Slipstream - June 2020

Mavericks PCA Charity: Canned Food Drive
by Jimmy Gallegos, Region Charity Chair
photo provided by author
On April 22, 2020, we held a
canned food drive to benefit Minnie’s
Food Pantry (MFP) in Plano. MFP
provides healthy meals, educational
resources, and red-carpet treatment to
those in need, and has distributed over
10 million meals. Due to the current
Covid-19 pandemic, all nonprofits
are rapidly depleting their stock to
serve the community. MFP has been
featured on local and national news for
their successful efforts in giving back
to the community. We were fortunate
to be partnered with Zoya Jackson
from MFP who helped us through the
process. They do an excellent job!
Despite the heavy rain in the
forecast, several Maverick members
showed up. We were able to collect 843
pounds of canned food and collected
$500.00 in cash donations, which
was matched by the Maverick Region,
resulting in a $1,000.00 donation.
Between the canned food and cash
donations, MFP can provide meals for
3,693 people! This is by far our best
effort to give back to the community
through our canned food activities.
Helping with the process that
day were Bob and Ann Molyneux,
Mike O’Hare, Bill and Debi Kruder,
Phyllis Gallegos and Jimmyg Gallegos,
Charity Chair, charity@mavpca.org .
Due to the situation created by the
current CV pandemic we will host
more canned food drives to help as
the need continues to rise across our
community.
The Maverick Region Charity
group is engaged in five different
charity activities:
• American Heart Association
• Canned Food Drives
• HOPE House
• National Breast Cancer
Awareness Foundation
• Patriot Paws – “PORSCHE”
is the name of our sponsored dog
Thank you Mavs for making a
difference and making this canned
food drive our best effort ever!
12 May