Thanksgiving (United States)Add TopicA Thanksgiving for refugees Thuan Le ElstonUSA TODAY HandoutVolunteers and Afghan, Congolese, Eritrean, Salvadoran and Ukrainian refugees celebrate Thanksgiving on Nov. 20, 2022, at the Ethiopian Community Development Council in Arlington, Va.Bob ElstonKevin Bearden, left, volunteers at the Ethiopian Community Development Council's Thanksgiving for Afghan, Congolese, Eritrean, Salvadoran and Ukrainian refugees on Nov. 20, 2022, in Arlington, Va.Lloyd WolfThe Ethiopian Community Development Council is one of nine U.S. resettlement agencies. Since fall 2021, after Kabul, Afghanistan, fell to the Taliban, ECDC has helped nearly 1,600 refugees begin new lives in Northern Virginia, 95% of them Afghans.Lloyd WolfAt the Ethiopian Community Development Council's Thanksgiving party on Nov. 20, 2022, are, from left, refugee case manager Manizha Nuzhat, Executive Director Sarah Zullo and housing coordinator Bob Elston.ProvidedECDC's Ukrainian refugees coordinator, Svitlana Ostaulenko, right, with guests at the Thanksgiving party on Nov. 20, 2022.Ethiopian Community Development CouncilFeatured Weekly Ad