"Community Tables will be hosting the 29th Annual
Thanksgiving Day Feast at the Congregational United Church of Christ, 400 W
Radiance Dr, Greensboro, NC 27403 from 10:30am until 2:00pm on Thanksgiving
Day. The fellowship hall will be open to
anyone who is homeless, experiencing food insecurity or who might otherwise be
alone on the holiday. Community Tables
and CUCC provide a family atmosphere with a traditional Thanksgiving Meal
served buffet style. A bus will provide
free transportation from Center City Park and the Interactive Resource Center to
the church and back starting at 10:00 am Thursday morning. Volunteers arrange donated flowers and linen
for the tables, and serve as waiters.
Separate components of the meal are prepared at other
locations, including Victory Junction, a camp in Randleman for kids with
serious illnesses, which roasts all the 1,500 pounds of boneless turkey breasts
and mashes potatoes, and Painted Plate Catering in Greensboro, which prepares
gravy and stuffing.
Volunteers deliver these items to the kitchen at the
Greensboro Coliseum, where other volunteers carve the turkeys; cook green beans
and package portions of those foods and cranberry sauce into boxes; and cut
slices of sweet potato pies that have been purchased and put them into
individual containers.
Then, volunteers from churches and non-profits partnering
with Community Tables pick up the meals and either serve them at their own
facilities or deliver them to people at their homes.
In recent years, Community
Foundation of Greater Greensboro has handled fundraising for Community
Tables, allowing its volunteers and partner agencies to focus on preparing,
serving and delivering the meals. 100%
of the money raised is spent on food for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Donors may support the Thanksgiving and/or
Christmas dinner through a contribution to the Thanksgiving/Holiday Fund, and
also may designate that some or their entire gift support the Christmas dinner
held at Bender’s Tavern.
Greensboro and the surrounding area was #1 in Food
Insecurity in the country this year. The
number of requests for meals this year has nearly doubled that of recent
years. This project needs donations in
order to continue this tradition and support those in need in our community.
TO GIVE to the
Thanksgiving/Holiday Fund, visit CFGG.org OR, mail a check earmarked for the
Thanksgiving/Holiday Fund to:
CFGG
330 S Greene St #100
Greensboro, NC 27401
- A Press Release
