Dallas Bethlehem Center, Inc.

Founded in 1946, Dallas Bethlehem Center is a community center that supports families living in our South Dallas/Fair Park neighborhood.  Our community has a direct and active role in our programming.  Every five years, we survey our neighbors to determine what programs and services they want and need in their community. Programs have ranged from childcare, after school programs, workforce, a children's choir, and sports programs.

Each year, we provide over 34,000 touch points to local community members through our three pillars of service - Education, Health & Wellness, and Technology.  Our priority neighborhoods are the 75215 and 75210 zip codes, however we will not turn anyone away if they have a need for services. 

                                                                       

Please click on the Programs tab above to see more details and pictures of our programming.  Thank you!

Our Programs

Education – 

Adult Education – DBC offers adult education opportunities throughout the year.  These sessions are often hosted by partner agencies and include topics of interest to our neighbors.

  

Youth Education –  DBC provides summer programming for youth in our community.  This summer we hosted a culinary camp for 25 young people and held a week long Jammin' and Jellin' camp for area youth.

    

Health and Wellness - 

Food Pantry – DBC provides supplemental meal support through our food pantry distribution.   We are a CDP (Community Distribution Partner) with Crossroads (a hub of the North Texas Food Bank). With a focus on distributing healthy food items, DBC often supplements what we receive from Crossroads with healthy protein sources. Our client choice pantry allows clients to shop for what they need/want and leave what they don't for other families.  The Market is open both weekday and evening hours.  

   

Family Dinners – Each Tuesday and Wednesday evening, DBC provides a hot, healthy meal for our community.  These free dinners ensure that our families can stretch their food budgets a bit further each week, while also serving as an entry point for a relationship based service model.  Each evening, we serve between 80-100 of our neighbors.  About 70% are families from the community who are seeking a healthy meal for their children, while also reducing their grocery budget.  The other 30% are often homeless men and women who come to DBC for a place to cool off, charge their phones, and eat a filling meal before they head back out for the night. 

  

   

Community Garden  - Our community garden offers a place for residents and volunteers to join together in planting, harvesting and tending vegetables, flowers and fruits.  Produce grown in the garden is used in our on-site cooking classes and is also distributed to our neighbors. 

     

 Community Events – It takes a village to raise a child and it takes a community to support each member!  DBC is, at its heart, a community center focused on helping our community thrive.  We hold numerous community events throughout the year that are focused on both providing much-needed services, but also on providing a place to gather and belong. In the spring we host “Eggstravaganza,” in the summer we have a Back to School Fair, in the fall we provide a Community Fair, and in the winter we host an Angel Tree event for all of the children in our neighborhood.

   

Technology – 

Thanks to support from our generous partners,  DBC is able to provide a 12 seat computer lab for our community.  This commuter lab provides internet access and a place to access online services.  It is also a space for learning/training via our "Tech Tuesdays" with computer, workforce, and skills-based classes.