VETLIFE partnering with Kroger to provide 400 free Thanksgiving meals to veterans

Sharing is caring! Share Tweet Thanksgiving meals through Harvest for Heroes. Kroger is contributing the meals, and VETLIFE will distribute two hundred in Detroit and two hundred in Fowlerville. Each meal feeds a family of four to six, so 400 meals can provide Thanksgiving dinner for 1,600 to 2,400 people. “Sometimes something as simple as a Thanksgiving meal can open the door to a much bigger conversation,” said Joshua Parish, Iraq War veteran and co-founder of VETLIFE. “A veteran might come because their family needs a meal, but what we hope they leave with is something more — knowing there’s a community that cares about them and organizations they can turn to long after Thanksgiving is over.” How to reserve and pick up a meal Drive-through pickup is 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Nov. 20: • Fowlerville — 215 Veterans Drive • Detroit — 6221 Brush St. Advance registration is required, with a limit of one turkey basket per veteran.

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