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Kansas City Mothers in Charge is ensuring that mothers who have lost loved ones to violence know they still have community support during the grief that often comes with the holiday season.

The organization provided 50 mothers who lost children to violence in 2025 with $50 gift cards to help pay for their Thanksgiving dinner and removing one burden in an already challenging time.

"We pick 50, but if we could do more, we would have," said Latrice Murray, KC Mothers in Charge volunteer coordinator.

For many mothers, this Thanksgiving will be their first without their child.

"That first year is hard because that seat at the table is empty," Murray said.

Zeruiah Dennis's daughter, Laila, was killed in a domestic violence attack in May. She knows this Tha

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