How not *everyone* has a feast to eat this Thanksgiving season.
Locally, there's a great outreach program that helps make it easy to give and really translates the donation into something tangible. And I should explain, these complete dinners for $2.10 are not because the agency sends the needy to the dollar menu at a fast food establishment ... but because they buy in bulk based on the funds they collect, and can therefore maximize the benefit of their holiday meals.
Since the big move to Florida, me and mine don't get to gather around the table back in Indiana for the family meal any longer, and so tonight we awarded one meal for each of those whom we used to sit amongst ... at a table that was always almost embarrassingly full of multiple kinds of meat, nearly a dozen side dishes, and a couple of desserts (plus the rolls -- can't forget the rolls!). To pay tribute to those days of old, a dozen complete Thanksgiving dinners were donated to honor Dolly and Walt, Shirly and Ed, Midge, Lisa and Bill, Teddy and Heather, Jac, Robert and Wally.
Now .. the challenge ... we encourage all of our friends and family to seek out a program in their local area to accomplish something similar. And we wish everyone the happiest of Thanksgivings!
THE LOCAL PROGRAM:
http://www.browardoutreachcenter.org/
THE FOOD BANK BACK HOME IN CHITOWN:
http://www.chicagosfoodbank.org/site/PageServer
FIND A FOOD BANK NEAR YOU:
http://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank/?referrer=https://www.google.com/
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