The Rotary Club of Lehigh Acres put on its annual Thanksgiving feast. Members served more meals these year than any other Thanksgiving in the 13 years the feast. Rotary has held its Community Thanksgiving meal at St. Raphael’s Catholic Church.
“I would say, if we are in an economic recovery, the word has not reached Lehigh Acres,” says Mike Buff of the Rotary Club.
Buff says members served more than 700 meals on Thursday. That is the highest ever for a Thanksgiving, and Buff believes, it’s an indication that people still are having trouble finding jobs in the Lehigh area.
“That is sad. In a country with so much wealth, to have so many people who have so little,” says Buff. “It is discouraging.”