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La Vergne Middle serving final Project Feed Thanksgiving meal




Fifteen years and more than 14,000 meals after the event was created, Dr. Cary Holman and La Vergne Middle School are scheduled to host the final Project Feed on Tuesday, Nov. 23 from 3:45-6 p.m.

The annual community Thanksgiving meal is free and open to the public. For the second year in a row, the project has been modified and will be a takeout only service.

This will be the 12th consecutive year La Vergne Middle has hosted the event since Holman became the school’s principal in 2010. He previously led Project Feed three of the four years he was principal at Central Middle (now Central Magnet).

“You think of the impact that you’ve had over the 15 years and the number of meals and not only the meals, but just the conversations that I’ve had with parents, with families,” Holman said in a news release from the school district, “and I felt like, you know what, it’s time to really go out on top and 15 is a good number to end on.”

Students and faculty prepare all the food under the direction of Holman. Local banks, churches, grocers and other businesses also participate.

“What does my heart most proud is when our students want to come back and always lend a helping hand,” said Holman. “This has become an event they look forward to each year. That will probably be one of the hardest things, but appreciative things as well.”

Holman said he would like a broad-scale event including community partners that would include booths and food trucks, perhaps, an antique car show and a flea market environment.

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