On Thanksgiving Day, Midnight Mission was joined by some volunteers to serve hundreds of holiday meals to homeless people on Skid Row.
Meals included turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, carrots, gravy, cranberry sauce, and rolls. Dessert was also on the menu with options such as pecan pie, apple pie, and pumpkin pie.
Tim Lawson, the food service manager at the Midnight Mission, told KNX News’ Jon Baird they’ve been meal since last Saturday.
“We cook 200 turkeys and about 100 hams,” he said.
Georgia Hawley, Chief Communications Officer with the Mission.said Thursday is a day of celebration.
“Today we'll be dancing in the street, and we'll just be all together,” she said. “We really just want to emphasize that feeling of family.”
There were about 200 volunteers handing out food. Among them was actress Jennifer Garner.
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“I was at home in West Virginia this week, and I was part of food distributions there with Mountaineer Food Bank and Extra Mile, and Save the Children, and last night I was prepping my big meal for today, and it just hit me,” she said. “I have to do something…and I came down this morning to be here. I mean, there are so many people in need, and it seems to get worse. It does, and all you can do is focus on what you can do and today I get to serve all of these beautiful people and then go serve my beautiful family, and I'm just very, very thankful.”
On a regular day, the Midnight Mission serves more than 2,000 meals a day.
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