FRESNO, Texas – One nonprofit founder is seeking the public’s help to find a bright orange food trailer that was stolen in Fresno on May 7.
The trailer, which is used to help feed communities in need and teach youth to cook, was stolen from the 2900 block of FM 521 Road, where the trailer was parked and locked.
Dedric Myers is determined to help his community in Fort Bend and Harris County despite major setbacks in his mission to help the hungry.
“It’s a personal loss, but it’s a community loss because so many people depended on that,” Myers said.
For Myers, it was more than just a food trailer. It was his way of giving back, and it was personal.
“Being in a position of someone being hungry and not having any idea of where my next meal was coming from, I just made a personal promise that if I ever got out of that position, I would be able to help somebody else,” Myers said.
So in 1997, he started a nonprofit Doing Our Part.
“We serve the needy, the hungry, and the under and misrepresented,” Myers said.
Using this food trailer multiple times each month, he and his team tackled food insecurity and also fed students when schools couldn’t.
“Instilling in kids and even adults, you don’t have to be going through it, but if you are and are ever out of it, you give back to those who are in need,” Myers said.
Myers said he filed a report with the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office deputies, who said they are currently investigating.
“They backed into our vehicle, cut the locks and disappeared,” Myers said.
Myers said he is now hoping that someone in the community has seen the 20-foot bright orange trailer. The exterior of the trailer has a graphic that reads “Doing Our Part,” along with the non-profit logo.
Myers said he is continuing to come up with plans to help feed the hungry despite the loss and challenges.
“We simply are not able to provide the quality of service that we were in the past,” Myers said.
Myers created this GoFundMe page in hopes to help the non-profit and get a new trailer.
More info: www.dopnow.org