Lanette Pinson, regional resource engagement specialist for God’s Pantry Food Bank, interacts with a meal recipient during God’s Pantry’s annual Thanksgiving meal giveaway. Nov. 24, 2025. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Arden Barnes)
PRESTONSBURG — BeLinda Click shivered in the cold fog as she greeted each person in a long line of cars, checking each one’s referral letter saying they’d been pre-approved for a free Thanksgiving meal.
By 10 a.m. on Monday, the line of cars stretched deep into the parking lot at Big Sandy Community and Technical College in Prestonsburg…