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Volunteers In Arlington Deliver Thanksgiving Meals To Families In Need

Cars lined up for hours around Mission Arlington, packing dozens of prepared meals for delivery to hotels, apartments and houses.

(CBS News)

By Jason Allen

November 26, 2020

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ARLINGTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – With travel plans canceled and no family on their way over, new volunteers found themselves with time Thursday morning to help distribute holiday meals, knowing there would also be new recipients in need.

Cars lined up for hours around Mission Arlington, packing dozens of prepared meals for delivery to hotels, apartments and houses.

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The Mission provided meals for more than 6,000 families last year. New volunteers like Traci Randermann said she knew there would be more people by themselves this year, for the same reasons that allowed her to have time to during the morning.

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