employee picked up the $12 cost for the groceries. The Holiday Meals for Military program began Thanksgiving 2009 as the result of a chance encounter in a supermarket in Utica, N.Y., near Fort Drum.Ī soldier, his wife, and infant had a handful of grocery items they could not afford, so a Beam Inc. (WNCT) - Operation Homefront, partnered with Food Lion, distributed 100-holiday meal kits to pre-registered military families at the Jacksonville Conference Center Thursday through the national nonprofit’s annual Holiday Meals for Military program.Įach meal bag includes non-perishables as well as a gift card redeemable for the rest of the groceries necessary for a full holiday meal.
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