WASHINGTON (7News) — On Christmas morning, volunteers began arriving before sunrise at the Basilica in Northeast D.C. to pack meals for those in need.
This Christmas marked the 50th year that meals have been packed at the church and then delivered to homes in the DC area. The church’s full name is the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
The earliest arriving volunteers packed full Christmas turkey dinners, along with other items like ornaments and prayers cards, in bags. The bags were then packed in boxes, which were taken out to a long line of cars being driven by volunteers who then delivered the meals to people in D.C., Montgomery County, Prince George’s County, and parts of Northern Virginia…