Thousands gather for first in-person Jimenez Thanksgiving dinner since 2019
Nikki James, Julio Bustos and their dog Toby enjoy a Thanksgiving meal at the annual Jimenez Thanksgiving dinner. The Thanksgiving feast is held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center and has been going since 1979. This is the first in person dinner since COVID.It may have been dreary and foggy outside, but warm feelings and smiles filled the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center downtown as the 43rd annual Raul Jimenez Thanksgiving Dinner got underway on Thursday.
“We were dying to get back to the people and be with the community and be in-person again,” Jimenez said just as volunteers began carrying the first trays of food out to the guests waiting at long tables. Doughty said he heard about the event a few years ago, when he got a pamphlet from one of the homeless shelters he goes to for meals.
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