Posted: 11/30/07
| Approximately 560 members of the Brownwood community enjoyed the 24th annual Community Thanksgiving Feast held at HPU. Additionally, 1,305 individuals had the meal delivered to their home that day. |
Thanksgiving feast serves nearly 2,000
BROWNWOOD—More than 130 volunteers served 1,976 meals to friends and family in Brownwood area at the 24th annual Community Thanksgiving Feast on Thanksgiving Day at the Howard Payne University Mabee Center.
“Howard Payne University’s Mabee Center was filled, as 560 guests enjoyed the traditional Thanksgiving meal prepared by the university’s Sodexho Food Service,” said Bill Fishback, coordinator of the event for the past 15 years and assistant vice president for business and human resources at HPU. Last year, 620 people were served at the Mabee Center and 1,305 meals were delivered to families in the community.
The staff of HPU’s Sodexho Food Service donated their time preparing the food so others can enjoy the Thanksgiving meal.
“We have the best university food service anywhere,” said Fishback. “Don Green and his staff did another outstanding job preparing the food for our friends and neighbors. And then, many of them go home and do the same thing for their own families.”
“It’s great fun to see so many people visiting, hugging and laughing, whether they were standing in line with their family to get meals to deliver or gathered at a table enjoying being together for Thanksgiving.”
Meanwhile, 1,416 meals were delivered by volunteers or taken by friends to homes in the area, Fishback said.
The annual tradition has been supported throughout the years by numerous individuals and organizations.
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