DART to deliver Dallas ISD meals

By Mark Ball

Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) and the Dallas Independent School District (DISD) are partnering to deliver weekly meals for students.

The first busload of food arrives for distribution at Thurgood Marshall Recreation Center tomorrow, Thurs., Apr. 9, at 11 a.m.

DART buses will pick up food each Thursday at DISD’s distribution center and deliver to three different Dallas distribution locations: Thurgood Marshall Recreation Center, Janie Turner Recreation Center and Highland Hills Branch Library.

Each bus will deliver 1,500 meals, enough for 100 families per bus, 15 meals per student, for a total of 4,500 meals weekly for distribution by DISD employees.

Providing DART buses for food delivery helps DISD families that utilize state-sponsored school lunches, makes it more practical for families that are transit-dependent, helps families that are working, and allows DART to leverage currently available assets and capabilities to support North Texas during this difficult time of shelter-in-place.