{"id":10641,"date":"2022-11-15T10:33:49","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T16:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waxahachie360.com\/waxahachie-news\/?p=10641"},"modified":"2022-11-15T11:13:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T17:13:59","slug":"free-thanksgiving-meal-for-those-whod-otherwise-go-without","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waxahachie360.com\/waxahachie-news\/2022\/11\/15\/free-thanksgiving-meal-for-those-whod-otherwise-go-without\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Thanksgiving meal for those who&#8217;d otherwise go without"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>A free Thanksgiving meal may await you this holiday season.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">If you are lonely, having trouble providing for your family or would otherwise go without a Thanksgiving meal this year, there may be a seat at a free, community meal left for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Set for November 24, 2022 at Tacos4Life located at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/dg2Hi1o2AnZ24cHy9\" target=\"_blank\">1760 North Highway 77 in Waxahachie, Texas 75165<\/a>, two community Thanksgiving meals will treat 100 guests each to a free dinner. The first meal will be served at 5:30 p.m. with a second meal beginning at 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/waxahachie360.com\/waxahachie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/pumpkin-pie-sliced-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"pumpkin pie\" class=\"wp-image-10640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waxahachie360.com\/waxahachie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/pumpkin-pie-sliced-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waxahachie360.com\/waxahachie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/pumpkin-pie-sliced-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waxahachie360.com\/waxahachie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/pumpkin-pie-sliced-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waxahachie360.com\/waxahachie-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/pumpkin-pie-sliced.jpg 1200w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings will be held for those in need on November 24, 2022. <em>Photo by Element5 Digital:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/person-slicing-pumpkin-pie-669734\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/person-slicing-pumpkin-pie-669734\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seating is limited, and the meal is intended for &#8220;those who don&#8217;t have family close enough to celebrate with or for those who otherwise might not be able to celebrate Thanksgiving&#8221; according to the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.signupgenius.com\/go\/10c094fafa82ca5f8cf8-free\" target=\"_blank\">online dinner invitation<\/a> where guests may sign up to attend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alternatively, guests may register for the meal by texting their name and number of attendees to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"tel:972-342-9873\" target=\"_blank\">972-342-9873<\/a>. Sign-ups will fill up open seats at the first meal, and once it&#8217;s full, seating at the second meal will be made available for registration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8506018600647638\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8506018600647638\" data-ad-slot=\"7257890953\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We have partnered with Tacos4Life and First Baptist of Red Oak to offer a free traditional Thanksgiving meal to anyone who doesn&#8217;t have someone close to enjoy it with, to anyone who otherwise may not be able to have a Thanksgiving meal for whatever reason, or even for someone who just wants to enjoy some time with others to celebrate Thanksgiving,&#8221; says Jim Stanford, a Red Oak resident and founder of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/su4christ.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stand United 4 Christ<\/a>, a non-profit organization also sponsoring the dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The idea stemmed from our appreciation of what God has provided and we wanted to offer everyone a chance to enjoy the day of Thanksgiving,&#8221; Jim adds. &#8220;We wanted to make Thanksgiving day special for everyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jim, who&#8217;s also the franchisee of the Waxahachie location of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tacos4life.com\/locations\/waxahachie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tacos4Life<\/a>, says the idea for the dinner was born out of discussions he had with friends at First Baptist Church of Red Oak. &#8220;I&#8217;m highly involved with all three [organizations] and I&#8217;ve got some friends that are as well. And we just kind of came together with a heart for our community.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We are blessed with so much and get to enjoy Thanksgiving with our families. And we were just thinking there&#8217;s so many people that that don&#8217;t have that, or they don&#8217;t have that opportunity, or their family&#8217;s not close, and so we just kind of decided that we&#8217;d like to do something about it,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meals will be prepared and served to guests by volunteers. Tacos4Life will offer its famous Mexican creamed corn and open up its beverage section, too. Forgoing a buffet style, Jim says guests will be served at their table and treated to an evening of food and fellowship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event is in keeping also with one of the missions of Tacos4Life, which as a company donates one meal for hungry children for every meal purchased. To date, the Waxahachie location has raised funds for more than 1,100,000 donated meals &#8212; that&#8217;s over one million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the first year that Jim and company have organized a free, Thanksgiving meal, and already, those who&#8217;ve signed up for the meal and have left messages on the registration web page have expressed their gratitude and reasons for which they would like to join in the celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Widower,&#8221; reads one message. &#8220;Both my parents passed and family don&#8217;t get along,&#8221; expresses another. &#8220;We are R.V. volunteers who are presently volunteering in Waxahachie and have no family nearby,&#8221; reads yet another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jim says the mission of Stand United 4 Christ is to tend to those whom Jesus refers to as &#8220;the least of these, my brothers.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is really just an opportunity to take care of those that are maybe in that situation,&#8221; he says. &#8220;I know some people either just don&#8217;t have the means or &#8230; they don&#8217;t have family close; or, they just would like to spend Thanksgiving with somebody, and so that&#8217;s an opportunity that we want to afford so that everybody can have an amazing Thanksgiving.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To register, visit the online <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.signupgenius.com\/go\/10c094fafa82ca5f8cf8-free\" target=\"_blank\">sign-up page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8506018600647638\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8506018600647638\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4017516887\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A free Thanksgiving meal this holiday season awaits anyone in need or who has no one to celebrate with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"Free Thanksgiving meal for those in need | Waxahachie 360","_seopress_titles_desc":"This free, Thanksgiving meal is offered to those in need or anyone who&#039;s lonely or just wants to celebrate with the community.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"Free Thanksgiving meal for those in need | Waxahachie 360","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"Seating is limited for this free, Thanksgiving meal, so sign up now.","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"Free Thanksgiving meal for those in need | Waxahachie 360","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"Seating is limited for this free, Thanksgiving meal, so sign up now.","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"both","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-and-dining","category-things-to-do","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waxahachie360.com\/waxahachie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waxahachie360.com\/waxahachie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waxahachie360.com\/waxahachie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waxahachie360.com\/waxahachie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waxahachie360.com\/waxahachie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/waxahachie360.com\/waxahachie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waxahachie360.com\/waxahachie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waxahachie360.com\/waxahachie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waxahachie360.com\/waxahachie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waxahachie360.com\/waxahachie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}