Westy’s feeds Thanksgiving dinner to 1,450 Memphians in need
Volunteers help prepare Thanksgiving plates for Memphians in need outside of Westy's Downtown. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
“This time of the year, I feel so good inside knowing I’ll get some clothes and something to eat, and I’ll leave full.”
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Westy's Lindenwood Christian Church homelessness Thanksgiving DinnerAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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