Thanksgiving Thank Yous

If you are anything like me you like for things to feel complete. Certain foods require a side of coffee, birthdays should include time spent with parents and close friends, questions need to be answered, and results of big events need to be shared. Right? :-) We recently posted an article about our upcoming Thanksgiving Meal Kit give away where we planned to provide a turkey and all the for a tradition thanksgiving meal to 100 Kittrell families. This is the follow-up story. 

The Tuesday night before Thanksgiving we had 93 families scheduled to pick up a food box at Harvest View Church. More than 70 families were in attendance! As they sat in the HVC sanctuary listening to Christmas music while waiting for their names to be called, a church member sat and talked with them. Some shared their troubles. Some shared their joy of just getting hired for a seasonal job. All were covered in prayer. In a 2 hour time frame, during the crazy busy week of Thanksgiving, on a Tuesday night right before everyone leaves town to visit family, more that 70 families in our community were given bread for their bellies and their souls. That's kind of a big deal! 

So, to all those who volunteered in any way and to those who made donations, the "thank you" messages we received are for you.


"Thank you all for your generosity. :) Hope you all have a blessed Thanksgiving! :) "

"Thanks.. Love you guys and if you're not helping nobody else.. You are definitely helping me... "

"Happy Thanksgiving " And thanks for everything 🎉"

Thank you, again, for the food. It was a true Godsend. I just moved to Murfreesboro and it's taken everything to move and set things up. I'm still trying to get set up, like getting the heat/air working. Thank you all so very much....it meant a lot to me. :)"


"Hi Jessica. First of all, thank ya'll so much for the Thanksgiving box. I was able to fix Thanksgiving dinner, even though it took me two days, cause I have to take frequent breaks between activities. Anyway, i was able to take dinner to my 85 year old father's house in Nashville, with both my sons and their children, so my Dad got to see his daughter, his only two grandsons and his only two great grandchildren. It was a good day."

"thank all of you for the food for thanksgiving it turned out so well , it was tbe first time in a long time i had all four of my kids an their families an a few friends that had no family to share our blessings with. It did my heart good to see them enjoy it so much . But now it all gone an nothing was wasted it was either eaten or taken home so i thank all of you from all of us for a wonderful thanksgiving .from the holder family an friends to all of you with helping hands."