READING, Pa. – At Fatz Guyz Pizzeria in Reading, Chef Chuck Willig has been cooking for days. This year marks the second time he\u2019s offering a free Thanksgiving dinner, served from noon to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reason I do it is it’s a way for me to give back to the community,\u201d Chuck said. \u201cBecause me growing up as a kid, I was unfortunate, and a lot of people gave to me. So it’s a way to pass it forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
He\u2019s preparing full plates with turkey, stuffing, mac and cheese, greens, and more.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt warms my heart to see that unfortunate people\u2026 you can give them just a meal and make them smile and make them feel different,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In Sinking Spring, JD\u2019s Steaks is preparing for its own giveaway. Owner Jamey Lipovsky says helping others comes from his own childhood.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were kind of poor growing up\u2026 and I said to my wife, ‘hey, you know, if we ever get a spot, I would like to do this’,\u201d Lipovsky said.<\/p>\n
JD\u2019s will hand out 200 meals from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., all bagged and ready to go. Another 50 meals will be delivered to people experiencing homelessness through the Berks Community Action Program.<\/p>\n
Right now, the shop is quiet, but by tomorrow morning, they\u2019re expecting a line wrapping down Penn Avenue. Many families are simply looking for a warm meal and a little help this Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n
Each meal includes turkey, corn, mashed potatoes, gravy, a dinner roll, a slice of pumpkin pie, and a bottle of water.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour traditional Thanksgiving meal,\u201d Lipovsky said. \u201cIt\u2019ll all be ready for people to take home.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"READING, Pa. – At Fatz Guyz Pizzeria in Reading, Chef Chuck Willig has been cooking for days. This…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[279,28,736,128,130,129,1274],"class_list":["post-45747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-thanksgiving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}