Thankgiving Day prep: About 300 families benefit from food giveaway in Overtown

MIAMI — Carrying on with Alonzo “Zo” Mourning’s annual 33 Thanksgiving tradition, volunteers distributed food on Tuesday at the Overtown Youth Center in Miami.

It’s the 21st year the NBA Hall of Famer distributes Thanksgiving Day meals in Overtown. This year the event was promoted as The Awesome 33 Thanksgiving Gobbler Giveaway.

A team of nonprofit organizations contributed to the event and about 300 families pre-registered for the drive-thru distribution event.

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Terrell Forney joined Local 10 News in October 2005 as a general assignment reporter. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, but a desire to escape the harsh winters of the north brought him to South Florida.