November 24, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
A large group of caring people from the community gave up part of their Thanksgiving Day to see that hundreds of their needy friends and neighbors had a hot delicious meal on this special holiday.
In what has become an annual tradition on Thanksgiving, the DeKalb Emergency Services Association (DESA) and volunteers gathered together early Thursday morning at the kitchen of the county complex to do some cooking for others in the community who might not otherwise have had a hot delicious meal for Thanksgiving.
This year’s meal consisted of turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, roll, and a homemade dessert.
According to DESA spokesperson Blake Cantrell, more than 750 meals were served Thursday morning at stops throughout DeKalb County.
“This is definitely the biggest Thanksgiving meal delivery effort we have ever done,” said Cantrell. “We have been overwhelmed with everyone’s generosity and support. In addition to the volunteers who helped cook, prepare the food trays, and make deliveries we had many people who made donations including lots of homemade dressings and desserts. We had extra food that we were able to distribute this year. Some boxed unperishables. Liberty Star Arms was especially helpful. They did a raffle and donated all the proceeds from that to this meal,” said Cantrell.
DESA will be conducting another meal delivery on Saturday, December 23 in time for Christmas and all those who received meals on Thanksgiving will be on the list for that event”.
To get your name on the delivery list for December 23 call 615-390-0297 or 615-712-4286 or visit www.dekalbesa.com/meal.