Photo Album: Lewiston group distributes food, hats and gloves on Thanksgiving Day in Kennedy Park

Riad Dawood asks Thursday for an additional meal for his wife during the Maine Community Integration Thanksgiving Feast in Kennedy Park in Lewiston. Dawood is a native of Iraq. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Sambusa, chicken, rice and other foods are offered Thursday during the Maine Community Integration Thanksgiving Feast in Kennedy Park in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Koos Mohamed hands a young boy a to-go box of hot food Thursday during the Maine Community Integration Thanksgiving Feast in Kennedy Park in Lewiston. The isku-Filan girls, a student-led group of Maine Community Integration, organized the second annual feast to feed vulnerable members of the community. In addition to food, they handed out hats, gloves, sleeping bags and hand warmers. Abdi Abdalla said Fowsia Musse, executive director of Maine Community Integration, contacted him Thursday morning from her hospital bed to make sure the Thanksgiving meal was happening. Musse was badly hurt during a shooting in Ethiopia and recently returned home to Lewiston. “I will be in touch with her this afternoon to let her know how it went,” Abdalla said. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Amida Twaha, right, puts a warm hat on a woman Thursday during the Maine Community Integration Thanksgiving Feast in Kennedy Park in Lewiston. Cold weather necessities were handed out in addition to a warm meal. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Reginald Lucas is happy to receive a hot meal and a cold weather survival kit Thursday during the Maine Community Integration Thanksgiving Feast in Kennedy Park in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Mariam Andoniades gives Reginald Lucas a cup of hot tea Thursday during the Maine Community Integration Thanksgiving Feast in Kennedy Park in Lewiston. Andoniades is a graduate of Lewiston High School and attends Southern Maine Community College. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Hamda Mohsin packs a to-go box with hot food Thursday during the Maine Community Integration Thanksgiving Feast in Kennedy Park in Lewiston. The isku-Filan girls, a student-led group of Maine Community Integration, organized the second annual feast to feed vulnerable members of the community. In addition to food, they handed out hats, gloves, sleeping bags and hand warmers. Abdi Abdalla said Fowsia Musse, executive director of Maine Community Integration, contacted him Thursday morning from her hospital bed to make sure the Thanksgiving meal was happening. Musse was badly hurt during a shooting in Ethiopia and recently returned home to Lewiston. “I will be in touch with her this afternoon to let her know how it went,” Abdalla said. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Amida Twaha offers cold weather essentials to a man Thursday during the Maine Community Integration Thanksgiving Feast in Kennedy Park in Lewiston. Cold weather survival necessities were handed out in addition to a warm meal. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Riad Dawood receives two hot meals Thursday during the Maine Community Integration Thanksgiving Feast in Kennedy Park in Lewiston. Dawood is a native of Iraq. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

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