COLORADO SPRINGS — Southern Colorado stepped up, donating a lot of food during the government shutdown.

Now it is over, the hope is the generosity will continue through the holidays.

A donor named Wanda dropping off a turkey and sides at Care & Share Foodbank said, “I already sent a check in, and then I did this grocery shopping today.”

For her it is paying it forward from her experience as a kid.

“When I was a child, my parents were on welfare, and that's how we got our food, and I'm just trying to give back because I know what it's like to not have a meal to eat, especially during the holidays.”

“Thanksgiving is such an important time, and when you look at all the holidays, there's no holiday that Care and Share steps up more to than the Thanksgiving holiday,” said Care & Share Exec

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