How to Help a Family in Need Have a Thanksgiving Dinner

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There is no better way to show your gratitude for all your blessings this year than to help a family in need celebrate Thanksgiving with a traditional turkey meal.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • Baskets
  • Canned Goods
  • Stuffings
  • Turkeys
  • Table Centerpieces
  • Supermarket Gift Certificates

Step1
Check with your church, synagogue or other religious group to find out if it is collecting donations for food baskets. If so, find out what's needed.
Step2
Buy several frozen turkeys or hams and bring them to the Rotary Club, Elks or another civic group to distribute as it sees fit.
Step3
Donate bags of potatoes, stuffing mix, bottles of soda, and ingredients for pies that people can use to make their own meals.
Step4
Offer canned goods such as vegetables and soups to charity drives or food kitchens in your area.
Step5
Prepare a basket on Thanksgiving with a fully cooked meal consisting of items such as turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce to give to a social service agency or civic group, which can deliver it to a family that would otherwise have nothing to eat.
Step6
Buy a gift certificate to a local supermarket for an organization to give to a family to select their own Thanksgiving food.
Step7
Contact organizations such as Big Brothers/Big Sisters, the United Way, and the YMCA or YWCA and donate money for residents who need help.
Step8
Provide food for a Meals on Wheels program in your area. This organization delivers meals to people who are elderly or ill and can't leave their homes.
Step9
Volunteer to deliver a hot meal to a family in which the parents are homebound due to an accident or illness.
Step10
Donate money to a religious or civic group to host a community-wide dinner for people who have nowhere to go.

Tips & Warnings

  • Bring a centerpiece, a fall plant or some other decoration to brighten up a family's table and get them into the spirit of the holiday.
  • Consider volunteering at a soup kitchen or shelter on Thanksgiving Day.

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on 11/6/2007 If you are in the Philadelphia or surrounding area please go to www.lightalife.net and submit your story for assistance this holiday season. We are giving away thanksgiving meals as well as Christmas presents and meals. We try to aid as many families as we can year round. WWW.LIGHTALIFE.Net

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