02/19/2026
🌟 Community Hero Spotlight: Denise Bell Blakely! 🌟
We’re celebrating someone who embodies what it means to serve with purpose and heart. Denise Bell Blakely earned the Fort Worth Report’s “52 Faces of Community” recognition for her incredible leadership of Eastside Ministries of Fort Worth Railroad Project — a grant funded effort spanning the 2021–2022 and 2023–2024 cycles.
Thanks to Denise’s vision and dedication, the Railroad Project connected individuals and families in 76104, 76105 and 76119 with food, clothing, and vital health resources — meeting people exactly where they live, work, play and pray.
💙 Denise’s “why” is powerful: helping families escape poverty by showing them that the life they dream of begins the moment they take that first step onto the train. 🚂
Her leadership didn’t just guide a project — it opened doors, restored hope and changed lives.
✨Please join us in congratulating Denise on this well-deserved honor. You’re a hero in every sense of the word. Read the story here: https://fortworthreport.org/2025/02/08/52-faces-denise-blakely-connects-impoverished-north-texans-with-tools-to-succeed/