Tag: thanksgiving meals
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Fort Carson military cooks prepare thousands of Thanksgiving meals for local families in need
Army Pvt. Thelma Moore recently had her first-ever bite of turkey. A native of the West African country of Sierra Leone, Moore has never celebrated Thanksgiving. This year, she received a crash course in holiday meal preparation. Moore is one of 10 Army cooks — officially designated as “92 Golf” — who volunteered to carry on…
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Preparations underway for free Thanksgiving meals for the community’s hungry
Collectively feeding thousands of people free Thanksgiving meals requires hundreds of turkeys to be prepped, dressed and presented. Many local organizations handed out cook-at-home holiday baskets, several churches hosted holiday meals this past Sunday, and now some nonprofits are gearing up for large-scale sit-down hot dinners in the coming days. SPRINGS RESCUE MISSION Springs Rescue…
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More than 800 turkeys distributed across Colorado Springs military bases
Colorado Springs military families will feast on about 850 free turkeys this holiday season. Soldiers loaded cases of birds into vehicles Friday morning at the Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center so they could be distributed among the military bases. Later in the day, turkeys and red bags full of sides, such as stuffing and gravy,…