Catholic Charities serves up 53rd annual Christmas meal — PHOTOS

Las Vegas Review-Journal

6 years ago

Volunteers pray before a free community meal at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. More than 100 volunteers served 1,000 Christmas meals to Southern Nevada’s homeless and less fortunate. Kevin Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @kmcannonphoto

Volunteer Carol Hicks, 69, serves Devin Cribeiro, 26, as Kevin Ellsworth, 41, left, looks on during a free community meal at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. More than 100 volunteers served 1,000 Christmas meals to Southern Nevada’s homeless and less fortunate. Kevin Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @kmcannonphoto

Volunteer Lamadrid Marquez, 43, serves Mark Hales, 66, during a free community meal at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. More than 100 volunteers served 1,000 Christmas meals to Southern Nevada’s homeless and less fortunate. Kevin Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @kmcannonphoto

Volunteer Jaeann Farnum, 28, serves Jim Krieger, 68, during a free community meal at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. More than 100 volunteers served 1,000 Christmas meals to Southern Nevada’s homeless and less fortunate. Kevin Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @kmcannonphoto

Wendy Riebel, 48, and Scott Woodruff, 40, during a free community meal at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. More than 100 volunteers served 1,000 Christmas meals to Southern Nevada’s homeless and less fortunate. Kevin Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @kmcannonphoto

Volunteers and guests during a free community meal at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. More than 100 volunteers served 1,000 Christmas meals to Southern Nevada’s homeless and less fortunate. Kevin Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @kmcannonphoto

Brian Korhonen, 64, and Terry McGuire, 61, during a free community meal at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. More than 100 volunteers served 1,000 Christmas meals to Southern Nevada’s homeless and less fortunate. Kevin Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @kmcannonphoto

Paul Kilgore, 60, during a free community meal at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. More than 100 volunteers served 1,000 Christmas meals to Southern Nevada’s homeless and less fortunate. Kevin Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @kmcannonphoto

Crystal Moodie, 33, and her daughter Mia Moodie, 3, left, and Jill Autry, 36, and her daughter Lacie Autry, 5, during a free community meal at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. More than 100 volunteers served 1,000 Christmas meals to Southern Nevada’s homeless and less fortunate. Kevin Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @kmcannonphoto

Dining room manager Kandy Miller, 65, second from right, tells Jill Autry, 36, her daughter Lacie Autry, 5, and Mia Moodie, 3, to visit the toy table during a free community meal at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. More than 100 volunteers served 1,000 Christmas meals to Southern Nevada’s homeless and less fortunate. Kevin Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @kmcannonphoto

Lacie Autry, 5, plays under the table while her mother Jill Autry, 36, eats during a free community meal at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. At right are Crystal Moodie, 33, and her daughter Mia Moodie, 3. At rear are April Borunda, 39, left, and Debbie Jensen, 65. More than 100 volunteers served 1,000 Christmas meals Southern Nevada’s homeless and less fortunate. Kevin Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @kmcannonphoto

Paul David, 61, left, and Shahab Moghen, 46, during a free community meal at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. More than 100 volunteers served 1,000 Christmas meals to Southern Nevada’s homeless and less fortunate. Kevin Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @kmcannonphoto

Valisa Pickens, 48, and her daughters Valisa Murray, 10, and Dayan Barrett, 5, pick out toys during a free community meal at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. More than 100 volunteers served 1,000 Christmas meals to Southern Nevada’s homeless and less fortunate. The toys were donated by Mike Skurkis. Kevin Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @kmcannonphoto

Tiffany McNeese, 49, during a free community meal at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. More than 100 volunteers served 1,000 Christmas meals to Southern Nevada’s homeless and less fortunate. Kevin Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @kmcannonphoto

Volunteers served Christmas meals to more than 1,000 of Southern Nevada’s homeless and less fortunate Tuesday at the St. Vincent Lied Dining Facility in Las Vegas.

Helping at the Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada event were more than 100 volunteers, who served a holiday meal of honey pineapple glazed ham, scalloped potatoes, creamed corn, dinner roll with butter and maraschino cherry cake.

The Catholic Charities’ dining facility has provided meals for the homeless and less fortunate since 1965.

For more information, visit www.CatholicCharities.com.