PENSACOLA, Fla. (WALA) – Since 2017, the Watson Firm and their foundation has been handing out full thanksgiving meals to families in Pensacola. What started as 200 families has since grown to 1,000 families taking home full meals for the holiday.
“The reason we kept increasing is when we started out with 200, we had 500 people in line,” said Aaron Watson, treasurer of the Watson Family Foundation. “We do 300 there’s 600 people in line so we didn’t like having to turn folks away so the more we see in need hopefully with the partnerships we have and the sponsorships we can continue to increase.”
Around 700 hundred cars were already lined up at the Pensacola Interstate Fairgrounds well before the giveaway started. Some of them got in line as early as 7:00 last night to make sure they could get what they need…