Thanksgiving is a special time of year for many Americans, a time to focus on family and the blessings of the past year.

“It’s when the family comes home,” said Bonnie Roher, who along with her husband, Don, is organizing Wrangell’s 14th annual Thanksgiving Basket Drive.

The goal of the drive is to provide a complete Thanksgiving dinner for local residents, particularly for families facing illness or catastrophe, single-parent households, multiple-member families, and single individuals.

A traditional Thanksgiving dinner can be expensive – according to the Rohers’ rubric, the co...