Oakboro volunteers, police department serve 325 Thanksgiving meals
Published 11:09 am Friday, November 26, 2021
- From left, Tatum Albano, Kaitlyn Wallace and Kayliann Perkins put together holiday meals at this week's Oakboro public event. (Photo by Charles Curcio/staff)
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An Oakboro tradition continued this week when the town’s police department got together with volunteers to feed members of the community.
For the fifth straight year, Police Chief T.J. Smith and volunteers got together Wednesday to prepare traditional Thanksgiving dinners for community members. Kat Messenger of Carolina Dealer Training and other sponsors worked with the department by donating items as well as assembling meals at Oakboro District Park.
The staff prepared 25 turkeys and countless sweet potatoes to go along with stuffing and green beans.
“Our community is very giving,” Smith said. “They love to see other people as happy as they are. We like to be able to have that platform to help, making sure everyone is experiencing the same love with a Thanksgiving meal.”
Anyone who wanted a meal would get one.
“It’s just people helping people,” Smith said.
According to Smith, the volunteers also have plans for a Christmas meal, possibly on Dec. 22.
About Charles Curcio
Charles Curcio has served as the sports editor of the Stanly News & Press for more than 16 years and has written numerous news and feature storeis as well. He was awarded the NCHSAA Tim Stevens Media Representative of the Year and named CNHI Sports Editor of the Year in 2014. He has also won an award from Boone Newspapers, and has won four North Carolina Press Association awards.
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