Crossroads Mission’s Three Days of Thanksgiving underway
Abraham Retana
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) – Tuesday, November 25 is the first day of Crossroads Mission’s annual Three Days of Thanksgiving.
Crossroads Mission hosted the first of three-day Thanksgiving.
Crossroads Mission CEO Mayra Garlit said they expected to serve 700 meals and deliver another 700 plates.
“We couldn’t do it without the Yuma community helping us and some people say, ‘well that’s not all the homeless’ but we open this up to the Yuma community,” said Myra Garlit, Crossroads Mission CEO.Some locals we spoke to said they’re thankful for having a place to celebrate thanksgiving.
“This is amazing, that’s when the community comes together. They don’t see race, creed or color we are all one under god,” said Bill Gonzalez, a Yuma local.
“I feel blessed from the creator and all the people who are working on his behalf and I’m glad I came,” said Thaddeus Garrett, another local.
The meals served were made possible thanks to the Yuma community and local businesses like Karnas Law that were part of the event.
“It feels really good giving back to the community putting our part on that I know a lot of people don’t have families don’t have funds or for whatever reason can’t have thanksgiving we are happy to part of making that happen,” said Carolina Barrios, Karnas Law marketing manager.
The thanksgiving celebration continues on Wednesday with roast beef on the menu and Thursday with the traditional Thanksgiving dinner including turkey.
The meals are served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.