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Photos: Thanksgiving at the new Cedar Rapids overflow shelter
This is the first year the Fillmore Center, a Linn County-owned building at 520 11th St. NW, has been used as an overflow shelter. The shelter opened in mid-November and is operated by Willis Dady Homeless Services.
La'Nya Rushing, 9, helps her mother, Denine Rushing, shelter manager at Willis Dady Homeless Services, as they and other volunteers plate Thanksgiving meals Thursday at the Fillmore Center overflow shelter in northwest Cedar Rapids. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Marcia Bedard (second from right) offers grace during the Thanksgiving meal Thursday at the Fillmore Center overflow shelter in northwest Cedar Rapids. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Rodney Everts enjoys a Thanksgiving meal at the Fillmore Center overflow shelter in northwest Cedar Rapids. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Linda Pittman enjoys a Thanksgiving meal as she sits with her husband, Freddie, at the Fillmore Center overflow shelter in northwest Cedar Rapids. The shelter served at least 40 meals. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Logan Nedrow talks to Freddie Pittman and his wife, Linda, during the Thanksgiving meal at the Fillmore Center overflow shelter in northwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Tony Bedard (left), CEO at Frontier Natural Products, hands a tray of food to Pat Heser (right) owner of Star Appliance, as they and other volunteers plate Thanksgiving meals on Thursday at the Fillmore Center overflow shelter in northwest Cedar Rapids. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Lynn Heidt offers seconds on turkey to diners during the Thanksgiving meal at the Fillmore Center overflow shelter in northwest Cedar Rapids. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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