If you walk through Candice O'Brien Beasley's restaurant on Christmas day, you can expect sumptuous offerings such as turkey, mashed potatoes, and broccoli casserole up for grabs
The 39-year-old runs O'Brien's Southern Diner in Ashland City, Tennessee, near Nashville.Beasley's free meals, which target those who would otherwise be alone on Christmas, have been a fixture of the community since 2013. Each year, she has served traditional Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners to anyone who stops in, with sumptuous offerings such as turkey, mashed potatoes, and broccoli casserole up for grabs.
"People who were alone were encouraged to eat with us," she said."And the next year, I wanted to make it bigger."Besides serving meals in the diner, Beasley and other volunteers drove to downtown Nashville to hand out hot meals to homeless people on the sidewalks.In 2014, they gave out 300 meals, and the year after, they expanded to 500 meals, she said.Beasley and volunteers gather food to take to people who are homeless in Nashville on Christmas.
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