BALTIMORE — Monday will mark 16 years that the 53 Families Foundation has been feeding people Thanksgiving dinner, and the founders say this one will be the biggest yet.

The Baltimore Convention Center will be filled with thousands of families sitting down for Thanksgiving dinner Monday. The foundation is expecting to serve 7,000 people and hopes to reach 10,000 to 12,000.

Baltimore foundation expects record Thanksgiving dinner turnout

"We're at 7,000 now and our goal is to get to 10,000, 12,000, whatever it is that we can do, we are turning nobody away. So like my wife said, like Keisha said this is a labor of love and it's the love for the community," said Jameel McClain.

The event offers more than just dinner. Families will get a chance to meet Ravens players, watch a free comedy

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