Southern Dallas Thrives

Created in partnership with the PepsiCo Foundation and Frito-Lay North America, Southern Dallas Thrives initiative provides vital investment opportunities to the Southern Dallas community to create lasting change and measurable impact.
Southern Dallas Thrives has four key goals: improving the quality of preschool education, providing families with nutritious meals, preparing high school students for college or a career, and providing supportive services and workforce development training in high-growth industries to women.
  • 1,200+

    families
    received groceries at pop-up markets
  • 57

    participants
    earned industry-related certificates through the Women’s Workforce Initiative
  • 3,500

    students
    accessed technology, free books and more at new community hubs

1,200+

families
received groceries at pop-up markets

57

participants
earned industry-related certificates through the Women’s Workforce Initiative

3,500

students
accessed technology, free books and more at new community hubs

Southern Dallas Thrives is sponsored by

and supported by

We are moved every day to give back to the more than 200 communities in which we live and work, including Frito-Lay’s home in the Dallas area. Through the Southern Dallas Thrives initiative, we are working to strengthen all of DFW by helping our Southern Dallas neighbors thrive. We hope that we can be the catalyst for other companies in Dallas to join us to create a lasting impact.
Steven Williams, CEO, PepsiCo Foods North America

Our Impact Together

It makes so much sense to help a community. How can a company prosper in a community if the community doesn’t prosper? It doesn’t work. If you want to be a sustainable company in this day and age, you’ve got to broaden your stakeholders.
Curt Morgan, former President and CEO, Vistra Corp.

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