Day of giving

Published: Wednesday, Nov. 19 2008 12:18 a.m. MST

Provo Mayor Lewis Billings and Orem Mayor Jerry Washburn join to sign a Feed America proclamation that designated the Thursday before Thanksgiving a day of giving and asked the residents of the two cities to skip two meals Thursday and donate either the cost of those meals or the food that they would have eaten to the local food pantry.

Jason Olson, Deseret News

Dacia Zimmer, above, volunteers her time to sort through donated canned goods at the Community Action Services and Food Bank in Provo Tuesday. Below, Provo Mayor Lewis Billings and Orem Mayor Jerry Washburn join to sign a Feed America proclamation that designated the Thursday before Thanksgiving a day of giving and asked the residents of the two cities to skip two meals Thursday and donate either the cost of those meals or the food that they would have eaten to the local food pantry.

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