ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Bean’s Cafe is preparing to feed close to 5,000 people this Christmas Eve for its annual holiday feast. The nonprofit is preparing meals that will be distributed to around 20 different communities throughout Anchorage to Whittier. This year, those holiday meals, also include feeding residents who were displaced by Typhoon Halong in October.
“That added over 1,000 meals,” Scott Lingle, CEO of Bean’s Cafe, said.
In total this year, with feeding residents displaced, Lingle said they are making 60% more meals for Christmas Eve…