THANK YOU to everyone who provided donations for the Thanksgiving meal! Because of the community's generosity, we were able to feed around 300 people and provide clothing to those in need. Various individuals and businesses in the community donated food, drinks, clothing, utensils, monetary donations, and their time. Listed below are substantial contributors of tangible items, but not all donors left their information for us to recognize them, and not all donors could be listed for sake of space. Additionally, names of monetary donors are omitted due to lack of permission.
List of Largest Contributions of Goods:
*DOT’s Rentals & Sales for donated tables and chairs
*Lance Lemay and the Old 29 Deer Club for a large contribution & variety of staple sides and desserts
*Texarkana Aluminum (32 turkeys)
*Kiwanis Club of Texarkana (96 blankets)
*Saint James Missionary Baptist Church (food and paper goods)
*Those who provided monetary donations for us to purchase items (whose names we are omitting due to lack of permission)
*Volunteers: Around 50 individuals & churches who gave their time serving the meal
*103.9 My Pig Radio: Anna Pink & John Williams Morning Show (publicity of needs)
*Fred Gamble with KSLA news (publicity of needs)
*Texarkana Gazette (publicity of needs)
*TXK Today (publicity of needs)
*Apostolic Tabernacle United Pentecostal Church (paper goods)
*Basic Software Systems (food)
*Cadence Bank (clothing)
*Gayle Irvan (food & clothing)
*Hugg & Hall Equipment Co. (food)
*Jackie Hervey (food)
*John & Melissa Delk (food)
*Just Love and Kindness: turkeys, hams, socks
*Kayderice Joiner (clothing)
*Pleasant Grove Student Council (food)
*Reliance Mechanical Contractors (food warmer)
*RRCU (food & drinks)
*Silver Star Smokehouse (utensils)
*St. Edward's Catholic Church (blankets)
*Tough Kookie Foundation (food & clothes)
*Randy Sams Kitchen manager, Lori Petit, for spending hours preparing food