Winter vacations don’t have to mean gray skies and freezing temperatures, unless that’s exactly what you’re after. The U.S.

Thanksgiving used to mean one thing: staying home, cooking for hours, and sitting around the same table with the same people.

CLERMONT, Fla. — Hands of Hope America founder and chief executive officer Evelisse Bookhout’s history as an at-risk youth led her to start the nonprofit in the Four Corners community to fill the ...