Thanksgiving on the go
Greater than 130 Thanksgiving meals have been distributed to the neighborhood Thursday as a part of a drive-thru occasion hosted by the Salvation Military Kenai Corps. Whereas snow fell, volunteers ran baggage of meals forwards and backwards from the corps’ administration constructing in Kenai to ready automobiles.
Inside, volunteers assembled meals buffet-style: Some ladled gravy over mashed potatoes whereas others piled on cranberry sauce. The occasion was made attainable by a number of neighborhood stakeholders: Alaska Group Faculty sanitized the station all through; Homer Electrical Affiliation peeled potatoes; and the Kenai Rotary Membership helped ship meals, Brandon Kyle, Salvation Military Kenai Peninsula Corps captain, mentioned Monday.
Alyson Evans, who helped assemble and shuttle meals together with her household, mentioned that Thursday was her first time volunteering for Thanksgiving however that she was having enjoyable and needs to do it once more subsequent 12 months. Evans mentioned her favourite a part of volunteering was working meals out to individuals.
“(It was) very cold,” Evans mentioned, including that she’d prefer to volunteer once more subsequent 12 months.
Kyle mentioned additionally they labored to make obtainable extra alternatives for younger individuals to get entangled. His two younger sons handed off meals for a part of the day. The corps hosted a Thanksgiving Minecraft Charity stream, the place individuals created a Thanksgiving meal in Minecraft and despatched in an image to be featured on a livestream.
The occasion, which ran from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., adopted the deployment of a fleet of automobiles that delivered meals upon request to people who find themselves homebound or who didn’t have a strategy to get to the occasion. Kyle mentioned final 12 months’s occasion was barely modified as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, however nonetheless noticed a big turnout of about 145 individuals. This 12 months, Kyle mentioned they anticipated round 180 individuals.
“We’re prepared,” Kyle mentioned Monday.
In all, the Salvation Military Kenai Corps distributed 137 meals on Thanksgiving.
Attain reporter Ashlyn O’Hara at ashlyn.ohara@peninsulaclarion.com.
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