Poverty and homelessness is on the rise across the country, especially here in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex communities. And an alarming percentage includes elementary, middle and high school aged children/teenagers who will skip school because of not having clean clothes or will show up in dirty clothes and perform low academically and risk of being bullied, taunted and teased.

Wheatland United Methodist Church is proudly partnering with local schools in our community to help defeat this epidemic.

One of the ways we are doing this is by: creating a laundry facility on Wheatland's campus so that the students at our partnering schools will have access to a washer, dryer, and hygiene items to assist them in building their self-confidence and overall self-esteem so that they can achieve and excel both inside and outside of the classroom.