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Volunteers plate up food in the kitchen of St. Mary’s Dining Room for the nonprofit’s annual free Thanksgiving Day meal for the needy in downtown Stockton on Nov. 28 2024. About 100 volunteers cooked served and cleaned up after more than 1,000 expected diners.
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Volunteers Layla Smothers, 14, left, and Karrvae Jackson, 12, carry trays of food to awaiting diners during St. Mary’s Dining Room for the nonprofit’s annual free Thanksgiving Day meal for the needy in downtown Stockton on Nov. 28 2024. About 100 volunteers cooked served and cleaned up after more than 1,000 expected diners.
Volunteer Antoniao Escobar serves a tray of food during St. Mary’s Dining Room for the nonprofit’s annual free Thanksgiving Day meal for the needy in downtown Stockton on Nov. 28 2024. About 100 volunteers cooked served and cleaned up after more than 1,000 expected diners.
Volunteers serve pie at the St. Mary’s Dining Room for the nonprofit’s annual free Thanksgiving Day meal for the needy in downtown Stockton on Nov. 28 2024. About 100 volunteers cooked served and cleaned up after more than 1,000 expected diners.
Theresa Chabarria eats at the St. Mary’s Dining Room for the nonprofit’s annual free Thanksgiving Day meal for the needy in downtown Stockton on Nov. 28 2024. About 100 volunteers cooked served and cleaned up after more than 1,000 expected diners.
Epifanio Calihua and his 5-year-old daughter Lovely Ortiz eat at the St. Mary’s Dining Room for the nonprofit’s annual free Thanksgiving Day meal for the needy in downtown Stockton on Nov. 28 2024. About 100 volunteers cooked served and cleaned up after more than 1,000 expected diners.
More than 1,000 diners were served at the St. Mary’s Dining Room for the nonprofit’s annual free Thanksgiving Day meal for the needy in downtown Stockton on Nov. 28 2024. About 100 volunteers cooked, served and cleaned up.
Christine Greanery eats at the St. Mary’s Dining Room for the nonprofit’s annual free Thanksgiving Day meal for the needy in downtown Stockton on Nov. 28 2024. About 100 volunteers cooked served and cleaned up after more than 1,000 expected diners.
A plate of thanksgiving food waits to be served at the St. Mary’s Dining Room for the nonprofit’s annual free Thanksgiving Day meal for the needy in downtown Stockton on Nov. 28 2024. About 100 volunteers cooked served and cleaned up after more than 1,000 expected diners.
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