Thanksgiving is a holiday filled with favorite recipes, football and family. But for many in Northern New Mexico, the holiday is the perfect opportunity to give back to the community.
Alice Redmann gives her daughter, Ananda, a taste of her Thanksgiving dinner at the Mission Cafe in 2005. Redmann had moved to ·è¿ÍÖ±²¥ Fe from New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. The Mission Cafe was serving a free Thanksgiving dinner to about 50 Hurricane Katrina evacuees.
Tony Lopez, owner of Antonio's Restaurant at the Desert Inn on Old ·è¿ÍÖ±²¥ Fe Trail, welcomes Bill Rivas at the front door while serving a free Thanksgiving Day meal in 1989.
Brothers Mike and Enoch Cruz enjoy a free Thanksgiving meal at Antonio's Restaurant in 1989.
From left, Frank Terrell is served a student-prepared Thanksgiving meal by DECA Club members Pat Gardner, Tammie Maes and Donyelle Valdes at ·è¿ÍÖ±²¥ Fe Technical High School in 1989.Â
Municipal Judge Tom Fiorina collects donated food for Thanksgiving in 1989.
From left, Nayra Gallegos Martinez, Guadalupe Castaneda and Magali Campos help unpack frozen Thanksgiving Day meals for community distribution last year as part of the ·è¿ÍÖ±²¥ Fe Public Schools Adelante Program.Â
Lu May, center, and Eleanor Lobato, right, serve meals to guests at the Salvation Army in ·è¿ÍÖ±²¥ Fe on Thanksgiving Day, 2004.
Kindergarten teacher, Shari Cassutt, dances with her children during a Thanksgiving lunch at Acequia Madre Elementary in 2004.
Paula Berthelot volunteers in 2013 with Kitchen Angels preparing holiday meals for homebound ·è¿ÍÖ±²¥ Feans on Thanksgiving Day.
Jynocel Basweti shows elementary school children at Atalaya Elementary how to strech in preparation for the Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot in 2009.
Harold Hollis, a regular Kitchen Angel volunteer, helps prepare stuffed turkey breasts for the Thanksgiving holiday in 2008.Â
Tania Pacheco, front left, Paola Solis, front center, Gerardo Pacheco, front right, hang out under the table as Maria Pacheco, back left, and Nadia Loya, back right, finish their lunch during Salazar Elementary School's annual Thanksgiving meal in 2009.Â
From left, Micah Ortega, Devon Rivera and Alec Herrera entertain the crowd on Thanksgiving evening outside Best Buy before the store's midnight opening for Black Friday in 2012.
Hugo Lopez, right, and Jonathan Perea, center, both students at Salazar Elementary School, help replenish the roll basket during their annual Thanksgiving meal in 2009.Â