Area groups ready for Thanksgiving
SUN PHOTO BY BRENDA BARBOSA
Don Perry of North Port has volunteered at the Charlotte County Homeless Coalition food pantry for the last two years. On Wednesday, Perry and a team of volunteers assembled more than 100 boxes of food for needy families in the area onThanksgiving Day.
SUN PHOTO BY BRENDA BARBOSA
Charlotte County Homeless Coalition volunteers assembled more than 100 boxes of food for need families in preperation for Thanksgiving Day. Boxes were filled with mashed potatoes, canned goods and frozen turkeys.
SUN PHOTO BY STEVE REILLY, reilly@sun-herald.com
Mary Ellen Eisele carves the first turkey to arrive at Gulf Cove United Methodist Church Wednesday. The church will be serving a free Thanksgiving Day dinner for anyone who wants to join in for the holiday.
SUN PHOTO BY STEVE REILLY, reilly@sun-herald.com
Mary Ellen Eisele carves the first turkey to arrive at Gulf Cove Methodist Church Wednesday. The church will be serving a free Thanksgiving Day dinner for anyone who wants to join them for the holiday.
By 8:15 a.m. Wednesday morning, a crowd had already formed in the parking lot of the Charlotte County Homeless Coalition in Port Charlotte.
By noon, 85 families had added their names to a waiting list for Thanksgiving Day meals from the coalition’s food pantry.
