CELEBRITIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY COME TO DALLAS TO HELP MINNIE’S FOOD PANTRY FEED 2,500 HUNGRY FAMILIES IN NORTH TEXAS
On Saturday, November 17, 2018 from 8 a.m. – 10 a.m., celebrities from all over the country will come to Dallas to help Minnie’s Food Pantry serve more than 2,500 hungry families in North Texas. For the 10th year in a row, Minnie’s Food Pantry, located at 3033 W Parker Rd #116, Plano, TX 75023, will give families a complete Thanksgiving meal, including a turkey and all the trimmings, while rolling out the red carpet for families who need food.
More than 575 volunteers will come together to serve, including many local and national celebrities and influencers including, R&B singer, Angie Stone; former NFL player, Omar Stoutmire and his wife, Sheila; Cynt Marshall, CEO of the Dallas Mavericks; former MLB center and right fielder, Torii Hunter; Dallas Cowboys legend, Tony Dorsett and his wife Janet; Dallas radio personality, Dede McGuire; NFL Hall of Famer, Emmitt Smith and his wife, Pat; and Matt Kemp, MLB outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dallas Mavericks dancers will also be on hand to cheer on the staff and volunteers.“Many families have fallen on difficult times,” said Cheryl “Action” Jackson, founder of Minnie’s Food Pantry. “Some people have lost jobs, some have had their salaries cut, and some are just having difficulty making ends meet.”
At Minnie’s Food Pantry, we are honored to be able to respond to their needs and make the holidays a little brighter.”Sponsors for Minnie’s Food Pantry Thanksgiving giveaway include Albertsons, Tom Thumb, Green Mountain Energy, Cawley Partners, USAA and Dilla’s Quesadillas. Minnie’s Food Pantry also partnered with the Veteran’s Administration and served more than 250 veterans and their families this Thanksgiving season. “My father was a Marine, so it meant a lot to me to serve veterans and listen to their stories of service while we walked them to their cars,” said Jackson. One of the veterans served called his mother and said, “Mom, you don’t have to worry about Thanksgiving. I just got us a turkey and all the trimmings. Everything is going to be ok.” Founded by Dr. Cheryl “Action” Jackson, Minnie’s Food Pantry has literally been rolling out the red carpet for more than 10 years as they provide food for families living in low income, food insecure households.
An award-winning non-profit organization and largest food pantry in Collin County, Texas, Minnie’s Food Pantry has provided more than 8.5 million meals and brought the issue of food insecurity to the forefront on both a local and national level through features on national television shows including, Good Morning America, ELLEN, Steve Harvey TV and The Food Network. Through supplemental food assistance, educational resources and support from the community, Minnie’s Food Pantry has changed the stigma associated with hunger and are further reducing hunger by expanding into schools across the country.
Over the years, many corporate sponsors and celebrities have joined Minnie’s Food Pantry in the fight to reduce hunger including former MLB pitcher Latroy and Anita Hawkins, Dallas Mavericks owner and business mogul Mark Cuban, Hollywood actresses Meagan Good and Regina King, movie producers DeVon Franklin and Will Packer, pop superstar Rihanna, actor Jim Parsons, recording artists Kenny Lattimore, Wess Morgan and BeBe Winans and global media icon, Oprah Winfrey.
BLACK MILLIONAIRE REAL ESTATE MOGUL’S NEW BOOK GETS HIGHLY FAVORABLE REVIEW BY MAJOR BOOK INDUSTRY PUBLICATION
Ella M. Coney, the real estate mogul and best-selling author of Ella’s Golden Eggs: How to Conquer Real Estate and Never Be Broke Again, is receiving rave reviews about her book, and has just been highlighted in The US Review of Books – one of the most prestigious publications for authors and publishers.
Here’s the review that the reviewer, Barbara Bamberger Scott, gave her book:
Retired real estate investor Ella M. Coney shares her experiences, her lessons, and her expertise in this slim but valuable book. Her life has been a remarkable one, a true rags-to-riches saga. Born to a working-class family, she became pregnant at age 17 and again before she was 20. Her hard-working mother was unable to let her stay at home once she had two small children, so she got a job and found a place to rent. But she didn’t really know how to keep a job or pay rent regularly and failed even when assigned a low-rent apartment in the projects. Yet somehow she maintained a faith in God and a basic will to better herself.
She joined the Air Force, becoming “one of the first Black female aircraft radar technicians in the military.” She stayed in the Air Force seven years, even though caring for her children amid the rigors of military life was almost overwhelming. As a veteran, she was entitled to benefits that boosted her plans for financial security considerably. She was able to purchase her first home, go to college, and develop a realistic savings plan. Later, in a booming real estate market, she sold that first house at a profit and made a down payment on a large, very rundown house in a high price area. She found that the house, desperately in need of repair and reeking of odors so foul it made her vomit, somehow charmed her. With determination, she made it over, creating a “forever home” for herself and her children. From that experience, she was emboldened to delve into the realm of real estate as her profession. Her book contains guidance on the inner workings of buying, renting, managing and selling real property. Her two sons also took up the profession, each in his own way, and in partnership with the author.
Coney has written previously (“When You Fall Down – Get Up!”) about how to succeed in overcoming the problems that life can present. She devotes some of this current work to eloquently thanking God for the many times that she was able to avoid negative situations and help others along the way as she attained her goals. She writes in a straightforward manner about her accomplishments, expressing her justifiable pride and enthusiasm without glossing over her mistakes. Through her knowledge of real estate – how to predict trends, buy houses, improve them, manage their rental, and figure out when to sell them – she achieved her wish to become a millionaire.
The author states that she lives rather simply despite her wealth and has tried not to waste money over the years. On meeting her, she says, one might not even suspect she is a wealthy woman. But recently she has had to acknowledge that she’s not as young as she once was, has hired a manager for some of her properties, and sold others. She is even prone to take vacations in sunny climes, something she avoided in years past as being too frivolous. Coney’s encouraging message to herself and others has not changed since she began her upward journey to self-sufficiency. She believes that with a strong will, forethought, faith, and continuous study, anyone can do what she has done.
Ella’s book, Ella’s Golden Eggs: How to Conquer Real Estate and Never Be Broke Again, is available at all major book retailers online including Amazon.com
