The Immaculate Conception Catholic Church hosted the 13th annual Thanksgiving in the Barrio on the West Side. The event provided groceries for a Thanksgiving meal, complete with all the trimmings, to 400 families.
The Immaculate Conception Catholic Church hosted the 13th annual Thanksgiving in the Barrio on Monday. The West Side tradition is rooted in the area with one of the highest poverty levels in the city. The event provided groceries for a Thanksgiving meal, complete with all the trimmings, to 400 families.– Inflation dealt a double whammy to Thanksgiving in the Barrio, hitting its donors and the families it serves.
Thankfully, he said, others came through at the eleventh hour for the sake of those like Marisol Guardiola.After her husband fell ill and was hospitalized at the beginning of the year, Guardiola said neither of them has been able to find work. Married for 44 years, Alfredo and Margarita Leija were also in line to receive a bag filled with all the fixings to prepare their Thanksgiving meal and an H-E-B voucher to buy a turkey.“God bless them for what they’re doing,” said Margarita Leija.
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