For the first time, Los Angeles Mission and Hope the Mission partnered to offer the downtown LA community meals and services ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

About 2,500 turkey meals will serve the needy at the LA Mission on Skid Row on Wednesday.

"This is 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. Someone can come to the mission here, any of the Hope the Mission sites and start that journey from languishing on the streets to being in a place without hope, on their way to a job and moving forward in life, free of any addiction," Rowan Vansleve, Hope the Mission president, said "It's incredible work, and today is truly one of the highlights."

Grooming services are offered at LA Mission's Thanksgiving event on Skid Row. CBS LA

In addition to the meals served, clothing, free haircuts, mani

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