Former Dallas Cowboys players helped serve families in need at the Salvation Army Carr P. Collins Social Service Center in Dallas on Tuesday. They loaded Thanksgiving meals into trunks of cars and flatbeds of trucks.
"This is the good stuff," former Cowboys defensive back Everson Walls said. "I've got a fried turkey recipe I can share with them!"
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About 200 families lined up to receive the donated food.
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Some of the former players who helped load vehicles included Charles Haley, Rocket Ismail, Walls, Tony Casillas, Kenny Grant, George Teague, and Timmy Newsome.
"I think everyone should serve and do something like this," former Cowboys defensive tackle Tony Casillas said. "I think they'd really be humbled and really make them think how good they have it."
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The food giveaway is a partnership between the Salvation Army, the Dallas Cowboys, and Tom Thumb/Albertsons.
