Black leader sold his own car so he wouldn’t have to cancel Thanksgiving food giveaway
There is an approx.. 38 million Americans suffering from food insecurity, which includes 12 million children according to the USDA. Tyron Jackson leads a project called Operation Warm Wishes.
“I know people that haven’t eaten in days. I know families that this is their first home-cooked meal in days” told FOX 26.
Jackson understands what these families have been going through because he’s been there before. “In my youth, I was homeless a couple of years” Jackson said.
The 39-year-old says he’s proud of his work to help the unhoused and needy and he never forgets trying to survive as a teen through his family’s tough times. His family includes 5 kids, mom and stepdad. He said the family lived in a couple of motels.
“Can you imagine,” he says. “Seven of us living in a motel room and having to sleep on the floor. There were times when we had lots of food at home. There were times we had nothing. We had to scrape up pennies and quarters and do those things in order to make ends meet.”
Jackson started Operation Warm Wishes 14 years ago this week and why people like Jamie Grace and family mean so much to him.
When asked why he helps young people, Jackson told the news outlet, “We understand when there’s no food at home. When there’s no groceries at home the kids will go do negative things and we’re all about prevention.”
Jackson made a sizeable personal sacrifice this year for his event by selling his personal car a 2011 BMW, because he didn’t get enough donations this year, likely due to the community’s financial fallout from the pandemic. To supplement the cost and not have to cancel the event, he sold the car and is using the nonprofit’s van to drive around according to FOX 26.
Donations can be made at www.OperationWarmWishes.com or Venmo @OperationWarmWishes
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