(KAIR)--Thanks to the work of three Atchison-area service organizations, 337 Atchison County households received Thanksgiving dinners they otherwise would have gone without.

According to a post shared to local, public social media by David Gatewood, of the Atchison County Food Pantry at the First Christian Church, they were joined by Catholic Charities and the USD 409 Kay Chapter in distributing "turkeys and all the related items for a nice Thanksgiving dinner."

The deliveries were made Monday.

Gatewood, referring to the Kay chapter members, says that while "we all like to complain about the younger generations," he thinks "the future is bright with young men and women like these."