Last Saturday, the busy Joe and IV Jacobs Center parking lot was filled with important community resource booths, Thanksgiving joy, receivers and givers.
Organizers and supporters, including Community Wraparound, San Ysidro Health, Chase, Live Well San Diego, Learn 4life, The Chicano Federation, It Takes a Village, and San Diego County Probation, were some of the community advocates who made their presence known at the big Spread Love and Gratitude Turkey Giveaway and Resource Fair.
“I think this is a well-organized event. I personally enjoyed it. They could have had more turkeys because they ran out kinda fast, but there were so many people here, this is a very beneficial event for the community,” Kanika Swafford of Paving Great Futures shared.
In addition to the free turkeys, the big crowd of participants was also given bags of food. Local dignitaries also showed up in support of the special turkey giveaway extravaganza. Thanks to the generosity of donors, some community families will be able to celebrate Thanksgiving with a little more than what they had.
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