Thanksgiving for Thousands

Earlier this week I was fortunate enough to cover and participate in an event called Thanksgiving for Thousands. 

The event is sponsored by Mountaire Farms, a local business that has tried to feed those in need for close to 20 years at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter.

Having originally started off as a small church event being held in a parking lot,

it has grow substantially, which is bittersweet. 

Hundreds of people of all ages and social classes from all over the peninsula showed up to pack Thanksgiving dinner boxes that will be distributed to 60,000 families who wouldn't otherwise have a holiday meal. 

{Boxes waiting to be packed with canned goods and roaster}

{Roasters being distributed}

{Some of the thousands of cans being distributed}

{Dinner boxes piled high waiting to be loaded onto trucks}

{A bird's eye view of the assembly lines}

One woman I spoke to during the event said that a number of years ago she was on the receiving end of a Thanksgiving for Thousands Thanksgiving dinner box. Things have since improved for her, but she volunteers every year to help pay back the help the dinners and community gave to her. 

Whatever you have, little or great, be thankful and pay it forward. 

Happy Thanksgiving.