"Oh man, it was rough," said Didi Gray, pastor of Redemption Church.

Gray runs the Engage Food Pantry, which lost $10,000 when someone stole and cashed a check in October. The money was meant to buy 100 turkeys, 100 hams and all the fixings for Thanksgiving and Christmas meals. The pantry serves about 200 people weekly.

After CBS 6 aired a story about the theft on Friday, community members began offering help.

"People have called us saying they're going to buy turkeys, people have called us saying they're going to pledge donations," Gray said. "So I am excited. I'm believing that we are going to recoup what we lost."

But the biggest surprise came on Sunday when Pastor AJ Johnson of Kingdom Life Church in Chesterfield presented Gray with a replacement check for $10,000.

"After we saw t

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