We Give Thanks annual event sends Thanksgiving dinner home for thousands - OCRegister

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For years now, a warm meal and kind words could be found on Thanksgiving Day in the parking lot of the Honda Center.

The annual We Give Thanks event would have no lack of eager volunteers and would make sure thousands of people felt cared for by their community on the holiday.

And this Thursday was no different, despite the coronavirus pandemic that has impacted so many community traditions.

• Hundreds of cars wind their way through the Honda Center parking lot in Anaheim on Thanksgiving morning, on Thursday, November 26, 2020, for a drive-thru food distribution at the 34th annual Thanksgiving Day event which provided Thanksgiving meals and supplemental groceries for approximately 7000 vehicles. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

• Jordan Poblete of Irvine loads food into a vehicle as it arrives at the drive-thru food distribution of the 34th annual Thanksgiving Day event at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 26, 2020. The event provided Thanksgiving meals and supplemental groceries for approximately 7000 vehicles. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

• With a sign thanking the volunteers and organizers, Blanca Zepeda of Anaheim waves as she leaves with boxes containing Thanksgiving meals and supplemental groceries at the drive-thru food distribution of the 34th annual Thanksgiving Day event at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 26, 2020. The event provided food for approximately 7000 vehicles. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

• Alice Desaulniers, left, and Simon Benoit of the Anaheim Ducks, places boxes containing Thanksgiving meals and supplemental groceries in the back of a vehicle during the drive-thru food distribution of the 34th annual Thanksgiving Day event at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 26, 2020. The event provided food for approximately 7000 vehicles. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

• A festively dressed dog hangs out the driver’s window as the vehicle waits in line at the drive-thru food distribution of the 34th annual Thanksgiving Day event the Honda Center parking lot in Anaheim on Thanksgiving morning, on Thursday, November 26, 2020. The event provided Thanksgiving meals and supplemental groceries for approximately 7000 vehicles. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

• Katie Porter, right, U.S. Representative for California’s 45th congressional district, holds a car trunk open as a volunteer places boxes containing Thanksgiving meals and supplemental groceries in at the drive-thru food distribution of the 34th annual Thanksgiving Day event at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 26, 2020. The event provided food for approximately 7000 vehicles. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

• Kari Flood of Orange waves to the occupants of a vehicle as they arrive at the drive-thru food distribution of the 34th annual Thanksgiving Day event at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 26, 2020. The event provided Thanksgiving meals and supplemental groceries for approximately 7000 vehicles. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

• Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu helps direct traffic through the Honda Center parking lot in Anaheim on Thanksgiving morning to the drive-thru food distribution of the 34th annual Thanksgiving Day event which provides Thanksgiving meals and supplemental groceries for approximately 7000 vehicles on Thursday, November 26, 2020. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

• Volunteers make their way through the Honda Center parking lot in Anaheim just after sun rise on Thanksgiving morning to work the drive-thru food distribution for the 34th annual Thanksgiving Day event which provided Thanksgiving meals and supplemental groceries for approximately 7000 vehicles on Thursday, November 26, 2020. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

• Katie Porter, left, U.S. Representative for California’s 45th congressional district, speaks with Frank Garcia, founder of We Give Thanks, Inc., who is in his 34th year of providing Thanksgiving meals to those in need, at the drive-thru food distribution of the 34th annual Thanksgiving Day event at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 26, 2020. The event provided Thanksgiving meals and supplemental groceries for approximately 7000 vehicles. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

• An Anaheim Police motor officer leads the first cars through the Honda Center parking lot in Anaheim just after sun rise on Thanksgiving morning to the drive-thru food distribution of the 34th annual Thanksgiving Day event which provides Thanksgiving meals and supplemental groceries for approximately 7000 vehicles on Thursday, November 26, 2020. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

• Christina Daffron of Monrovia holds an armload of food as she waits for the next vehicle to arrive in the drive-thru food distribution of the 34th annual Thanksgiving Day event at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 26, 2020. The event provided Thanksgiving meals and supplemental groceries for approximately 7000 vehicles. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

• Food that people received at the drive-thru food distribution of the 34th annual Thanksgiving Day event at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 26, 2020. The event provided Thanksgiving meals and supplemental groceries for approximately 7000 vehicles. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

• A volunteer gives a dog some love as it’s owner receives boxes containing Thanksgiving meals and supplemental groceries at the drive-thru food distribution of the 34th annual Thanksgiving Day event at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 26, 2020. The event provided food for approximately 7000 vehicles. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Even though the meals were provided for taking home and enjoying, the festive, community spirit was intact as volunteers welcomed car after car after car.

We Give Thanks was started 34 years ago by Frank Garcia, an Anaheim restaurateur, who served the Thanksgiving meal for the community in front of his restaurant. It later moved to the Honda Center and serves many thousands a year.

The distribution was supported by We Give Thanks, Inc., Community Action Partnership of Orange County, Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County, Waste Not OC, Wells Fargo and the Honda Center and Anaheim Ducks.

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