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Yesterday, DEIA held an amazing food and supply drive and afterward a couple volunteers went to stock a community fridge and donated to a family shelter💪 Did you know? Helping make food accessible to those who need it most is actually suicide prevention. How? It reduces the constant stress, anxiety and hopelessness caused by hunger and economic hardships. Constant worry about where the next meal is coming from triggers chronic psychological distress, sleep disruption, and depression. Stocking your local community fridges helps to make food accessible for all, which decreases the chance of an individual committing suicide. Stand together. Even if you don’t have much, everything helps.

A big thank you to Akil Jabbar for this beautiful donation!! Thank you so much! We hope to see lots of folks tomorrow during the food and supply drive. Two drop off locations- Big Boyz Treasures and Progressive Community Network from 12pm to 5pm in the parking lots‼️

We were able to donate 160 pounds of bread and bagels to Catholic Charities food pantry on Hubble Ave in Des Moines today thanks to the kindness of Big Boyz Treasures, Big Mammaz Flea market & Binz and Big Broz liquidation market🥹 How amazing is it the things we can accomplish when we work together? We’re not done yet! There’s still more to be distributed tomorrow to other places!

If you know a community fridge or organization who could use some donations, please reach out✊

**Don’t forget our food and supply drive this Saturday! It’s sponsored by Big Boyz, Big Mamaz and Big Broz🥹 You can drop donations off any time at Big Boyz treasures in support of DEIA, and Saturday from 12pm to 5pm you can drop donations off in the parking lot of Big Boyz or at Progressive Community Network in their parking lot‼**️

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Huge Shout out to Big Boyz Treasures, Big Mamaz Flea Market and Binz and Big Broz Liquidation Market located at 4041 E 16th Street in Des Moines, Iowa! In total, they’ve donated 52 boxes with 10 items in each box of bread, bagels and buns to DEIA to support our community who need it most. That makes 520 food items we have been able to distribute!! Now more than ever, we must support the businesses that give back to our communities‼️ We filled Grace Community fridge today and hope it helps feed those who need it most🫶 Together we can do so much for those who need it most.

Don’t forget- this Saturday from 12pm to 5pm we will be collecting donations at two locations. Progressive Community Network and Big Boyz Treasures. We will be in the parking lots to collect things so if you don’t want to get out, we can grab things in a drive through style! Thank you everyone who makes what DEIA does possible!!

These photos were taken less than 24 hours apart. If that doesn’t tell you how great the need for food security is, I don’t know what else could.

We The People need to step up in every possible way to make sure everyone has access to food and basic needs. Donate to community fridges, little free pantries, food banks and other organizations that help with food security.

Partnering with Big Boyz Treasures and we have already managed to get 350 items of food rescued✊ They donated 35 boxes of bread, bagels and buns to DEIA. Volunteers spent the evening stocking up community fridges, donated 6 full boxes to Creative Visions, and 8 boxes to two public school pantries! Thank you to everyone involved in helping rescue this food and get it into the hands of those who need it most.

Stay tuned… Even greater things are happening Saturday! October 3rd, DEIA is hosting a food and supply drive to help our community even more! Come out from 12pm to 5pm and drop off needed items on the flyer posted below.

Sponsored by Big Broz liquidation market, Big Mammaz Flea market & Binz and of course Big Broz✊

Show up October 3rd for the food and supply drive!

THIS SATURDAY!
I wanted to go over some of our most needed items from the list. Shampoo, conditioner, body wash and deodorant are needed year round regardless of weather. ♻️ If you have shampoos or body washes that you’ve opened and didn’t love, we will accept those! No sense in throwing it away when someone can use it. Please ensure used bottles aren’t leaky! We will not accept used deodorants, toothbrushes or anything else that could share germs.

Can openers are also always useful. Folks have also requested pots and pans. The most important thing we need is food and water. Gallons or cases of water, and other drinks always go so fast when distributing meals. We will sometimes buy cases of soda or sports drinks to have with water. Everyone deserves a treat!! Non perishable food is essential. Canned meats, beans, fruits and veggies are great! Dried beans and rice are a staple for many of the hot meals we prepare monthly for the unhoused community.

There are other items listed below on the flyer that would also be helpful!

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Come stock some essentials at the community fridge located at Community Youth Concepts On MLK and Clark in Des Moines! These are all donations from the community, and DEIA redistributes donations to multiple places for those who need it most. We have a food and supply drive coming up this Saturday in the parking lot of Progressive Community Network! Come support our mission to empower our community through direct support✊ Only The People can save The People‼️ ##desmoines #iowa #fyp #viral #community

Thank you to The Collective for donating a jug of body wash, and a community member for recycling baby food jars! We need probably another ten baby food jars, if anyone has some they’d like to get rid of, please send me a message and can meet up with you.
Recycling and helping our unhoused community, nothing better!

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