Mitch Garrett gets a hot cup of coffee to go with his meal Wednesday from the kitchen counter at the Salvation Army of Mitchell. It's chilly outside with a few snowflakes beginning to fall, but inside the aroma of turkey,

NEWBURYPORT - Some people are sharing their gratitude this Thanksgiving because of something they have gone through. "My mother was a single mother of four kids and she was fleeing domestic violence and the Salvation Army was one of the agencies that helped her,

Once the cooking was done, the more than 2,000 pounds of turkey and mashed potatoes as well as the more than 1,500 pounds of green beans and cranberry sauce, plus desserts and rolls, were packaged up into hot boxes.