Food giveaways fuel Thanksgiving for many this year

People wait in line at the East End Cooperative Ministry for a pantry distribution on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, in East Liberty. The Ministry was also distributing gift cards for Thanksgiving. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Food available at the East End Cooperative Ministry during a pantry distribution on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, in East Liberty. The Ministry was also distributing gift cards for Thanksgiving. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Kim Adams from Homewood, a nineteen-year veteran in Pittsburgh Public Schools food services, gets boxes of holiday meals to load into a car during a holiday meal distribution at Pittsburgh Faison K-5 School Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Homewood. The distribution, sponsored by United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania and other partners, provided 4,500 holiday meals to be distributed by Pittsburgh Public Schools. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)
Terry Stenhouse, left, bags up turkeys with help from Laneer Fisher, pastor of Greater Miracle Ministries, and Thea Harrison, Mr. Stenhouse’s wife, at Annie Lee’s Southern Kitchen in Ambridge on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. In two hours, Mr. Stenhouse gave away nearly 50 turkeys at his restaurant. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)
Lyssa Allison of Mt. Lebanon, an employee of Chaffin Luhana, unloaded turkey’s during a turkey giveaway Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, in the parking lot at the Double Tree Hotel in Green Tree. The Chaffin Luhana Foundation is providing more than 800 families in the Pittsburgh area and West Virginia with a turkey for Thanksgiving. (Post-Gazette)
From left, Pirates president Travis Williams and bench coach Don Kelly help out at a Pittsburgh Pirates hosted Thanksgiving meal distribution event with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank at PNC Park on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
The Pirate Parrot waves to a girl during a Thanksgiving meal distribution event hosted by the Pirates with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank at PNC Park on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Tracy Williams of Erie, Pa., and her granddaughter K.K. Wayne, 2, leave the Erie City Mission on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, after picking up a Thanksgiving food bag during the mission’s annual food giveaway. 1,200 Thanksgiving meals were handed out during the event. (Jack Hanrahan/Erie Times-News via AP)
Members of the NYPD Community Affairs Bureau help with food distribution during a Thanksgiving turkey giveaway at the Central Family Life Center, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, in the Stapleton neighborhood of the Staten Island borough of New York. The center gave away over 200 turkeys, the trimmings for a Thanksgiving meal and as well as PPE to protect against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Volunteers help Bresee youth center volunteer, Luis Alarcon, far left, load his foundation’s van with Thanksgiving supplies at a food drive-thru for not-for-profit community organizations at Dodger Stadium parking lot in Los Angeles Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. Los Angeles Dodgers, the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF), and team partner Smart & Final host the 16th annual Community Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
People line up in their cars to receive Thanksgiving meal boxes that include turkey and pantry items from the Tarrant Area Food Bank Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, at AT&T Stadium parking lot in Arlington, Texas. The food giveaway is the largest in the organization’s history to help people during the COVID pandemic and holidays. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP)