When I first came to Mission Arlington, I was amazed at the number of people that were
here waiting for assistance to be helped.
The magnitude of Mission Arlington just astounds me because it's all encompassing.
It's not just people's needs physically in terms of food, but they're also giving them
shelter, they're providing medical care, dental care.
So they're taking care of the whole person, which was very impactful.
Mission Arlington has been around 27 years in this community.
We have been working directly in the community, you discover that all kinds of needs are out
there.
People are hungry, folks need clothes, kids need to be in school, there's no transportation.
I direct the Mission Arlington Medical Clinic, which is a free clinic to serve the community
here in the DFW area.
We're always looking for opportunities to work with other people in ways to help our
patients so that they can get the best care that they can.
Diabetes is huge in this community.
Sometimes they're eating habits of people and then of course people are hereditary, but
folks eat what they can get and don't eat right because they don't have the moneys
and a way to really have a good diet and so in our medical clinic, we focus on that.
The medical clinic gives classes.
Some volunteer people come in each week and invite the people to want to come to learn
about exactly the food, the medication, the take care of the feats, the other instructions.
Take a drink, a lot of water, make exercise, it's the most better health for us.
I was shocked when I found out that Mission Arlington does what they do with only a 2%
overhead.
That is incredible.
I have never heard of a non-profit having such a low overhead and using the majority of
the money that they have to actually go to the people that they're serving.
I've never had a life yet, God didn't create it, so I haven't figured out who we can tell
why.
And so we are grateful and we are honored to be able to serve this community.
This is my opportunity to give thanks to the Mission Arlington and the Mission Arlington
Clinic because this is an excellent place and I appreciate all of them giving us.
