This is Vanese Ferguson with Coffee Talk. As we head into the season of gathering together be it Thanksgiving, kids coming home on a school break, maybe even look as far ahead as December, I am trying to also focus on those folks struggling to get by. There are some decent prices right now for turkeys at various stores, or hams, or maybe chickens. Perhaps not the big sit-down meal then – just day-to-day – a variety of grocery outlets have had good sale prices on soup, for instance. While a case of soup may not seem like much when you know the Food Bank in Saskatoon sees on average 24,000 visits per month and 40 per cent of them are children, every bit still helps. And maybe donating a turkey to the Friendship Inn for Thanksgiving seems like a drop in the bucket when they are feeding at least 2500 people but again, when the community pitches in, it fills the gaps. And volunteering is a wonderful way to give back – just some of your time. Maybe as a work place your office offers volunteering for one shift before the big day to help prepare, or maybe as a family to show younger folks, as they start out in life, how important it is to lend a helping hand so the community can rise together.
Thanksgiving could be about giving back
By Vanese M. Ferguson
Oct 5, 2026 | 8:07 AM
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