U.S. Group Takes Thanksgiving to El Salvador Dump

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - It wasn't exactly traditional, but it got to the heart of the holiday.
A group of 16 Americans and Salvadorans living in the United States flew to El Salvador to have Thanksgiving dinner Thursday with families who live at a trash dump. Like many others in Latin America, the scavengers survive by sorting through waste to find old tin cans, food and other items they can sell or eat.

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The group formed Soles for Souls to provide shoes for the scavengers, many of whom are forced to go barefoot and suffer severe infections from cutting their feet on broken glass and other sharp objects in the dumps.

Soles for Souls has collected $30,000 worth of donated shoes, school supplies, clothing and toys that will be handed out to the poor near the dumps.

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that`s is what a truly religious people do. they give their thanks by feeding the needs of those who have nothing

by sharing with others. I think it was a terrific gesture.