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Thanksgiving gleaners feed needy families in Alabama fields
In Fairhope near Mobile Bay farmers share surplus with gleaners organized by Ecumenical Ministries. For a decade gleaners gather produce after harvest to assist families like the Whites, including 80 year old Jack and 69 year old Mrs White, while lessons of sharing echo from Deuteronomy. Emma Threadgill coordinates volunteers via a telephone tree, matching crops to need and ensuring no one goes hungry as harvests vary and prices fall short of costs.
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Louis Lazzari
Annie White
Jack
Mobile Bay
Mr. Lazzari
Ecumenical Ministries
White
Dot Threadgill
California
Senior Citizens Center
Suzanne Zellner
Gussie Winston
Mrs. Threadgill
Mary Jones
Mip Sandeh Lordy
Bey Jett Wend
Mary