To the Editor:

Thanksgiving is over, but like turkey sandwiches, our gratitude lingers on.

From the very first feast up in Massachusetts, Thanksgiving has been a community affair, and it still is. Without help, 2,100 needy families in Mercer County would have found hunger to be a distraction from counting their blessings.

But hundreds of HomeFront helpers stepped forward, some individually and some from businesses and congregations, to collect and deliver the ingredients for Thanksgiving dinners like the ones enjoyed by most other Americans. The clients cooked for their children in their own kitchens and served turkey dinners at their own tables, because HomeFront and friends believe in the home.

But we also believe in the community — and our volunteers and contributors of money and food, have renewed that faith.

So, thank you, neighbors and friends, you’ve done it again. You’ve shared love and encouragement that made each client family’s Thanksgiving celebration so much more sustaining than just one meal could ever be.

Connie Mercer

Executive Director, HomeFront