ORLANDO, Fla. — On Thanksgiving, The Salvation Army Orlando is making sure no one is hungry.

The organization is working to provide meals to people in need in partnership with Valencia College.

What You Need To Know

  • The Salvation Army Orlando is working to provide meals to people in need in partnership with Valencia College on Thanksgiving

  • By the end of Nov. 28, more than 8,000 people will get to enjoy meals
  • The event has been going on for many yearsCountywide, many of them are closed off as crews plan repair work.

By the end of Nov. 28, more than 8,000 people will get to enjoy meals.

Valencia College staff members spent much of Thanksgiving hard at work preparing food.

These meals are part of a delivery being served at the Salvation Army Orlando.

“There are people who are struggling with a tough economy, grocery prices, gas prices, to be able to come to the Salvation Army for a well-cooked hot meal, and also people who are lonely, we can sit down and talk and pray with them, council with them, it’s the best day ever here in Orlando,” Major Ken Chapman with The Salvation Army Orlando said.

The event has been going on for many years.