Care Community Center serves hundreds with free Thanksgiving meal [Video]

SO MANY BEAUTIFUL FLOATS OUT THERE. >> THAT’S RIGHT. AND A LOT OF FAMILIES SPENT SOME TIME AT HOME TODAY. MAYBE THEY WERE AT A PARADE AND MANY PEOPLE GATHERED AT SOUTHSIDE CHURCH IN ROGERS FOR A FREE THANKSGIVING MEAL. >> 40/29’S ABNER SOSA WAS THERE, AND HE JOINS US LIVE WITH HOW IT IMPACTED SO MANY PEOPLE. ALLISON. >> KYRA. EACH YEAR, CARE COMMUNITY CENTER FEEDS BETWEEN 600 TO 1000 PEOPLE WITH A FREE THANKSGIVING MEAL. OFFICIALS SAY IT TAKES UP TO 100 VOLUNTEERS TO MAKE IT ALL POSSIBLE. >> THE TRADITION STARTED BY THE PHOENIX ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO. THEY CAME FROM NEW JERSEY AND THEY MISSED FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SO THEY OPENED THEIR HOUSE TO DINNER AND STARTED INVITING THE COMMUNITY AND CARE JOINED THEM SOON AFTER THAT.- >> ON THURSDAY, VOLUNTEERS PREPARED A TRADITIONAL THANKSGIVING MEAL COMPLETELY FREE TO THE PUBLIC, AND WE THANK SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY …