People Helping People’s annual Thanksgiving Food Distribution is a team effort with 66 students, teachers, staff, and new and seasoned volunteers uniting to share the bounty of the Santa Ynez and Los Alamos valleys with the most vulnerable.
Twenty fourth-grade students from Santa Ynez Valley Christian Academy, led by teacher Bridget Morrell, learned first-hand about giving by helping organize the can goods donated by public and private schools throughout the valley, and bingo players at the Chumash Casino Resort.
Since it is no small matter to procure hundreds of turkeys at this time of year, El Rancho Market helped PHP access and temporarily store 175 turkeys…