MIAMI — Hundreds of people in need waited patiently for their turn to receive a gift bag with Thanksgiving Day food on Friday morning in Miami-Dade County’s West Little River neighborhood.
Miami-Dade County Commissioner Marleine Bastien greeted the grateful residents, some of whom were grandparents, at the Arcola Lakes Senior Center at 8401 NW 14 Ave.
“This is the biggest I have ever seen,” said Bastien, a Haitian American who has experience as a community activist and a social worker…