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Several local churches and other organizations will offer free Thanksgiving dinners Thursday, November 24 for those in need and for those who don't want to spend the holiday alone. Here are a several offerings:.
Tenderloin Tessie
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One of San Francisco's oldest community meals by and for members of the LGBT community, Tenderloin Tessie's Thanksgiving dinner is now in its 31st year.
.The Tenderloin Tessie dinner features roast turkey, gravy, stuffing, potatoes and vegetables, coffee and beverages, pumpkin pie and a special gift bag takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. at the First Unitarian Church at (at Geary) in San Francisco. Volunteers are always welcome; call Toby Nelson at .
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Glide Memorial Church - Rev Cecil Williams
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Glide Memorial Church will host a special Thanksgiving celebration and is expecting 4,500 people for its annual holiday meal. Glide operates one of the largest free meal programs in San Francisco.
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"At Glide we reach out to everyone. No one should be left out and the need is more critical this year," said the Reverend Cecil Williams.
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Glide starts off the day with Celebration, the worship and music service at 10 a.m. (usually 9 am and 11 am on non-holidays). Holiday meals will be served from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the church, 330 Ellis Street in San Francisco.
.Volunteers and donations are welcome. To sign up call . To make a cash donation, visit the Web site or send checks to Glide Memorial, . Food donations should be dropped off at the side entrance of the church.
Saturday, November 22 - Thanksgiving, November 27
9:00PM - 3:00PM on Saturday, Sunday and Thanksgiving
8:00AM - 6:00PM on Monday - Wednesday
To volunteer please call or send an email to .
A note about volunteering:
All four of these organizations welcome volunteers. Glide Church and St. Anthony's Dining Room always have more volunteers for the special Holiday meals than they need. In the case of both Glide and St. Anthony's the best thing you can do for them is to give them a generous donation. Money is the one thing they both have way too little of.
MCC and Tenderloin Tessie rely much more on volunteers. Volunteers, for both these groups are not only warmly welcome, they are absolutely necessary to make the dinners work. Both the MCC and Tenderloin Tessie dinners are smaller than the Glide and St. Anthony's efforts and as result they get fewer donations, but are equally in need of support. Keep that in mind if you are thinking about making a donation. And, by the way, the Tenderloin Tessie Dinner has grown quite large in recent years - which means their need for both money and volunteers have grown as well.
Donations of small quantities of canned goods or other food items are not very useful to any of the organizations. They need very large quantities of identical items. The best way to help these groups serve holiday meals to those in need is to write several or all them generous checks.
The other thing you can do to help is get involved: volunteer on a day that is not a major holiday. Keep in mind that both Glide and St. Anthony's Dining Room serve hot meals to thousands of people every day of the year from their Tenderloin locations. You have 365 days in every year available to you to volunteer.
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Glide Memorial Church - Rev Cecil Williams
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Glide Memorial Church will host a special Thanksgiving celebration and is expecting 4,500 people for its annual holiday meal. Glide operates one of the largest free meal programs in San Francisco.
.
"At Glide we reach out to everyone. No one should be left out and the need is more critical this year," said the Reverend Cecil Williams.
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Glide starts off the day with Celebration, the worship and music service at 10 a.m. (usually 9 am and 11 am on non-holidays). Holiday meals will be served from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the church, 330 Ellis Street in San Francisco.
.Volunteers and donations are welcome. To sign up call . To make a cash donation, visit the Web site or send checks to Glide Memorial, . Food donations should be dropped off at the side entrance of the church.
St. Anthony Dining Room - The Franciscan Friars
St. Anthony Dining Room, a part of the larger St. Anthony Foundation was founded by the Franciscan Friars who are members of the Order of Friars Minor - O.F.M. of St. Boniface Church, located in the depth of The Tenderloin.
Drop off your holiday gifts of clothing, turkeys, food and monetary donations to .
Saturday, November 22 - Thanksgiving, November 27
9:00PM - 3:00PM on Saturday, Sunday and Thanksgiving
8:00AM - 6:00PM on Monday - Wednesday
To volunteer please call or send an email to .
A note about volunteering:
All four of these organizations welcome volunteers. Glide Church and St. Anthony's Dining Room always have more volunteers for the special Holiday meals than they need. In the case of both Glide and St. Anthony's the best thing you can do for them is to give them a generous donation. Money is the one thing they both have way too little of.
MCC and Tenderloin Tessie rely much more on volunteers. Volunteers, for both these groups are not only warmly welcome, they are absolutely necessary to make the dinners work. Both the MCC and Tenderloin Tessie dinners are smaller than the Glide and St. Anthony's efforts and as result they get fewer donations, but are equally in need of support. Keep that in mind if you are thinking about making a donation. And, by the way, the Tenderloin Tessie Dinner has grown quite large in recent years - which means their need for both money and volunteers have grown as well.
Donations of small quantities of canned goods or other food items are not very useful to any of the organizations. They need very large quantities of identical items. The best way to help these groups serve holiday meals to those in need is to write several or all them generous checks.
The other thing you can do to help is get involved: volunteer on a day that is not a major holiday. Keep in mind that both Glide and St. Anthony's Dining Room serve hot meals to thousands of people every day of the year from their Tenderloin locations. You have 365 days in every year available to you to volunteer.
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1 comments:
Just a note - 601 Dolores Street is no longer the Lutheran Church and will NOT be open for Thanksgiving (its is actually in the tail end of renovation into a single family home)
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