Two San Antonio women are proving that the spirit of Thanksgiving is powered by equal parts heart and hustle. For more than 20 years, Debbie Moreno and Tracey Wright-Grabatin have spent their vacation time helping coordinate homebound deliveries for the Raul Jimenez Thanksgiving Dinner, one of the city’s biggest holiday traditions. Each Thanksgiving week, they put in more than 60 volunteer hours and rack up an incredible 25,000 steps a day, helping get nearly 5,000 meals to seniors who can’t leave home.
And when problems pop up, they don’t quit. Last year, after all the drivers had gone home, the duo personally delivered meals to seniors who had been missed. Their reward? Grateful smiles and the knowledge that no one was forgotten.
As Debbie explained, “It’s exhausting. But we know we’re sending out food to people, to families, that might not have a Thanksgiving dinner.”