Ray Duane, left, helps hand out free meals Wednesday as Dean Barath and Ideal Provisions distributed meals at Wheeling’s homeless encampment. -- Derek Redd

WHEELING — By Wednesday afternoon, the temperature had started to drop, the wind whipping around Wheeling’s homeless encampment making it feel even colder. But for dozens of people who had camped in that area, there was a warm meal to enjoy on Thanksgiving Eve.

Dean Barath of Ideal Provisions Food Truck and Catering parked his vehicle at the encampment’s entrance. Along with son Isaac Barath and friend Duane Ray, they passed out aluminum containers filled with Thanksgiving food. The aluminum allowed those eating to reheat their dinners over a campfire without worrying about the container melting.

Barath said he has been handing out m

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