Starla Prickett folded jeans, T-shirts and blankets with her two young daughters at the Good News at Noon shelter on Davis Street on Thanksgiving in Gainesville, preparing the items to be distributed to those in need. “You’ve got to start somewhere,” Prickett said, explaining why she brought her children along to volunteer on the distinctively American holidays. “I think it’s priceless to have a worldview that’s realistic.”