In the News ... “H-E-B is preparing for annual Feast of Sharing"

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• Turkey dinner with all the trimmings is event for entire community

Staff Report
• Midland Reporter-Telegram

MIDLAND, TEXAS - H-E-B is gearing up to feed thousands of people at this year’s Feast of Sharing event, and while that number is large, there’s one issue the grocer persistently confronts each year.

Feast of Sharing is H-E-B’s way of saying thank you to the community it serves; however, some residents perceive the event as only for those who are food insecure. “I think any time you’re feeding large groups of people, there’s a question mark,” H-E-B’s local spokeswoman Nancy Wells told the Reporter-Telegram.

“It’s a perception that I fight,” she said.

H-E-B has found word-of-mouth effective in informing residents that Feast of Sharing is for the entire community, which Wells said particularly happens as volunteers invite others to attend. And there are a lot of volunteers in Midland who participate ...

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