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Rotary Club of Aggieland to Donate 500 Thanksgiving Meal Baskets to support local families in need.

The Rotary Club of Aggieland is announcing that its annual Thanksgiving meal basket event for the 2026 Thanksgiving will be held Friday, November the 20^th  at A&M Church of Christ on Highway 6.   These baskets are put together and distributed as a part of the Club’s commitment to assisting members of the local community by ensuring everyone can break bread with their loved ones this season.

“We have been providing meals for the Brazos Valley since 1998.  Our first year was 12 baskets and now we have grown to 500!!  It is such a great experience for the families receiving the meals however, the families delivering the meals are so touched by overwhelming gratitude of the clients.”  Barbie Patterson, Thanksgiving Basket Chair

This event is about more than providing a meal to a family; it is about ensuring that all members of our community get the chance to gather with and cherish their loved ones and be reminded of all they have to be thankful for.

You can sign up to deliver or volunteer at the event by going to this link.  We need as many drivers as we can get. 

These Thanksgiving baskets will include ingredients for a full Thanksgiving meal, including a 12 lbs. turkey, stuffing, and various components for traditional Thanksgiving sides. Each of these baskets can feed a family of 8 to 10 people.

The Rotary Club of Aggieland would not be able to complete this project without the generous help and support of the local Bryan/College Station community. Obtaining, packing and delivering these meals is no easy task. The club would like to thank the generous sponsors and supporters listed below, as well as the volunteers who assisted with this program, for making it possible to provide this service to those in need.

Kat Gammon is the Community Relations Liaison for Heart of Texas Goodwill, where she works to spread the word about Goodwill's mission to help people remove and overcome barriers to employment.  She has lived in Bryan/College Station for over 26 years, and graduated from Texas A&M in 2012 with a B.S. in Psychology. Kat has worked in the Brazos Valley nonprofit sector for over 10 years including the Vice President Community Impact for United Way of the Brazos Valley, Interim Chair for the Brazos Valley Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters, Pride Community Center Board of Directors, Brazos Valley Homeless Coalition, Brazos Valley Health Coalition, Leadership Brazos Class '27 and more.

Texas A&M - Endowed Chair in American History

Delton Yarbrough II, DDS, FICD 38 years private practice Fort Stockton, Tx. Retired 2016.
Served as President Permian Basin District Dental Society, Chair Texas Dental Association Council on Dental Economics, Chair Texas Dental Association Community Fluoride Committee, Vice President Texas Dental Association Board of Directors, Texas Dental Association Smiles Foundation Board of Directors, Texas Mission of Mercy, Inc. Board of Directors
Currently serving on the Texas Dental Association Community Fluoride Committee, Consultant to Texas Mission of Mercy, Inc., Brazos Valley District Dental Society Board of Directors, and Texas Representative and Consultant for the American Fluoridation Society

Greater Brazos Partnership

Sue Owen is a communications manager for The Association of Former Students, where she writes and edits for Texas Aggie magazine and AggieNetwork.com; her stories have included the history of Silver Taps, Reveille, the Aggie Ring and Muster. Before starting with The Association in 2014, she worked in newspapers for 19 years. She is a past vice president of communications for the Brazos County A&M Club and author of “The Handbook of Texas Aggie Traditions” from the Texas A&M University Press.