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Southern Dallas Thrives

Created in partnership with the PepsiCo Foundation and Frito-Lay North America, Southern Dallas Thrives 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.
  • 137,000+

    meals provided
    to families and community organizations last year
  • 86,000+

    hours of childcare service provided
    in conjunction with our childcare assistance initiative last year
  • 4,500

    students, teachers and neighbors
    accessed technology, free books and more at community hubs last year

    137,000+

    meals provided
    to families and community organizations last year

    86,000+

    hours of childcare service provided
    in conjunction with our childcare assistance initiative last year

    4,500

    students, teachers and neighbors
    accessed technology, free books and more at community hubs last year

    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

      Together with United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, we have a shared vision: powering a better way forward. We’ve seen firsthand how our investment creates measurable impact in education, income, and health. Vistra is committed to creating stronger, more equitable communities, and we couldn’t ask for a better partner.

      Jim Burke, President and CFO, Vistra Corp.