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• Feast of Sharing is an annual gathering hosted by H-E-B that serves more than 340,000 meals across Texas and Mexico

By Nathaniel Miller, Reporter
• Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - Get ready to make room for barbecue not long after a full Thanksgiving meal.

Scheduled for Dec. 8, H-E-B is bringing the annual Feast of Sharing to Odessa at the Ector County Coliseum, 4201 Andrews Highway, in Barns D and E. The event is scheduled from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m., and doors will open at 3:30 p.m.

The Feast of Sharing is an annual gathering hosted by the grocery chain that serves more than 340,000 meals across Texas and Mexico.

Jessicka Gonzales, H-E-B’s Public Affairs Officer for West Texas, said the 21st annual event is scheduled to have a Texas-style spread, live music and entertainment and activities for children.

The event is free to the public and organizers are expecting up to 8,000 people ...

... Not just content with feeding residents of Odessa at the event, H-E-B sponsors food for a day with Meals on Wheels of Odessa, and members of the company deliver those meals to home-bound seniors ...

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