Community Thanksgiving giveaway helpful, gratifying
They cleaned the turkeys Monday, they prepared the rest of the food Tuesday and they started cooking Wednesday.
By Thursday, the volunteer staff of about 180 people were tired, but their morale remained high because the product of their work was supplying Thanksgiving food to almost 1,200 people.
“That’s why we all come back, because it is satisfying,” said Kelly Zaccari, of Butler, a volunteer for the community meals. “It’s really a nice tradition.”
All Saints Parish has been preparing and distributing Thanksgiving community meals for more than 30 years, several longtime volunteers for the program said Thursday. Zaccari estimated that almost 180 people volunteered over the week to prepare and give out the meal boxes, which each consisted of turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, stuffing, a dinner roll, cranberry sauce and a slice of pumpkin pie.
In addition to preparing the boxes, volunteers also helped give them to people from the St. Peter Catholic Church Hall and deliver them throughout Butler County and beyond.
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