{"id":412798,"date":"2025-11-29T12:11:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T12:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/412798\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T12:11:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T12:11:16","slug":"st-marys-food-bank-has-record-thanksgiving-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/412798\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Mary&#8217;s Food Bank has record Thanksgiving service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2014 After three days of service wrapped up on Wednesday afternoon, St. Mary\u2019s Food Bank supplied a record number of families food for the Thanksgiving holiday, the nonprofit announced.<\/p>\n<p>Around 12:45 p.m. the last car left the distribution center in Phoenix with meal essentials \u2014 \u201ca turkey, holiday food box and produce bag\u201d \u2014 and 11,876 families were served at the food bank\u2019s Phoenix and Surprise locations.<\/p>\n<p>Adding in the other centers\u2019 haul across Arizona, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stmarysfoodbank.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Mary\u2019s<\/a> and its 250 employees, plus, more than 2,000 volunteers, served a record 25,523 families.<\/p>\n<p>All distribution centers were closed following the food drive\u2019s conclusion to honor St. Mary\u2019s staff and their own families, and they will reopen on Monday at 7:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>St. Mary\u2019s Food Bank receives lots of local financial support<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/character-counts-blogs\/thanksgiving-asu\/3603660\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arizona State University football team<\/a>, Arizona Diamondbacks and Phoenix Police Department were among those who donated their time and money to make this <a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/st-marys-food-bank-turkey-drive\/5778631\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">record-breaking Thanksgiving food drive a reality<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/17wVaMVzf7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">effort of one family<\/a>\u00a0spearheaded by Jeff and Linda McNeely, provided 1,350 turkeys to help St. Mary\u2019s achieve its goal of 24,000.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pwmoses11\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @pwmoses11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We want to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;\">Have a story idea or tip? 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