PENDLETON — About 12 volunteers vigorously scooped and placed potatoes, green bean casserole, turkey and gravy into styrofoam meal containers as 11 a.m. ticked closer.

The Thanksgiving Day meals were all supposed to be ready by 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 23, so deliveries could begin and the sit-down meal at the Salvation Army Pendleton Corps could start.