Over 50 needy families will enjoy a real Thanksgiving dinner in 2005 -- with turkey, gravy mix, potatoes, rice, vegetables and pie -- thanks to Terri Judah.

As part of CC!, for the last five years Ms. Judah has mounted a Thanksgiving food drive at the Early Childhood Education Center. She handed out food baskets to 19 families in the first year, and to 53 in 2004.

She and her aides are accepting food and cash donations until the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. At that point, Ms. Judah told the Current-Argus, the serious labor begins. For hours, she and Center staff members sort through the donations and fill the baskets.

"I'm very passionate about it." Ms. Judah said. "Every year [the number of families] gets larger, and I get crazy and worry if we'll have enough donations. But each year, we have enough. When everyone comes to get their baskets, that's when I know it's all worth it."