Lowe’s, western NC restaurants pass out Thanksgiving meals [Video]

Two months after the storm tore through western North Carolina, families get a major helping hand for a family holiday.

BANNER ELK, N.C. — Ahead of Thanksgiving, thousands of Helene victims in the North Carolina mountains got free meals Tuesday.

It’s all thanks to a partnership between Mooresville-based Lowe’s and several area restaurants.

Tuesday saw the best kind of assembly line, with Lowe’s workers handing out all the fixings – from sweet potato casserole to green beans and turkey.

It’s an assembly line Peggy Trivette is grateful for.

“This is wonderful, it’s hope for people who have had a lot of loss and provides a good meal and makes everything nicer for the holiday,” she said.

Trivette and her family joined hundreds in line at the Boone Lowe’s location for a free Thanksgiving meal.

“We are very blessed for them to be doing this for us,” she said.

Lowe’s teamed up with locally owned restaurants across the mountains of western North Carolina who all suffered after the hurricane. …