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Mimi Conner (right) unloads food from her car after picking up nonperishable foods from the North Texas Food Bank and purchasing foods from Aldi, with help from volunteer Michelle Leavitt. (Liesbeth Powers/Community Impact Newspaper)
North Texas Food Bank says new donation will provide 300,000 meals for residents in need
North Texas Food Bank will distribute food May 22 in the parking lot at the Plano Event Center. (Courtesy North Texas Food Bank)
North Texas Food Bank to hand out meals May 22 at Plano Event Center
Texas school districts, nonprofits and government organizations will be able to apply for funding from the Texas COVID Relief Fund to promote economic development, health care and education needs. This new fund—overseen by OneStar Foundation and the state of Texas—launched May 6. (Designed by José Dennis/Community Impact Newspaper)
Texas COVID Relief Fund launched to bring financial help to communities in need
North Texas Giving Day aims to put North Texans in touch with more than 3,000 area nonprofits. (Courtesy Communities Foundation of Texas)
Special-called North Texas Giving Day raises $20.8M for local nonprofits
Travis' Food Pantry at Huffman Elementary feeds roughly 100 families per week as of April 28. (Courtesy Grace Church)
Newly opened pantry at Plano ISD's Huffman Elementary is funded by Travis Frederick foundation and sponsored by Grace Church
North Texas Food Bank will hold a mobile food pantry May 5 at Plano Senior High School. (Courtesy North Texas Food Bank)
North Texas Food Bank partners with Plano ISD to hold mobile pantry May 5 for area families
Sisters Avy and Ariel Huang participate in a virtual rehearsal for North Texas Performing Arts' production of "Madagascar Jr." The group's performance schedule has been disrupted by coronavirus-related closures, but is expected to be held in its entirety later this year. (Courtesy North Texas Performing Arts)
When coronavirus shrank its revenue, this Plano-based arts group expanded its programming
Minnie's Food Pantry will provide meal boxes to families in need April 30 at Bowman Middle School. (Courtesy Minnie’s Food Pantry)
Minnie's Food Pantry to hand out meal boxes to Plano ISD families April 30 at Bowman Middle School
The YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas announced April 24 the furlough of 105 staff members and the permanent layoffs of 41 staffers across its roughly 20 locations. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas announces layoffs, furloughs
A mobile food pantry will be held at McKinney ISD Stadium on April 28. (Courtesy North Texas Food Bank)
North Texas Food Bank mobile pantry stops at McKinney ISD Stadium on April 28
The North Texas Giving Tuesday Now campaign will support organizations like The Storehouse of Collin County, which feeds people in need. (Courtesy The Storehouse of Collin County)
North Texas Giving Day joins Giving Tuesday Now campaign to support organizations hurt by coronavirus pandemic
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, child care groups have put resources into informing and educating families about things like who essential workers are and how to receive government assistance. (Screenshot from April 21 videoconference)
Texas child care leaders discuss state of industry amid coronavirus
Officials said in the past five weeks, Baby Booties Diaper Bank has passed out more than 31,000 diapers to Collin County families in need. (Courtesy Baby Booties Diaper Bank)
McKinney-based diaper bank faces heightened need ahead of May 5 Giving Day
Medical City Healthcare announced April 14 that it will donate $100,000 to the North Texas Food Bank and the Tarrant Area Food Bank to help those in need and to create jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Courtesy Medical City Lewisville)
Medical City Healthcare to donate $100,000 to local food banks to buy meals, create jobs
Mimi Conner (right) unloads food from her car after picking up non-perishable foods from the North Texas Food Bank and purchasing foods from Aldi, with help from volunteer Michelle Leavitt. (Liesbeth Powers/Community Impact Newspaper)
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