CVRM provides Thanksgiving meals for those in need
Daniella Lake
INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – The Coachella Valley Rescue Mission is hosting its annual thanksgiving meal service today and Thanksgiving day from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Organizers say they expect to serve up to 5,000 meals each day.
Chef Erin Lombardo has been serving up meals at the mission for over a decade.
“I wouldn’t be anywhere else because people are lonely. People need love and this is how they all come together,” she says.
Now, her grandson, CJ, is helping out in the kitchen.
“Knowing that they’re fed and that I’m helping them being fed means a lot to me,” he says.
CJ has been volunteering since he was just nine years old. CJ, along with staff at the mission, say they hope their thanksgiving meals can bring a smile to people’s faces.
“We really want to give them that family feeling, that warmth and that comfort that they would have if they were with their family,” says cssistant chef Andrew Newton.
The rescue mission is located at 47470 Van Buren St, Indio, CA 92201.