Tag: thanksgiving

Community

Fall Feast in a giving community

Jonathan Garcia

Jonathan Garcia jgarcia@foghornnews.com Attending the fourth annual Fall Feast at the Aransas Pass Civic Center meant more to resident Lucy Mendez than it did in previous years. “We lost our house and have to rebuild, so we’re staying at my mother-in-law’s house,” Mendez said of life since Hurricane Harvey came ashore near the coastal town in late August. The event brought together many residents of Aransas Pass to enjoy an early Thanksgiving feast for the community, which brought joy to Mendez and her family. “Everybody has been really friendly and all our family can come out and eat together here,”…

Spanish

Tiempo para agradecer y compartir con todos

Josselyn Obregon

jobregon@foghornnews.com ROCKPORT ­— A casi tres meses de uno de los desastres naturales que más a afectado la costa de Texas, sus residentes y las comunidades que le rodean están consientes que hay mucho trabajo por hacer. Harvey marco la vida de todos y para mucho los efectos serán a largo plazo. El desastre no les permitirá a mucho tener una Cena de Acción de Gracias tradicional, por diferentes razones: algunos se quedaron sin hogar, otros en el esfuerzo de restaurar sus propiedades no pueden pensar en hacer un gasto extra y muchos otros tuvieron que alejarse de sus familias.…

Community

The long road to Thanksgiving

Omar Mickelson

Omar Mickelson omarsmickelson1999@gmail.com ROCKPORT — The road to recovery has been a long one during the months following Hurricane Harvey. On Nov. 11, however, it stretched all the way from San Antonio to Rockport, as volunteers from Highland Park Community Bible Church donned orange T-shirts and carpooled to the Church Unlimited campus, where they provided 5,000 Thanksgiving dinners for residents in the area who needed them. Along with Highland Park Community Bible Church and Church Unlimited, the event was also done in partnership with the relief organization, Somebody Cares. Mark Roye is a field operations manager for Somebody Cares. He…

Editorial

Thanks for not giving us more time off

Webmaster

Time and planning are key when getting ready for the holidays. That also means added pressure for college students. Thanksgiving is a time to be with family around delicious food and drinks, sharing stories and memories with one another and hoping the night does not end with a fight. Del Mar College is a nontraditional college, full of students who may not have gone straight into college after they graduated high school. Many students are either raising a child by themselves or have already started a family, so students are trying to balance their own schedule along with their child’s…

Community

Thanksgiving coming early in Rockport

Omar Mickelson

San Antonio church to serve 5,000 meals to residents Rockport residents still recovering from Hurricane Harvey will have one more reason to give thanks this holiday season. The Highland Park Community Bible Church in San Antonio, in partnership with the Somebody Cares Foundation, is set to prepare and serve 5,000 Thanksgiving meals to residents of the coastal town, many of whom may not be able to provide for themselves at the holidays as the community continues cleanup efforts. Volunteers from the church will travel to the Church Unlimited campus in Rockport on Nov. 11 to provide meals to anyone who might…