First Dallas ISD ‘Good For You Healthy Hub’ Opens in a Dallas Elementary School » Dallas Innovates

Arlington-based Texas Health Resources has launched its first Dallas ISD-based Good For You Healthy Hub at Jack Lowe Sr. Elementary School, with the support of a five-year grant from Dallas-based TDIndustries and a donation from the Jack Lowe family.

The hub at the elementary school, 7000 Holly Hill Drive, will supply no-cost fresh produce and other healthy staples at the neighborhood level, making it easier for students and their families to access fresh fruits, vegetables and other resources. The Dallas location joins more than 20 other Good For You Healthy Hubs located in schools, community centers, and churches in Fort Worth, Arlington, and Euless.

TDIndustries Chief People Officer Steve Cunningham called the Dallas collaboration “deeply personal,” because it honors the legacy of company founder Jack Lowe Sr., who helped integrate Dallas ISD in the 1970s. Lowe helped build coalitions and advanced practical steps such as equitable student assignments and faculty integration to open classrooms to all.

The elementary school’s name recognizes Lowe’s lifelong advocacy for education, inclusion and servant leadership—which TDIndustries said are integral to its mission and core values today.

“Supporting this Healthy Hub is a meaningful way to continue the values Jack Lowe Sr. instilled in our company, and we’re proud to support an initiative that helps children, and their families thrive—physically, emotionally and socially,” Cunningham said in a statement. “Partnering with Texas Health and Dallas ISD brings practical help to families where they are—on the school campus. At TD, we build more than facilities—we strengthen communities and create pathways so the next generation can thrive.”

More on Good For You Healthy Hubs

TDIndustries, a premier facilities service and mechanical construction company, said that the Good For You Healthy Hub program is led by Texas Health Community Hope, Texas Health’s approach to promoting healthier futures via a broad range of impactful initiatives, investments, and collaborations.

Each Good For You Healthy Hub serves roughly 70 to 150 families who can select groceries as if they were shopping in a traditional market, the company said. Good For You Healthy Hubs also offer recipe cards, nutrition education workshops, and other resources to help families make the most of the produce they receive.

TDIndustries said that it and the Lowe family each provided donations to launch and operate the Healthy Hub at Jack Lowe Sr. Elementary School this year.

Together, TDIndustries and the Lowe family have committed to providing continued financial support over the next five years—enough to support all 150 Jack Lowe Sr. Elementary School families each week, the company said.

‘Touching lives, strengthening families, and building a better tomorrow’

TDIndustries said that community service has been a central tenet of its vision and values since 1946. It said that employee-owners contribute hundreds of thousands of dollars and thousands of volunteer hours to nonprofits across the southwest every year.

“Jack Lowe Sr. Elementary School is a truly special place. There are over 17 different languages spoken by the students here. There are over 20 different countries represented,” the school’s principal, Crystal Cavitt, said in a statement.

“There is also significant need here,” she added. “Most of our families face challenges accessing healthy food, wellness resources, and consistent healthcare. These are not just barriers to learning—they’re barriers to thriving. We’re grateful to TDIndustries, the Lowe Family, and Texas Health for making it easier for families to access what they need, right where they are.”

The company said that the Lowe family looks forward to continuing the legacy of its patriarch and supporting the school.

“My father was more than the founder of TDIndustries,” Jack Lowe Jr. said in a statement. “He was a man of principle, courage and compassion. This Healthy Hub is a tangible way to live out the values that he held dear. And I believe that it will create a ripple effect—touching lives, strengthening families, and building a better tomorrow.”

Jack Lowe Sr. Elementary School is one of 21 Good For You Healthy Hubs launched by Texas Health since 2020, with another set to open this fall.

Currently, there are locations in Arlington, Fort Worth, and Euless, and Texas Health has distributed almost 1.27 million pounds of produce through the program, serving nearly 265,000 people.

Prioritizing learning and healthy habits

The school on Holly Hill Drive has also benefited from other Texas Health initiatives in the past year, the company said.

A 2024 “recess refresh,” with volunteer support from TDIndustries, helped refurbish the school’s playground so students could more fully enjoy the benefits of physical exercise and social interaction, the company said. Texas Health also hosted a Scholastic Book Fair to ensure that students have better access to quality reading material and provided mindfulness activity kits for classrooms.

Last spring, Texas Health constructed a learning garden funded by Austin Commercial, enabling students to grow and learn about a variety of plants.

“Texas Health has prioritized improving nutrition security because it plays such a huge role in the well-being of the communities we serve,” Matt Dufrene, VP of Healthy People, Healthy Communities, a part of Texas Health Community Hope, said in a statement. “With the support of companies like TDIndustries, families like the Lowes, and school districts like Dallas ISD, we can expand those efforts to help more families enjoy the wonderful benefits of fresh produce and other healthy foods.”

Texas Health Resources is a faith-based, nonprofit health system that cares for more patients in North Texas than any other provider. With a service area that consists of 16 counties and more than 8 million people, the system is committed to providing quality, coordinated care through its Texas Health Physicians Group and 29 hospital locations under the banners of Texas Health Presbyterian, Texas Health Arlington Memorial, Texas Health Harris Methodist and Texas Health Huguley.

Texas Health’s system has more than 4,400 licensed hospital beds, 6,400 physicians with active staff privileges and nearly 29,000 employees.

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