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DeSoto County Dream Center
MISSION STATEMENT:
The DeSoto County Dream Center spreads Christ’s love and builds hope to the underserved in our community by providing food, clothing, quality healthcare and educational assistance to Title 1 school students and their families.
Notes:
We have approximately 1500 volunteers who volunteer with us over a year's period of time.
We are a client choice food pantry. We have a community outreach program called Adopt-A-Block where we go into our community and feed the residents 3 times a month. We also have program where we work with clients with chronic illnesses and help them make wiser food choices by providing them with fresh fruits and vegetables.
ORGANIZATION DETAILS
Address: 6935 Windchase Drive, Horn Lake, Mississippi, 38637 United States
Website: www.desotodreamcenter.org
Phones:
- 662-510 -5900 ext.5
TYPE: Client Choice Food Pantry
Area Served:
- County
Population Served:
- Children
- Disabled
- Families
- Formerly Incarcerated
- Homeless
- Immigrants
- LGBT
- Men
- People of color
- Pregnant Women
- Seniors
- Unemployed
- Women
- Low-income
- Youth
- Veteran
- Refugees
- Infant
- Health Conditions (Cancer/HIV)
Areas of Interest:
- Food Security
- Research / information about food security and anti-hunger
Healthy Foods:
- Distributes fresh fruits and vegetables
- Medically tailored meals or food boxes
- Nutrition Education
Food is Medicine:
- Provides medically tailored meals/ Groceries
- Partners with healthcare clinic providers
- Nutrition counseling and education
Non-food services:
- Job Assistance
- Non-food emergency assistance
- Clothing
- School supplies
Client Center:
- Client Choice Food Pantry
Infant Care:
- Formula/Baby Food
- Diapers
- Clothing
- Personal Hygiene Items
