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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Thanksgiving Food line -- Martha's Table (Washington, D.C.) volunteers (Pres. & First Lady/First Daughters/First Grandmother)

http://obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/2010/11/obama-family-marks-thanksgiving-with.html
In what is now an Obama Family Tradition, the President, First Lady, Malia, Sasha, and First Grandmother Marian Robinson visited Washington, DC's social services agency Martha's Table this afternoon to perform special holiday community service, for the second year in a row.
The First Family, dressed casually, took up positions behind four stainless steel tables in the main room, to fill and hand out hundreds of bags of Thanksgiving food to local residents in need.

President Obama's half sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng and her husband, Konrad Ng, and their two daughters, Suhaila and Savita, also helped with distributions; the Ngs are visiting the Obamas for the Thanksgiving holiday, which will be spent at home at the White House.

A line of families, many with small children, snaked along the tables piled with food, picking up goods as they moved forward. First they met Malia by the bags of fresh raw green beans; then the First Lady by bananas and other fruit; then Sasha with boxes of pudding mix; then the President, who handed out bags bulging with turkeys and other holiday foodstuffs. Mrs. Robinson was the last sop on the Obama production line, and in charge of pie dispersal.
Martha's Table is a 30-year-old non-profit that helps poor children, youth and families, and the organization noted that their holiday food donations came from the community and private sources. The Thanksgiving baskets were filled with fresh produce donated from the community; turkeys were donated by Poor Roberts Charities, Little Flower Church and the PAX neighborhood association; fresh produce from Philadelphia Regional Produce; and homemade pies were made by Sheila Whitney and volunteers from the National Cathedral Church; the food was placed in reusable bags donated and decorated by the River School.

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