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While you may be busy planning your Thanksgiving dinner menu, many in our community are not as fortunate. From one corner to another, the Bridge Street Ministry truck is a welcome sight. Volunteers are delivering something most of us take for granted.
"We're giving away bred, vegetables, tea and coffee or whatever we have in the warehouse," says Bridge Street Ministries' Earl Galloway.
For 9 years, Bridge Ministries has been feeding Nashville's working poor and homeless under the Jefferson Street Bridge. When there is food left over, they hit the streets, delivering what's left FREE of charge to families in North Nashville.
"Sweet potatoes, potatoes, we fix and go to my sisters, anybody who comes by," says resident Ann Brown.
"We stopped by a house the other day and the lady had 6 children," says Galloway. "All she had was a pack of hamburger meat. She had no idea where she was going to get the food, and we just showed up and the children came and were hugging us. It wasn't over a toy, it was over food. It was very exciting, fulfilling."
For families on 16th Avenue, it's an unexpected delivery just in time for Thanksgiving.
"My wife and I, she's 70 and I'm 65 and we try to make it," says resident Robert Williams. "Our hospital bills cost more, but we appreciate this. We're very thankful."
For food many of us take for granted.
"Since the economic downturn you've seen a rise in people who are just hungry," says Galloway.
Bridge Street Ministries feeds between 500-700 people every Tuesday night under the Jefferson Street Bridge. To learn more about the organization and how you can help, click the FOX LINKS section at Fox17.com.
"We're giving away bred, vegetables, tea and coffee or whatever we have in the warehouse," says Bridge Street Ministries' Earl Galloway.
For 9 years, Bridge Ministries has been feeding Nashville's working poor and homeless under the Jefferson Street Bridge. When there is food left over, they hit the streets, delivering what's left FREE of charge to families in North Nashville.
"Sweet potatoes, potatoes, we fix and go to my sisters, anybody who comes by," says resident Ann Brown.
"We stopped by a house the other day and the lady had 6 children," says Galloway. "All she had was a pack of hamburger meat. She had no idea where she was going to get the food, and we just showed up and the children came and were hugging us. It wasn't over a toy, it was over food. It was very exciting, fulfilling."
For families on 16th Avenue, it's an unexpected delivery just in time for Thanksgiving.
"My wife and I, she's 70 and I'm 65 and we try to make it," says resident Robert Williams. "Our hospital bills cost more, but we appreciate this. We're very thankful."
For food many of us take for granted.
"Since the economic downturn you've seen a rise in people who are just hungry," says Galloway.
Bridge Street Ministries feeds between 500-700 people every Tuesday night under the Jefferson Street Bridge. To learn more about the organization and how you can help, click the FOX LINKS section at Fox17.com.
Thursday, November 22 2012, 02:59 AM CST
Tennessee News
Work beginning on Civil War park in Knoxville
May 18, 2013 13:12 GMT
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Civil War landmark in East Tennessee will soon become a low-impact park that allows public access and preserves the area's historical integrity.
High Ground Park is being created at the site of Fort Higley in south Knoxville, which was manned by Union soldiers during the Siege of Knoxville in 1863.
The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/11Vb6XJ) reports the park is scheduled to open on Nov. 27, which is the 150th anniversary of the construction of Fort Higley.
Bob Young, who has been involved in the effort to preserve the site, says it is "a treasure."
Information from: Knoxville News Sentinel, http://www.knoxnews.com
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