Medical City Healthcare donates 163,000 meals to North Texas food banks
Medical City Healthcare is proud to host the fourth annual Healthy Food for Healthier Tomorrows food drive, providing meals to families in North Texas and Louisiana.
Dallas, Texas — Medical City Healthcare’s fourth annual “Healthy Food for Healthier Tomorrows” food drive and sculpture contest will provide more than 163,000 meals to hungry families in North Texas and Louisiana.
Medical City Healthcare colleagues helped collect or made a financial contribution to help purchase 23,000 pounds of canned food and donate $48,000 to 14 food banks in North Texas and Louisiana. $10,000 of the donations came courtesy of the HCA Healthcare Foundation. One in eight people in North Texas faces food insecurity and does not know where their next meal is coming from, according to the North Texas Food Bank.
“Good health is tied to proper nutrition,” says Allen Harrison, president of Medical City Healthcare. “Across our system, our compassionate colleagues continue to demonstrate how we care for our community far beyond the hospital walls.”
In addition, Medical City Healthcare hospitals in North Texas and Louisiana participated in a fun competition to build creative can sculptures from some of the donated food. This year, all of the entries earned cash grants for their food bank beneficiaries funded by Medical City Healthcare and the HCA Healthcare Foundation.
Beneficiaries of food and/or cash grants include the following in North Texas and Louisiana:
- Christian Community Action
- Christ’s Haven for Children
- Community Enrichment Center
- Community Food Pantry of McKinney
- Denton Community Food Center
- Food Bank of Central Louisiana
- Frisco Family Services
- Irving Cares
- Minnie’s Food Pantry
- Mission Arlington
- Network of Community Ministries
- North Texas Food Bank
- Parker County Center for Hope
- Tarrant Area Food Bank
The food drive complements Medical City Healthcare’s award-winning kids teaching kids® Healthy Lifestyles program, which offers children and families nutrition education and resources to improve eating habits.