Thanksgiving meals to those who need them

Thanksgiving meals to those who need them (Added: November 24, 2009)

Second Harvest Food Bank and WCQR partnered in forming the "Thanksgiving Project" this year. Community members donated enough to feed almost 1250 families turkeys with all the trimmings this Thanksgiv (more)

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Thanksgiving meals to those who need them

Volunteers from U Turn For Christ and Tusculum College helped pack boxes Tuesday morning.

By: Dana Wachter | TriCities.com
Published: November 24, 2009

Gray, Tenn. -- As people are starting to travel to their thanksgiving destinations this week, some are thinking of those who wouldn't have a Thanksgiving without the help of others.
Second Harvest Food Bank and WCQR radio partnered in creating the "Thanksgiving Project." They requested just $25 to make food boxes with a turkey and all the trimmings to feed a family this Thanksgiving.
Radio listeners came out in full force, and with more than $27,000, Second Harvest bought enough to feed almost 1250 families this Thanksgiving.
Volunteers worked non-stop for the past two days to make sure as many people as possible have a festive meal.
"We have some people actually come here, actually crying saying thank you because without this happening, they wouldn't have had a Thanksgiving," said volunteer Carl Maples, of U Turn For Christ, "so this is totally awesome."
Wednesday, Second Harvest will have a mobile food bank at Elizabethton High School, and WCQR will continue taking donated food through the end of the year for its Project 52 food collection.

Thanksgiving meals to those who need them

Thanksgiving meals to those who need them (Added: November 24, 2009)

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