Free Thanksgiving Dinner
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This year will be the twenty-fifth year for the Free Thanksgiving Dinner. This is a free Thanksgiving meal for anyone alone, elderly, homebound, or in need on the holiday. Meals are also delivered to police and fire personnel in Olmsted Falls, Olmsted Township, and Berea, Ohio as a thank you for working to keep us safe on the holiday.
This year is the fourth year we are continuing the tradition. Although the founder of the meal is no longer with us, we're carrying on in his memory.
We make everything as special as any family's holiday meal. Five hundred pounds of potatoes are peeled and mashed, forty-two turkeys are roasted, thirty pumpkins are cooked down to make into pies, and sixty loaves of bread are baked. This homemade Thanksgiving Day meal is held at Olmsted Community Church on Thanksgiving day.
Every year we are able to serve over one thousand meals for those in need in our community. Our goal is to provide not only a homemade meal, but a place people can come together. This event requires about 60-75 volunteers to cook, clean, serve, and deliver. In order to keep this community-responsive project going we rely on the generosity of these volunteers as well as donations of food and funds.
We're grateful for all the volunteers who help make this happen. Still, each year most of the cost rested on our shoulders. We are dedicated to continuing this tradition but looking to ease the financial burden of making this special meal. Please help us give thanks by giving to others.
This year is the fourth year we are continuing the tradition. Although the founder of the meal is no longer with us, we're carrying on in his memory.
We make everything as special as any family's holiday meal. Five hundred pounds of potatoes are peeled and mashed, forty-two turkeys are roasted, thirty pumpkins are cooked down to make into pies, and sixty loaves of bread are baked. This homemade Thanksgiving Day meal is held at Olmsted Community Church on Thanksgiving day.
Every year we are able to serve over one thousand meals for those in need in our community. Our goal is to provide not only a homemade meal, but a place people can come together. This event requires about 60-75 volunteers to cook, clean, serve, and deliver. In order to keep this community-responsive project going we rely on the generosity of these volunteers as well as donations of food and funds.
We're grateful for all the volunteers who help make this happen. Still, each year most of the cost rested on our shoulders. We are dedicated to continuing this tradition but looking to ease the financial burden of making this special meal. Please help us give thanks by giving to others.
Organizer
Nikole Weldon
Organizer
Cleveland, OH
