Volunteers pack over 1,200 Thanksgiving meals in Grand Island [Video]

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (KOLN) – Grand Island is, by far, the largest of the Tri-Cities with a population of over 51,000. But its food services have the same goal in mind. Feed people.

“I think with the cost of food going up and inflation the way it is, more and more people are having a hard time making the ends meet,” said Doug Winder, Project Hunger board president. “We take care of that person that maybe won’t ask for help.”

Project Hunger is a nonprofit that provides relief with events like their Thanksgiving Giveaway.

The nonprofit packed and distributed 1,280 meals over the course of two days. On Friday evening, about 125 volunteers folded cardboard boxes in the Cattle Barn on the State Fairgrounds. In the morning, about 250 volunteers filled boxes with enough food items to feed four people for Thanksgiving.

Cars start lined up outside of the Cattle …