Nineteen tears ago the Cava family in Castroville, CA offered free Thanksgiving dinner to some of their neighbors on their patio. This tradition grew for 18 years. They moved from their patio to the Castroville recreation center and ultimately fed more than 1000 people at one sitting.
Last year they announced that they would no longer be able to provide their traditional Thanksgiving dinner for the community. Much to my surprise one of my daughters stepped up and volunteered to continue the tradition. Why was I so astonished? She works full time. She is working on her Masters degree in grad school, had no experience doing something like this... and had only two weeks to organize the whole affair.
She solicited donations, organized more than 150 volunteers and ultimately provided Thanksgiving dinner for 1500 people and passed out 800 bags of groceries for families to take home. And she is doing it again this year. Wow! God bless the Cava family for starting the tradition and Jamieko and her sister, Beth, and all those who are contributing time and money to keep it going.
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