FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Volunteers at Mustard Seed Ministries in Fort Pierce prepared more than 3,000 hot Thanksgiving meals on Thursday.
More than 100 volunteers served meals in front of the old St. Anastasia Catholic School located at Orange Avenue and 10th Street.
The St. Lucie County Fire District also offered a helping hand, cooking 100 turkeys.
Mustard Seed Ministries said it's passionate about making sure those who are food insecure do not go without a holiday meal.
"It's our responsibility as a community to lift them up and help them," Stephanie Kingsbury, the executive director of Mustard Seed Ministries said. "Hopefully, as we do that, they become stronger and they're able to lift themselves up."
The ministry attributes the uptick in demand this year to rising food costs and families impacted by Hurricane Milton.
