ST. LANDRY PARISH — The Thanksgiving Committee is celebrating a decade of serving the St. Landry Parish community, marking 10 years of providing hot holiday meals to anyone in need. Organizers say this year’s focus was simple: making sure no one spent Thanksgiving Day feeling alone or without a meal.

Jimmy Babineaux was one of the many people who came out for a plate — and he says he had more to be grateful for than ever before. After suffering a severe back and neck injury at work, followed by a car crash, Babineaux spent nearly eight years in a wheelchair. This holiday season, he’s walking again.

“At the top of my list, I’m thankful this is the first time I got out of the car and walked like this in about eight years,” Babineaux said. “Today is off the charts.”But he wasn’t just thankf

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