Kay Jasso,

executive director of MS Center of Southwest Florida, Bonita Springs “We decided to open our home to friends and neighbors [Thanksgiving 2009]. We called it Thanksgiving Day Open House. We picked up a few members of our church from a local nursing home. We invited the neighbors, and our friends brought their friends. We wound up with 30 people instead of our usual handful for dinner. This is now a tradition, but a few of us take turns hosting the event.”