The 46th annual Raul Jimenez Thanksgiving Dinner is expected to serve more people than ever this year as organizers prepare for an increased demand both at the Henry B. González Convention Center and through home-delivered meals.

“With the way things are now — loss of wages, increase in food costs — I think it has come time for us to expect more folks,” said Patricia Jimenez, CEO and president of the organization behind the decades-old tradition.

Each year, the dinner provides a hot holiday meal to more than 25,000 people in need. But this Thanksgiving, Jimenez said organizers are planning to feed approximately 4,000 additional guests.

“We are getting ready to buy 100 more turkeys and prepare to feed close to 4,000 more,” she said.

The anticipated increase comes as families continue to

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