Fayetteville: Ways To Give Back On Thanksgiving
By this weekend (11/2-3), Halloween 2024 has come and gone. We’ve eaten all the treats we’ve endured the tricks and put our costumes away for next year. It’s time to turn our focus to the next holiday, the Thanksgiving holiday, which falls this year on November 28.
Giving Back
Over the years, as my kids were growing up, my husband and I always wanted to teach them to give back. We’ve done the angel tree and we’ve searched for ways on Thanksgiving Day that we as a family could go help someone in need. Because so many churches donate their time on Thanksgiving, many of the places where they serve food have been booked up, but now that November is beginning and we’re just a couple of days after Halloween, it may be a good time to make arrangements for Thanksgiving and maybe sign up to help the homeless and helping those in need during Thanksgiving Day.
Being Thankful
So after we all went around the table telling each other what we are thankful for this year, we looked around and we found out that right here in Fayetteville, there are many ways that you can give during the Thanksgiving holiday to help those in need and spread some cheer as we get right into the holiday season.
Operation Turkey
Operation Turkey provides Thanksgiving meals, clothing, and toiletries to the homeless and less fortunate in Fayetteville and 29 cities nationwide.
Spring Lake, NC · Raeford, NC · Hope Mills, NC · Fayetteville, NC
(682) 226-2724
donate@operationturkey.com
Highland Presbyterian Church
Thanksgiving Day Meal at Highland Presbyterian Church
Sign up to sponsor a meal (or parts of it) or sign up the whole family for a variety of duties on Thanksgiving day and the days before the event.
Meals on Wheels
Meals on Wheels: Deliver meals to people in need.
Salvation Army
Salvation Army: Volunteer to serve meals, organize events, or help with donation drives. You can also adopt an angel or silver bell to provide gifts to children and seniors.
Thanksgiving Dinner Scavenger Hunt
Search for six Thanksgiving dinner items hidden around the children’s area. Pick up a scavenger hunt sheet at the children’s service desk, find all six objects, and return the sheet for a free sticker.
The program runs November 1-30.
For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1450.