Volunteers share Thanksgiving meal with elders living on fixed income at Fifth Ward senior center

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Your thanksgiving meal will cost you 20% more this year than last year, according to the Farm Bureau.

The average cost of a Thanksgiving meal for 10 people is now $64.05, up from $53.31 last year, and $46.90 in 2020.

JW Peavy Senior Center in Houston’s Fifth Ward, where volunteers passed out Thanksgiving pies and gift cards.

Many seniors there are on fixed incomes.

“You know, it’s like playing Tic-Tac-Toe, it’s like, ‘Must I get this or must I get that?'” Pastor Glenda Smith explained. “Thanksgiving is having a grateful heart, having a heart to look at more than just yourself.”

“I lost my husband in 2018. My son had a stroke in 2019. I’m a breast cancer survivor, 12 years of that,” Jewel Smith explained. “It’s just really been a time for going through with me and I’ve finally gotten to the place where I’ve had a little bit of peace.”