Leyden students and staff to share Thanksgiving meal, ‘family-style experience’ with 200 Navy recruits

Leyden students and staff to share Thanksgiving meal, ‘family-style experience’ with 200 Navy recruits

Leyden senior Beesan Tawil has grown up around the kitchen, creating and sharing meals with her loved ones. On Thanksgiving she’ll be at East Leyden High School in Franklin Park sharing a festive holiday meal with 200 Navy recruits from Great Lakes Naval Station. She also participated last year in this event, which has been an annual tradition for more than 10 years. “I was very prideful and grateful for the opportunity (last year) and to see ho…