CLEVELAND — Cavaliers center Jarrett Allen is helping some local kids prep for Thanksgiving.

Allen hosted his ninth annual Meals + Math Thanksgiving event Nov. 20, welcoming 25 kids from the Breakthrough Schools ' Willard and Woodland Hills campuses to the Giant Eagle on W 117th St. in Cleveland.

Allen and a series of volunteers helped each child shop for their Thanksgiving spreads with the help of a $200 Giant Eagle gift card to cover the items, a calculator to help with their math and a sample grocery list. Allen joked that while the grocery list doesn't have to be followed exactly, it was necessary to avoid some carts ending up with all desserts and sweets.

"Some of these kids, they'd have 12 cases of soda," Allen said, laughing. "They're going straight to the chips and coo

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