Mozel Sanders Foundation needs more volunteers
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Mozel Sanders Foundation has brought the spirit of Thanksgiving to life, serving meals to thousands of hungry Hoosiers with the help of dedicated volunteers.
The foundation’s event has become a holiday tradition to help those in need, but pulling off such an operation requires hundreds of helping hands.
The Rev. Otis Riggins is the longest-running volunteer for the Mozel Sanders annual Thanksgiving dinner, helping others dish out turkey, green beans, and a side of hope to thousands of people.
Riggins started volunteering in 1974, and never forgot a woman he delivered food to who had an empty home.
“It even affects me to this day when I think about it. I’d never seen that in this city, that people were living like that. I knew then that Mozel had really put his finger on something, so I was locked in from there,” he said.
With demand higher than ever, the foundation aims to serve 10,000 meals—a record for the organization. Riggins says motiving other volunteers to find more people to feed, including the homeless population is what drives him.