HPU Students Provide Thanksgiving Meals for 100 Local Families
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Nov 27th, 2024

HPU Students Provide Thanksgiving Meals for 100 Local Families

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High Point University students are giving back to the community during this season of gratitude by providing 100 Thanksgiving meals that can feed a family of four. Pictured from left are HPU’s Professional Selling Club members Katie Downing, Graham Wesel, Ella Ott, Jacqueline Perry, Jardel Javier, Ariel Trzebiatowski and Seamus Henry with turkey, stuffing and other traditional Thanksgiving sides for families served by the Boys and Girls Club of Greater High Point.

HIGH POINT, N.C., Nov. 27, 2024 – High Point University students are giving back to the community during this season of gratitude by providing 100 Thanksgiving meals that can feed a family of four.

HPU student Kade Little, third from left, taped a box filled with Thanksgiving food while other students Katie Dowing, Regan Stillman and Jacqueline Perry carried boxes along with Professor Larry Quinn, director of the Professional Selling Program and chair of the Department of Sales.
HPU student Kade Little, third from left, taped a box filled with Thanksgiving food while other students Katie Dowing, Regan Stillman and Jacqueline Perry carried boxes along with Professor Larry Quinn, director of the Professional Selling Program and chair of the Department of Sales.

This is the 10th year students in HPU’s Professional Selling Club filled boxes with turkey, stuffing, green beans, corn, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce and a handwritten note. They loaded boxes onto buses on Nov. 22 for the Boys and Girls Club of Greater High Point, which will deliver the meals to local families for the holiday.

This annual event allows HPU students to reflect on their situation and make the most of each opportunity, said PSC President Graham Wesel, a senior finance major from Concord, Massachusetts.

Regan Stillman, a senior finance and marketing major from Linwood, New Jersey, passed two boxes filled with Thanksgiving meals to Mark Black, assistant property and safety director of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater High Point to load into a bus.
Regan Stillman, a senior finance and marketing major from Linwood, New Jersey, passed two boxes filled with Thanksgiving meals to Mark Black, assistant property and safety director of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater High Point to load into a bus.

“It feels good that High Point University can assist many families and provide a sigh of relief for them, which is the least we can do in our position,” said Wesel, who participated in the Thanksgiving meal donation for a fourth year. “As a large proponent of the community, we feel the duty to bolster those around us, especially during the holiday season.”

The Thanksgiving meals will be distributed to families through seven different club locations, said Michael Henry, property and safety director for the Boys and Girls Club of Greater High Point.

Student Professional Selling Club members smiled as they paused with HPU staff, faculty and Boys and Girls Club staff members after loading two buses with boxes of Thanksgiving food.
Student Professional Selling Club members smiled as they paused with HPU staff, faculty and Boys and Girls Club staff members after loading two buses with boxes of Thanksgiving food.

“We have a lot of families that aren’t able to afford what we consider a traditional Thanksgiving meal,” Henry said. “This helps because not only does it get the food into their homes, they’re able to also invite other family members to their homes to partake in a Thanksgiving meal. To be able to partner with HPU for that type of outreach means a lot. This is my fourth year doing this outreach, and I’ve seen personally when parents get their meals the appreciation they have. There’s tears and smiles. We’ve also seen parents who we know need it that give it to somebody else they feel need it more. That’s powerful. It definitely just brings communities all together.”