COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — Volunteers were packing up Thanksgiving meal kits for people in need in Colorado Springs today. They're filling them up with all the Thanksgiving essentials — turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing and pumpkin pie to name a few.

The Community Partnership for Child Development (CPCD) distributed free Thanksgiving meals to over 300 families, providing relief during what many consider one of the hardest times of the year.

"It's gotten harder and harder every year," said Bella Garcia, a mother who received a Thanksgiving meal for her and her daughter.

Garcia says this year has been especially difficult because she didn't have her SNAP benefits due to the government shutdown.

"There's been a lot going on. I just have been trying to learn how to be the best

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