‘The holidays are times of crisis.’ Here’s how Mission Arlington helps out

Volunteers at Mission Arlington have been prepping food and filling boxes for more than two weeks.

On Thanksgiving Day, they’ll deliver the holiday meals to needy families in Arlington, Grand Prairie and parts of Fort Worth.

“Right now, planning for about 6,000 families,” said Tillie Burgin, executive director of Mission Arlington.

That will translate to about 4,000 boxes of food and 4,000 hot meals.

“Some people don’t have a stove so we’ll take them a hot meal,” Burgin said. “I’d say the need is growing.”

Mission Arlington is just one of many non-profits or churches that will provide food to those in need on Thursday. Besides making deliveries, a hot meal will also be served between 10 a.m. and noon at the mission.

The mission will enlist about 6,000 volunteers to deliver all the food on Thanksgiving morning. The deliveries take place between 8 a.m. and noon on Thursday.

“The holidays are times of crisis,” Burgin said. “We fill in the gaps in those homes.”

This story was originally published November 22, 2017 at 3:17 PM with the headline "‘The holidays are times of crisis.’ Here’s how Mission Arlington helps out."