일

올해는 분명 도전으로 기억될 것입니다. 그러나 그것은 또한 다른 사람들의 부담을 덜어준 사람들과 우리 지역사회의 회복력에 대해서도 알려질 것입니다. 같이...

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Iker (EEK-urh) is 9 years old. He wants to be a chef when he grows up.'When I have a restaurant one day,' he said. 'I want to open it up to homeless people. That's what I love about sharing food: just being kind.'But before that, more than anything, he just wants to be a kid.'I'm a kid but I don't feel like one because of how much I worry about and all the responsibilities I have at home,' he said.Iker and his siblings, 10-year-old Marilyn and 11-year-old Jose, have lived with their grandmother, Maria, since they were very young. Maria doesn't work, so affording food is a constant struggle.And the struggle isn't lost on Iker.'I do worry about food sometimes,' he admitted. 'I want my family to have food in their tummies. When you skip a meal, your stomach starts hurting.'When Iker is at home, he keeps himself busy by helping his grandmother cook and clean their small apartment.'I have my own chef's apron I use,' he said.He gets up early to help out, even on the weekends.But he also loves being at school, where his favorite subject is reading. So unlike a lot of kids, summer is not Iker's favorite time of the year. He misses school – the classes, teachers and his friends – but he also knows that summer means no free breakfast and lunch, which he normally eats in school.Losing access to two meals a day would mean more stress and uncertainty for Iker, if it wasn't for the Dysart Community Center – a partner of St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance, a member of the Feeding America network. Just blocks from their house, Iker and his siblings go to the center for breakfast and lunch every weekday during the summer.'If they didn't give out food, we wouldn't be eating what we normally eat,' Iker said. 'Because what they give us is pretty much what we have. It's really hard because otherwise we wouldn't have food.'But because of the food, Iker, Jose and Marilyn can enjoy their summers without worrying about what they're going to eat every day. And that

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Jeff Smith 기준 | 2020년 5월 22일

It is no secret that the current pandemic has left a devastating impact on individuals and families across the U.S. The effects of the COVID virus have left millions without...

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Person sorting through fruit in cardboard boxes

대담해져라

Jeff Smith 기준 | 2020년 4월 16일

지난 2년 반 동안 North Texas Food Bank의 CEO로서 우리 팀은 800,000명의 사람들에게 서비스를 제공하는 것 외에도 여러 위기 상황에 대응했습니다.

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Brad Stewart in an orange safety vest on the volunteer floor of teh North Texas Food Bank

지원군 호출

Jeff Smith 기준 | 2020년 4월 6일

At the beginning of our fiscal year, the team at the NTFB tagged this year as the Year of Community. At the time, we couldn’t have possibly known what this...

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