Community makes 500 Thanksgiving meals for neighbors in need

On Thanksgiving morning, a neighborhood in Estero is coming together to provide 500 meals for people in need.

The Copperleaf community will be serving them to impoverished families who live throughout Bonita Springs, just miles away from the gates of this neighborhood, people who couldn’t just stroll down to the store and grab a turkey this holiday. They are all clients of the charity Cafe of Life, which serves working, poor, mostly Hispanic families around the Bonita Springs area. 10% of them are homeless and almost all are described as “in transition” in their lives, whether that means single mothers, people who have lost their jobs or migrant families.

Copperleaf residents have spent the past few days cooking meals for these families in their individual homes. On Thursday, those meals will be organized in the community clubhouse and driven to four Cafe of Life sites where they will be handed out to families.