Drive-Thru In A Crisis

In February 2020, Denton Community Food Center (DCFC) opened its brand new, state-of-the-art, game-changing, 10,500 square foot food center. Two months later, the pandemic hit.

The food center quickly shifted from its brand new operations to an outdoor, drive-thru food distribution model. They saw the number of people in need increase almost immediately. Volunteers had to be retrained, processes had to be reimagined and people needed to be fed.

"If we were still trying to work out of our old location we would have had to close, " said Tom Newell, Board Chair of DFCC. "There is no way we could have functioned. We are so fortunate to have opened our new facility, have the support of Serve Denton and the cooperation between the other agencies. "

In 2020, DCFC distributed 896,881 meals, more than double the year before.

Newell added,

"The whole Serve Denton model has been a tremendous benefit and has played out the whole role to bring these things together. Denton is very fortunate to have a model like this. It has been a tremendous asset for us and it has served our community well. "