DESA Prepared and Delivered More than 500 Meals on Thanksgiving Morning

Levi, Addi Kate, and Jessica Nixon delivered a Thanksgiving Day meal Thursday to Frances Mahler, a resident at Fiddlers Manor Apartments on behalf of the DeKalb Emergency Services Association. The Nixon’s were joined by Hannah Ball and Walker Pulley not pictured here

It all starts in the kitchen! Darlene and Calvin Ray Tramel were among many volunteers who helped prepare Thanksgiving Day meals for the needy and underserved on behalf of the DeKalb Emergency Services Association.

Bagging the food trays! Volunteers began bagging filled food trays Thanksgiving Day morning in preparation for delivery to the needy and underserved on behalf of the DeKalb Emergency Services Association.

Pictured left to right: Levi, Jessica, and Addi Kate Nixon with Hannah Ball and Walker Pulley were among dozens of volunteers who made deliveries of Thanksgiving Day meals to the needy and underserved Thursday morning on behalf of the DeKalb Emergency Services Association.

November 25, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Many people got up early Thursday morning to start preparing a Thanksgiving Day meal for family and friends with whom they would be visiting later in the day.

But another group of folks gathered together at the DeKalb County Complex to do some cooking for others in the community who might not otherwise have had a hot delicious meal for Thanksgiving.

Its become an annual effort of the DeKalb Emergency Services Association (DESA) and volunteers to prepare and deliver Thanksgiving meals to the needy and underserved throughout the county.

“We cooked, prepared, packed, and delivered more than 500 meals and each plate lunch consisted of baked ham, mashed potatoes, green beans, roll, and a dessert,” said DESA leader Blake Cantrell.

Members of the DESA wish to thank all those who supported this effort to feed the community by volunteering or donating money.