CITY OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. — 4-year-old Carter Dominguez is giving back once again and helping his dad Mark give free turkey dinners to active military, veterans, and first responders.
Just two months ago, his lemonade stand for charity raised over $250 for the Variety Club.
"Thank you for your service," Carter said to all the visitors driving through.
"They are the ones, in my opinion, that sacrifice the most, they work a lot and aren't here for holidays, so they miss it," Mark said.
Carter, Mark, and his clients, like Kevin's Catering, put together 750 free turkey dinners this Thanksgiving for their 4th annual Turkey Dinner Giveaway.
"In my opinion, it's the least we can do," Mark said.
"I say work and I don’t even think of it like work," said owner of Kevin's Catering Kevin Lester. "It gives us the opportunity to make somebody’s day better and it’s worth it."
In two hours Wednesday, they gave hundreds of meals to veterans like Gene Baran.
"It's a wonderful idea, this is the time of giving and thanks and they’ve chosen to extend themselves."
Of course, when you have left over dinners to giveaway, you bring them to the local police stations to feed some hungry first responders.
"They are working nonstop, they are not there for homemade turkey dinners," Mark said.
They gave out meals to nine police stations and five fire departments all across Western New York.
"If I could do it every month I would," Mark said.
Happy Thanksgiving Western New York!
