Lisa Tibbetts-Beaudoin of Lewiston, her daughter Sophie, 13, and her son Mason, 14, gather seven Thanksgiving meals-to-go at the Hope Haven Gospel Mission in Lewiston on Thursday. The Beaudoin family helped make sure that 250 people in need had meals on Thanksgiving. Chef Arnaldo Cruz started cooking 26 turkeys on Tuesday evening to feed the 100 or so people who came to Hope Haven to eat and to feed the 150 people that volunteers delivered meals to. Volunteer June Say of Portland is at left. The Beaudoins have volunteered at Hope Haven during the past three Thanksgivings.  (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)

Georgie Rouillard has been volunteering at Hope Haven for the past 12 years. She has helped feed those in need on Easter, Christmas and Thanksgiving. “If I have nothing to do, I might as well come over and be with people,” she said. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)

TJ Kramarz, 11, of Auburn, serves a hot Thanksgiving meal at the Hope Haven Gospel Mission in Lewiston on Thursday. Kramarz is a fifth-grader at Fairview Elementary School. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)

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