Volunteers at the Sequim Food Bank were planning a last-minute Thanksgiving delivery on Tuesday to make sure a family living in a tent in the foothills has a dinner with all the trimmings on the holiday.
Though the food bank delivered most of its Thanksgiving meals last week, it keeps more food available for needy people who are without a turkey dinner a day or two beforehand, the food bank’s executive director, Nina Fatherson, said.
One year ,that person was a man living under a bridge, she said. Another year it was a young man living in the hills who could only get to Sequim when he hitch-hiked rides.
“You just never know,” Fatherson said. “But thank gosh that we’re here, and the community supports us.”
Around the North Olympic Peninsula and nationwide this Thanksgiving, more families are in need of assistance, and food banks are feeling the pull.
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The rest of the story appears in the Wednesday Peninsula Daily News.
