A noted North Texas nonprofit leader is now concerned about her reputation after being falsely accused during an incident at a clothing store in Fairview.
Dr. Cheryl Jackson, the founder of Minnie’s Food Pantry, told CBS Texas that a shopping trip to honor her deceased mother got ruined with a shoplifting allegation at Dillard’s on May 5.
Tradition turns sour
“My mother would say, Cheryl, your name is all you have, and you protect that with everything within you,” Jackson said. “And she said, you’ve got my name on the top of that food pantry. You protect my name. And I said, I will. And I fought for that.”
Among her many successful ventures, Jackson is most known for Minnie’s Food Pantry. It honors her mother, Minnie Hawthorne-Ewing. The pantry, which provides food to people in three states, including Texas, opened in 2008. Hawthorne-Ewing died 10 years ago.
“I went to Dillard’s because every year on the anniversary of my mother’s death, I would buy butterflies (earrings),” Jackson said. “Because when she passed, butterflies circled me.”…