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Miller family provides Thanksgiving meals, clothes and more to unsheltered Utahns

Monday marks the 24th consecutive year the family, with other partners, has fed the Beehive State’s most vulnerable residents this holiday week.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) People sift through donated clothing as the Miller family provides more than 3,000 Thanksgiving meals for people experiencing homelessness at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City on Monday, Nov. 21, 2022.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) People sift through donated clothing as the Miller family provides more than 3,000 Thanksgiving meals for people experiencing homelessness at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City on Monday, Nov. 21, 2022.

By https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/cff67767-789d-47c3-bd9b-4bdda62d1811.png Blake Apgar
 | Nov. 21, 2022, 8:27 p.m.

One of Utah’s most influential families served up helpings of hospitality Monday, handing out thousands of Thanksgiving meals to unhoused and food-insecure residents of the Beehive State.

The Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Foundation and Larry H. Miller Co. partnered with Salt Lake County to provide more than 3,000 meals and a variety of services at the Salt Palace Convention Center.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) "OG" Wayne and Barbara Regules have their Thanksgiving meal as the Miller family provides more than 3,000 meals for people experiencing homelessness at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City on Monday, Nov. 21, 2022.

It marked the 24th consecutive year the Miller family has provided meals to Utahns experiencing homelessness and food insecurity.

On top of receiving food, attendees had access to COVID-19 and flu vaccinations from the county’s Health Department, screenings for diabetes, free feminine hygiene kits, dental cleanings, pet vaccinations and supplies, clothes, record expungement resources, free transit passes from the Utah Transit Authority, and free bike tuneups from the Bicycle Collective.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tables set out as the Miller family provides more than 3,000 Thanksgiving meals for people experiencing homelessness at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City on Monday, Nov. 21, 2022.

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