Culinary students help prepare Thanksgiving meals for homeless people [Video]

HAPPENING TODAY. THANKSGIVING MEALS ARE GOING OUT THEIR ANNUAL TURKEY TANGO TO FEED THE CITY’S UNHOUSED IN KOCO SHELBY MONTGOMERY LIVE FOR US IN STUDIO THIS MORNING, SHELBY. THESE MEALS, THEY WERE PREPARED BY CULINARY STUDENTS OVER AT FRANCIS TUTTLE. GOOD MORNING. YES. SO PREPARATIONS FOR THESE TURKEY MEALS STARTED ON MONDAY, AND I WAS THERE AS STUDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS WERE CHOPPING AWAY. THEY SPENT HOURS ON MONDAY CUTTING ALL OF THE VEGGIES FOR THE TURKEY. IT INCLUDED COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS AND ALL THE STUDENTS AS WELL, WHO VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME. IT’S GREAT FOR THEM TO LEARN COOKING SKILLS, BUT ALSO HOW TO GIVE BACK. I ALWAYS TELL MY STUDENTS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE HEART OF A SERVANT TO BE A TRUE CHEF, BECAUSE YOU’RE ALWAYS SERVING SOMEBODY ELSE. YOU’RE NEVER MAKING FOOD FOR YOURSELF. MONDAY THEY COOK 75 TURKEYS. THE HOMELESS ALLIANCE WILL THEN PICK THOSE UP AT …