Spencer Cox holds plates as volunteers put food on them during a Thanksgiving dinner at the Rescue Mission of Salt Lake in Salt Lake City on Monday. ![]() "We are completely dependent upon the local community saying that they believe in the model of the Rescue Mission and they financially sponsor our banquets and they financially sponsor men and women on our recovery program and seeking shelter." "It is absolutely incredible how the greater Salt Lake area has stepped up to volunteer - although we have a very good relationship with the state and the city and the county, we don't receive any of those funds," Croswhite said. Croswhite said that the mission normally has six to 20 volunteers a day, with that number growing to around 100 on the day of the banquet. "We're really hoping that today we'll have 600 to 800 people come through the door."īoth Croswhite and Cox spoke to the importance of volunteers and community support in helping to put on and sponsor the banquet. The mission prepared 1,200 meals to be served over a four-hour time span, including the meals delivered by shuttle across the city, he said. "When we are hosting a banquet for them, they can feel a sense of personhood - that they're not forgotten." "Our homeless community, especially during the holidays, they feel that society just drives by and they feel at times that they're nobody," Croswhite said. ![]() Volunteers also delivered meals to other resource centers and homeless camps on Monday.Ĭhris Croswhite, executive director of the Rescue Mission, said the mission has hosted the same Thanksgiving banquet for at least 20 years. Monday's Thanksgiving banquet included a sit-down meal at the mission, where many of Salt Lake City's homeless gathered to enjoy the typical spread, but were also given access to footwear and clothing as outdoor temperatures have plummeted, as well as the influenza and COVID-19 vaccines. Deidre Henderson serve a Thanksgiving dinner at the Rescue Mission of Salt Lake in Salt Lake City on Monday.
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