Community members throughout Central California give back to those in need

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Community members crossed Central California are ensuring their neighbors don't spell without this vacation season.

Attorney Jeff Fayngor partnered with the Fresno County Boys and Girls Club to connection escaped meals to the club's families connected Sunday.

"It's important for america to springiness backmost to radical who are little fortunate, who aren't successful the aforesaid presumption arsenic us, who mightiness beryllium struggling done hard times," said Fayngor.

Fayngor's squad gave distant 400 turkeys arsenic good arsenic different fixings for a Thanksgiving meal.

Organizers said it's conscionable 1 mode to assistance during a hard clip for many.

"This is simply a clip of need. I cognize that a batch of people, again, are losing their jobs; they're successful what I privation to telephone an income deficit. More is needed this clip of year. Again, it's each owed to that authorities of the economy," said Boys & Girls Club Director Sandra Dee Chaney.

Another giveaway took spot astatine Hoover High School successful northeast Fresno. Fresno City Councilmember Tyler Maxwell continued his yearly giveaway that started 5 years ago.

This year, Maxwell said they offered 650 Thanksgiving meals to neighbors successful his district.

"Everything costs more, and our families are decidedly feeling it due to the fact that portion the prices of things are going up, folks' wages aren't going up to bespeak that. We spot a batch much radical retired present due to the fact that of that," said Maxwell.

In westbound cardinal Fresno, Councilmember Annalisa Perea partnered with John Steinbeck Elementary School to springiness distant 2,000 turkeys implicit the weekend.

It was a motion appreciated by Fresno families.

"Really hard due to the fact that my kids privation things, but I conscionable can't get them due to the fact that of the system and the outgo of however overmuch everything is," said Fresno resident, Marciela Villalobos.

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