High Point, NC -- High Point University students are giving back to the community during this season of thankfulness by providing Thanksgiving meals. Students in the Professional Selling Club raised nearly $4,000 to donate more than 100 meals again this year to the Boys and Girls Club of Greater High Point.

Students filled boxes with turkey, stuffing, corn, green beans, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce and a handwritten note. After assembling boxes and packing dry goods on Nov. 20, the students added turkeys and loaded the boxes onto buses Nov. 21 for the Boys and Girls Club, who will deliver the meals to local families.

This is the ninth year HPU’s Professional Selling Club has donated Thanksgiving meals to the community. PSC President Ben Smid, a senior finance major and sales minor from Advance, North Carolina, participated in the Thanksgiving meal donation effort for a second year.

“Thanksgiving is a time many families come together to enjoy fellowship, meals and gratitude for the blessings of life, and having the opportunity as a club to help make this happen by providing a full Thanksgiving meal to a family in our community who could not afford one otherwise is incredible to be a part of,” said Smid. “This is a special time that we are grateful for, as it truly changes lives and brings joy to those right here with us. We are thankful for all the support from our members, families and friends to make this possible and are thrilled about the impact it has on our city.”

The Thanksgiving meals will be distributed to families through seven different locations, said Michael Henry, facilities and safety director for the Boys and Girls Club of Greater High Point.

“The fact is we serve a lot of underserved members of our community who don’t have the ability to have Thanksgiving meals without this,” said Henry. “It’s a blessing to them and to us. It’s been a good partnership with the students at High Point University,”