Organization distributes Thanksgiving baskets
By Julie Wurth
Wednesday November 26, 2008
Robin Scholz
Volunteer Jermaine Nash carries out a box of food for an older person Tuesday at Restoration Urban Ministries' annual Thanksgiving food giveaway. His mother, Arneice Nash, left, works in the distribution department.
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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