Ten years ago, Michael DeBiase, owner of the MAPP Team: Michael DeBiase & Associates Premium Properties Powered by Higgins Group Private Brokerage, and his father, Joseph DeBiase, a deacon at Holy Family in Fairfield, started a โturkeyโ fundraiser with the goal to help a few families at Holy Family ๐ฆ๐ฝ That year, they helped 20 families have a wonderful Thanksgiving ๐Fast forward 10 years, and the movement has grown to helping 8 local organizations and many individual families in the community. This year’s fundraiser raised a record $11,000! ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ500 grocery store gift cards were purchased that helped over 2,000 people enjoy Thanksgiving ๐งก๐๐คWe are incredibly grateful to be one of the beneficiaries of this incredible act of generosity ๐๐ฝThank you to the many donors and especially to Michael and his father, Joseph, for helping our neighbors in need this holiday season. Pictured here are Michael DeBiase and Operation Hopeโs Volunteer Coordinator, Michelle Stearns.