DALLAS—Before heading home for Christmas break, members of the Dallas Baptist University Patriot basketball team partnered with the North Texas Food Bank to provide food to families in need.
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Members of the Dallas Baptist University Patriots basketball team gather to serve the Food 4 Families program at the North Texas Food Bank. (PHOTOS/Kalie Lowrie/DBU)
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"There is no more basic need than good food," said Head Basketball Coach Blake Flickner said.
"The Food 4 Families program provides nutritious food to families in need. Others donated of their resources to provide the food. The least we could do is to be here as the next step in the process of distributing that food to these families."
The players arrived early to help bag vegetables for distribution at the drive-through site.
They then stood in lines giving away food to individuals who had qualified for vouchers.
As families received bags of produce including sweet potatoes, grapefruit, clementines, onions and baked goods, the DBU players wished each recipient a merry Christmas.
DBU freshman basketball player Donovan Bridgeforth bags sweet potatoes for the North Texas Food Bank.
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"We were glad to come out and serve the community," senior DBU student Armie Lewis said. "We came out today to spread Christ's love by representing the university and the basketball team."
The basketball team already had donated numerous hours of service to the food bank earlier in the semester, helping sort donations and organize the food pantry.
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"We have had a strong relationship with the North Texas Food Bank," Flickner said.
"We really believe in the work they are doing in our community. Being a part of DBU basketball is a special privilege, and we know that there is nothing in our lives that we have not received from someone else. Because we've received so much, we want to give of our time and resources to someone else."
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