[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 16 (Monday, January 29, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E88]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             HOMETOWN HERO--NETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES

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                          HON. BETH VAN DUYNE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 29, 2024

  Ms. VAN DUYNE. Mr. Speaker, in 1985, when a group of churches and 
community organizations saw that children across North Texas were in 
need, they rose to the occasion, creating the Network of Community 
Ministries. Today this incredible organization has expanded to serve 
fourteen zip codes, providing programming such as basic needs 
assistance, mobile food pantries, stabilization programs, and mental 
health services.
  During the school year, the mobile food pantry stops at seven Title 1 
schools, where almost half of the school's students qualify for free 
and reduced lunch. Over Christmas break when students aren't in school, 
many of these students go hungry without provided lunch. So, the 
Network of Community Ministries stepped up, giving students 
nonperishable food items to eat over the break.
  The Network of Community Ministries' impact on the greater-Dallas 
community is far-reaching and hundreds of families have been blessed by 
their consistent, dedicated work. I want to thank the Network of 
Community Ministries for their work to provide food for North Texas 
children and families over the Christmas Break.

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