Thanksgiving Meals made with Love!
By: Eric Biedermann A community springing into action is an inspiring thing. When Arlene & Sarah organized this year’s Thanksgiving project, I was counting on a massive volunteer effort to prepare more than 130 Thanksgiving meals, and the team delivered! What I hadn’t expected, and what blew me away, was the extemporaneous community effort to help us distribute those meals the day before Thanksgiving. Tuesday Night meal prep night at Arlene and Jesse’s house was a clinic in efficiency. More than 24 of us baked desserts, carved meat, opened cans, and boxed up meals. Many hands made light work. We were done before the kiddos could finish watching K-Pop Demon Hunters. On Wednesday morning, I arrived to find things were already set up at Michael Thomas. We had a tent, free coffee, meals locked and loaded, and even a fire pit. All we needed were people to feed! And there were none to be found. It felt like we were in a ghost town. Cars and bicycles occasionally r...
