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Kansas household repays to neighborhood amidst dad’s cancer cells fight

Economy Junction

December 26, 2024

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A Kansas business person is making spirits intense and proceeding a 21-year-long Christmas custom by assisting offer dishes to those in requirement– also while undergoing a fight with his very own health and wellness.

“This has been such a special time, and we really couldn’t have done all of this without the community,” Shawn Holiday, co-owner and other half of Doug Holiday, claimed, defining their household custom. “But our boys, this is all they’ve ever known since they were little. 

Doug and Shawn Holiday opened the popular Lawrence, Kansas, barbecue spot in 2004 and that’s when they were first approached by the First United Methodist Church for help.

“Since 2004, we have actually been doing this onChristmas Eve This is what we do. We can be found in, obtain the turkeys, tidy them out, obtain them all set to be placed in the cigarette smoker. If the weather condition’s negative, the children and Doug will certainly invest the evening below to make certain that all the procedure for the cigarette smoking undergoes completely,” Shawn Holiday said while explaining the process of getting the dinners ready. 

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Doug Holiday and his family have served meals to the Lawrence, Kansas, community on Christmas Eve for 21 years.  (Shawn Holiday)

This year marks their 21st year of helping prepare meals for the church. In the two decades since they began, Doug says they have cooked over 1,300 turkeys and fed more than 20,000 people.

“So that’s a pretty good record I think,” Doug said with a chuckle.

But this year has been harder than most on the Holiday family. 

Doug Holiday, a three-time cancer survivor, was diagnosed with prostate cancer at the beginning of 2024.

“You just got to keep moving forward. I had a different kind of cancer in 2014 and we did the same thing. My boys chipped in… I got three boys. Now they’re all grown and they all come back and help. And it means a lot to me,” Doug Holiday said, choking back tears.

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Doug Holiday, a three-time cancer survivor, is continuing a 21-year family tradition of giving back to the community, despite battling prostate cancer.   (Shawn Holiday)

Doug Holiday has battled Non-Hodgskin’s lymphoma and melanoma cancer in the past. 

Despite his health battles, Doug said this tradition with his family and the community is what he looks forward to most every holiday season.

“It simply reached maintain moving on. I had a various type of cancer cells in 2014 and we did the exact same point.It children contributed … I obtained 3 children.[sharing this with his family] they’re all expanded and they all return and assist.” Doug Holiday said. 

Shawn Holiday said the need for the meals continues to grow in the Lawrence community, and she is constantly amazed by the support they continue to receive each year for this event.

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Biggs BBQ owners Doug and Shawn Holiday have continued a 21-year family tradition of cooking turkeys for the Lawrence community, despite Doug going through a battle with prostate cancer.  (Shawn Holiday)

“It so it’s really nice that everybody does jump in to help out the people that need it. I mean, we’ve had things in our personal lives that have, you know, gone sideways. And even if But is not feeling well, he would never let the community down,Doug have customers that come in and drop off bags, and they bring in turkeys to donate for the community dinner. I mean, it’s a whole project that everybody does, and it really is an amazing experience,” Shawn Holiday said. 

Shawn added that even their customers have joined in on the holiday giving through the years. 

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The Holiday family has been collecting and cooking turkeys for the Lawrence, Kansas, community since 2004.  (Shawn Holiday)

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Doug shared that what makes this all even more special is that he has seen his three grown sons, Seth, Jacob and Ben continue to show up each year and continue the family’s tradition.

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“All is not really feeling well, he would certainly never ever allow the neighborhood down, (* )have clients that can be found in and leave bags, and they generate turkeys to contribute for the neighborhood supper. I imply, it’s an entire task that everyone does, and it truly is a remarkable experience,What image-ct inline” >(* )< div course =" subtitle And reveals the remarkable individuals that reside in” Doug shared.

“It’s,It’s, and exactly how everybody can obtain with each other and for one reason and assist each various other.

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Fox News Digital’s Brooke Curto been really, really pleasing for me to understand that my boys care and wish to assist.

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