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Amid COVID-19 Surge, Salvation Army Offers Thanksgiving Meals To Go For Those In Need

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Organizations like the Salvation Army were forced to rethink their plans for Thanksgiving amid this COVID-19 surge.
CHICAGO (CBS) — Organizations like the Salvation Army were forced to rethink their plans for Thanksgiving amid this COVID-19 surge. As CBS 2’s Meredith Barack reported, the organization still served up turkey Thursday – just differently this year. The Salvation Army has been holding a Thanksgiving dinner in Chicago for 70 years, and they weren’t about to let the pandemic change their plans. Things may have looked a bit different at the event at the Salvation Army Freedom Center Humboldt Park, but the act of giving remained the same. “Thanksgiving is a time when if you have nothing, it can be very depressing and really a hard holiday. So we wanted folks to know they were still loved and cared about,” said Major Nancy Powers of the Salvation Army, “and to have a to-go pick up meal was as close as we could come.” Dozens showed up at the Salvation Army Freedom Center,825 N. Christiana Ave., for their Thanksgiving feast. “So you’re still getting all the trimmings, everything that you traditionally would have with the Thanksgiving meal,” Powers said.

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