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Officials, volunteers help serve meals at Light of Life Rescue Mission in Pittsburgh’s North Side

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Mayor-elect Ed Gainey stops for a moment to share a word with the crowd of low-income and homeless residents during the free Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday at the Voeghtly Street Mission operated by Light of Life Rescue Mission in Pittsburgh’s North Side.
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Light of Life Rescue Mission head chef Kevin Pitts prepares the gravy for 1,000 Thanksgiving meals being prepared for homeless and low-income residents on Thursday at the Voeghtly Street Mission operated by Light of Life Rescue Mission in Pittsburgh.
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Volunteer Karen Ilkin, of Pittsburgh, carries Thanksgiving dinners to tables as 1,000 low-income and homeless residents were set to receive the free meals on Thursday at the Voeghtly Street Mission operated by Light of Life Rescue Mission in Pittsburgh.
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Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and Mayor-elect Ed Gainey work the assembly line helping prep free Thanksgiving dinners that will be given out to 1,000 homeless and low-income residents on Thursday at the Voeghtly Street Mission operated by Light of Life Rescue Mission in Pittsburgh.
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Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald helps on the assembly line preparing Thanksgiving meals for the 1,000 homeless and low-income residents on Thursday at the Voeghtly Street Mission operated by Light of Life Rescue Mission in Pittsburgh.
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Volunteer Josiah Gilliam helps deliver the free Thanksgiving meals to homeless and low-income residents Thursday at the Voeghtly Street Mission operated by Light of Life Rescue Mission in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto, right, laughs with Desiree Alvarez, a worker at Light of Life Rescue Mission, as he and Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald prepare to serve meals to homeless and low-income residents on Thursday at the Voeghtly Street Mission operated by Light of Life Rescue Mission in Pittsburgh.
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State Rep. Jake Wheatley prepares dinners for homeless while volunteering at the Light of Life Rescue Mission that was working to feed 1,000 individuals over the course of Thanksgiving day on Thursday at the Voeghtly Street Mission operated by Light of Life Rescue Mission in Pittsburgh’s North Side.

Elected officials from Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, along with staff and volunteers helped serve Thanksgiving meals Thursday afternoon at the Voeghtly Street Mission operated by Light of Life Rescue Mission in Pittsburgh’s North Side.

Pittsburgh Mayor-elect Ed Gainey, as well as current Mayor Bill Peduto, were there to help serve meals and speak with people.

Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and State Rep. Jake Wheatley also were at the event.

“We had a group of volunteers come in and prepare all of the stuffing for tomorrow. It’s a big outreach day for us,” Doug Smith, development director of Light of Life Rescue Mission, said Wednesday.

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