“Traditionally, everybody likes to sit around the table and have a nice turkey meal with the fixings, and enjoy family time”.
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Thanksgiving was a special day for Ashland and her family.
He spent his Thanksgiving Day at the Salvation Army in Greenville and ate a hot meal.
All food donations can be brought to The Salvation Army Red Shield Lodge at 2400 Edison Ave.
If you’d like to volunteer at the Salvation Army as well to help them get ready for the Toy and Joy Shop, contact them at 733-8720. “You see your nieces and nephews, grand kids that are very fortunate … these families aren’t”.
“People from the community and organisations in Ellesmere Port will be working hard this year to make sure that your generous Christmas gifts get to those who might otherwise go without”.
“At least 80 percent of all money given locally stays locally, so it helps us to serve these here in Oktibbeha County and the surround counties that we also serve”, Walker said.
“This place is like family to me now”, Hughes said.
“I came to eat up here because I would be all alone otherwise”. Ed Binnix, commanding officer, Salvation Army of NWLA. “It feels awesome – just knowing that there are actually people out there that are willing to help people that don’t have means to make ends meet more or less – living paycheck to paycheck”. “Where we would normally serve up to 3,000 people is where the new shelter is going to stand”, said Twinney. “A lot of people doing a lot of good today”. The dinner will be prepared and served by volunteers from Second Baptist Church.
“This is all about giving back”, Calico said.
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Moskal was in attendance with about 450 other people at the annual Salvation Army Community Thanksgiving Dinner on Tuesday, Nov. 24, at the Bay County Community Center on the city’s West Side.
