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‘It’s a work of God’: East Kentucky Dream Center hosts fourth annual free Thanksgiving meal
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PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) – On Friday, the East Kentucky Dream Middle (EKDC) held its fourth annual free Thanksgiving meal for the neighborhood. Together with the same old turkey and dressing, the meal featured all the standard Thanksgiving fixings however was all to assist those that might in any other case not have the chance to benefit from the vacation custom.
“Our women had been in right here at 4:30 this morning fixing and cooking, getting every part prepared,” stated EKDC Govt Director Rachell Campbell-Dotson. “So, we had every part with it, all of the trimmings. Mashed potatoes, inexperienced beans, desserts.”
Campbell-Dotson added that this yr’s meal was bigger than years previous, largely because of the latest flooding that rocked the area in late July.
“Our meal began at 11 and by 12:30 we’ve completed greater than 800 meals,” stated Campbell-Dotson. “That is our fourth annual, so that is one thing that… we knew we’d have excessive numbers this morning, however we didn’t anticipate the numbers that we now have.”
UPIKE nursing scholar and volunteer Alexis Burchett stated lots of her personal mates had been affected by the flooding and he or she is grateful that the EKDC is ready to assist these in want.
“That type of broke my coronary heart at any time when that flooding did occur simply because a bunch of my mates, they misplaced their properties, , all of that. So, it’s actually vital that we now have organizations like this that may assist,” stated Burchett.
52 volunteers and a number of other organizations helped present and serve the greater than 1,400 meals given out.
“It’s nice to see the neighborhood come collectively actually and simply assist one another out, assist the much less lucky out,” stated Burchett. “It’s nice, ? It’s a piece of God, actually.”
Campbell-Dotson additionally added that she want to thank the volunteers and donors who made the meal potential.
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