Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and a local food program gave thousands of Thanksgiving meals to families in need.

An estimated 7,000 Thanksgiving meals were given to families as part of Casa de Peregrino's Hope for the Holidays campaign. The campaign is put on in collaboration with Casa De Peregrinos and Nusenda Credit Union. Lorenzo Alba Jr. Is the executive director at Casa De Peregrinos.

“We’ve been doing this for 20 years and it is our way of giving back to the community during the holidays, especially cause it’s so difficult for so many families that are going through food insecurity in Las Cruces and Doña Ana County,” Alba said.

Stephanie Wagner was there for Nusenda and she mentioned that this collaboration shows the power of giving back.

“So, you’ll see a bunch of our

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