The 2021 Thanksgiving Meal Kit Drive

The 2021 Thanksgiving Meal Kit Drive 400 meals for families in need

On November 23, 2021, the annual Thanksgiving food drive was underway. Delaware City Schools, DACC and the Delaware County Juvenile Court all came together to collect food for the occasion. Some people from the community also donated money for turkeys. The goal for this year was to have 400 meals ready to be handed out to anyone who might need one. With the combined effort of the community, schools, and the juvenile court they easily met and even exceeded this goal in some areas.

Karen Watkins, the main organizer of the food drive this year, oversees and helps to load cars with their meals.

(Top) Volunteers wait at station two for the next car to pull up. (Bottom left) Volunteer hands the food from the last station through the window to the recipient. (Bottom right) Volunteers wait at the final stop to load cars before they pull away.

Volunteers begin to move bags closer to the sidewalk to make it easier for the others to pick them up and load cars.

Volunteer opens the trunk of the car to load it with the bag of food.

The volunteer from station one carries three turkeys to the back of the car.

Watkins waves on the next car to pull up to station two.

(Top) Volunteers load one of the final cars before they go on to the last station. (Bottom left) One of the final cars pulls up to the last station to get their final tray of food before leaving. (Bottom right) Volunteer directs people out of the line and takes the order ticket off their windshield as they leave.

Cars line the entire DACC north parking lot to get their meals.

Principal Ric Stranges directs traffic and raises spirits as people come through the line.

The car pulls up to the next station with a trunk full of food.

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