Volunteers make sure families facing serious illness have a happy Thanksgiving

Hundreds of volunteers make sure families facing serious illness have a happy Thanksgiving

Hundreds of volunteers with a Northeast D.C.-based nonprofit woke up early Thursday morning to make sure folks living with serious illnesses, such as cancer and AIDS, have a happy Thanksgiving with their families.

Food and Friends Executive chef Rasheed Abdurrahman and his staff and volunteers have cooked up a whopping 9,000 pounds of Turkey for around 850 families.

“There’s mashed potatoes, there’s gravy, there’s buttered corn, there’s stuffing, there’s two pies, collard greens, cut green beans. It’s a full Thanksgiving meal,” he told WTOP.

Volunteers made an assembly line packing up the different fixings for a delicious feast.

“I’ve been volunteering with them for 20 years now, and Thanksgivin