Thanksgiving reminds us that not everyone has a table of plenty during the holidays. That reality didn’t sit well with Homer’s Fran Van Sandt, who’s been filling boxes with food for Thanksgiving for more than a third of a century.
Commentator Emilie Spring recently visited Van Sandt and other people who continue to bring some holiday cheer to their neighbors
Holidays made brighter through helping others
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Fran Van Sandt