Organization distributes Thanksgiving baskets
CHAMPAIGN – The turkeys were plump, the mood jolly and the food plentiful – at least at the start.
So was the line of people waiting to be fed.
Restoration Urban Ministries handed out its annual Thanksgiving baskets Tuesday, and by the time the pantry opened at 10 a.m., a line of 60 people snaked around the building on Parkland Court and the parking lot was full.
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