No mean feast: Leaders join to feed community for Thanksgiving
Volunteers fill boxes with goods to hand out to the community during Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church’s fifth Annual MemFeast. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The smell of smoked meat filled the Midtown air as white clouds from charcoal wafted from a barbecue trailer through the parking lot of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, nearly drifting to North Bellevue Boulevard.
Brian Harris, the city's director of youth services, prepares turkey, which will be the main dish in Thanksgiving meals handed out to Memphians on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. The ten participating locations include Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, Dave Wells Community Center, Greenlaw Community Center and Memphis Office of Youth Services. (Julia Baker/The Daily Memphian)
Brian Harris, the city’s director of youth services, used tongs Monday afternoon, Nov. 25, to pull turkey out of the smoker and place the meat in a large tub for distribution to needy families two days later. The meat will be the main dish in Thanksgiving meals distributed at 10 locations throughout the city on Wednesday, Nov. 27.
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Those locations include Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, Dave Wells Community Center, Greenlaw Community Center and Memphis Office of Youth Services.
The hot meals will culminate the three-day MemFeast food distribution event where volunteers will deliver food boxes to 300 families across Memphis.
“This is not just about the church,” said Harris, also a member at Mississippi Boulevard. “This is about the community.”
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Julia Baker
A lifelong Memphian, Julia Baker graduated from the University of Memphis in 2021. Other publications and organizations she has written for include Chalkbeat, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent magazine and Memphis magazine.
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