HOUSTON, TX — The second Bless the Block Thanksgiving event brought turkey dinners and a children’s dance contest to Cullen Park Apartments in southeast Houston on Saturday afternoon.

Dr. Candice Matthews, Pinkhouse Houston and Hoodies 4 Healing hosted the event and served turkey plates and desserts. Exotic Pop sponsored the dance contest.

Pinkhouse Houston said the event was meant to help children and families, and they were blessed and wanted to bless others.

Rapper Quiet Dot, who is also with Exotic Pop, said he was glad to take part and came out to give back to his neighborhood.

Damian Berry of 4 Corners Kids and Skee Taste Beverage Co. said the event was a way to support children and give back to the community he came from. “It’s all love,” Berry said.

Bay Bay with Get Home Safe traveled from Dallas and said he came to support the event and give back to the community.

Dr. Matthews said the apartment owners addressed all the issues she had raised, including problems with rats and roaches, and provided residents with new appliances.

The group previously held a back-to-school event at the complex and plans to hold another Thanksgiving event the following week at South Lake Villa on Houston’s east side.