Lansing Giveaway Reminded Everyone What Thanksgiving Is Truly About

A Community Fed by Kindness

Lansing Giveaway

A Lansing furniture store turned an ordinary Saturday into a powerful display of generosity, reminding the entire community what the season of Thanksgiving is meant to celebrate. Best Furniture Outlet in Lansing gave away 200 free turkeys just days before the holiday, drawing families, neighbors, and first-time hosts together in a moment filled with hope and gratitude.

Lines formed quickly as people arrived to complete their holiday meals. The effort wasn’t just about food—it was about community. CEO Ehab Awad hoped the gesture would “spark more acts of giving” from other local businesses. Recipients, many deeply moved, shared what the gift meant to them.

Erica Mawhorter expressed her appreciation, saying, “I think this is absolutely fantastic that these guys are doing this,” and adding, “It’s just wonderful that they think of the community. They don’t have to, they’re businessmen.”

For Renee Kouyate, the turkey represented something deeply personal.

“It is a true blessing, because now, me and my family will have a turkey to have for our Thanksgiving dinner, along with a wonderful meal that we’re gonna have,” she said.

CEO Awad emphasized the broader purpose behind the event:

“The main goal also is to motivate more business owners, more local establishments in the city of Lansing,” he said. “Which is, if we can do it, I’m pretty sure many corporations in our community can do it as well.”

Delta Township Supervisor Fonda Brewer beautifully captured the spirit of the holiday:

“It’s the love and the heart that’s put into it, it’s those secret recipes that are all pulled together, it’s everybody in the kitchen, it’s people bringing a dish to serve,” Brewer said. “All of that matters. And don’t we need it at this time? We need this unity right now.”

Lansing furniture store gives away 200 turkeys before Thanksgiving

For the Kouyate family, this Thanksgiving is especially meaningful.

“This will be a first Thanksgiving that my 19-year-old son is gonna cook for us,” Kouyate said. “He wanted to make a very first Thanksgiving for us in our home on our new, actually we just got a kitchen table. So he wanted to make a big Thanksgiving dinner this year for us.”

This story is a reminder that generosity doesn’t require wealth—only heart. One business chose kindness, and in doing so, helped ignite hope, unity, and inspiration throughout Lansing.

Acts like this prove that communities become stronger not through grand gestures alone, but through everyday people and businesses choosing to lift one another up. When kindness becomes contagious, everyone wins—and Thanksgiving becomes more than a holiday; it becomes a way of living.

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