SAN ANTONIO — Sunshine Cottage School for Deaf Children brought its entire community together Friday for its long-running Thanksgiving Feast — an event that combines a holiday meal with hands-on language development for students from preschool through fourth grade.

The celebration took place inside the school’s gymnasium on Hildebrand Avenue, where more than 130 staff members and 60 honorary chefs served a donated Thanksgiving meal to students as part of a tradition dating back to 1989.

A staff member explained that the feast is rooted in the school’s mission to help children who are deaf or hard of hearing develop spoken language skills using real-life interactions.

"She's been around for 78 years first and helps children who are born deaf or hard of hearing learn to listen and speak u

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