The Salt Lake Mission is combating food insecurity this holiday season by hosting its annual 'Greatest Christmas Ever Holiday Meal'. Volunteers served over 1000 meals to individuals and families in need.
The Salt Lake Mission is ensuring people in need have food to eat this holiday season. As food insecurity grows, the Utah Food Bank reports more than 12% of Utahns don't know where their next meal is coming from. The Mission is working to close that gap. On Wednesday, the Mission held its annual 'Greatest Christmas Ever Holiday Meal' at VIVA Church. Volunteer s served 300 meals to those who attended and 700 more to those who could not make it in person.
Christmas in Utah: A look at Murray Baptist Church, Cathedral of the Madeleine services Pastor Shawn Clay said the banquet tradition started about 30 years ago. Back then, volunteers would hand out bagged lunches. Now, the event is much bigger. 'Before we would see a lot of single men or single women coming to our offices for services, but in the last couple of years, it's growing so much that we're saying families come through,' Clay said. Rocky Thomas walked into the banquet a few years ago looking for a meal and said the warm hospitality and support she received from the team changed her life. 'I'm really grateful for this place that did so much for me and there's still so much for everybody else,' Thomas, who is now a volunteer, said. 'Some people don't have a place to go on Christmas and this is the place they come to every year.'If you would like to donate or volunteer
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