In 2013, Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. held its first official Thanksgiving Giveaway. Now an integral part of the numerous no-cost community food programs we offer at GPHC, our annual Thanksgiving Giveaway tradition is a collaborative effort that unites our staff, board members, donors, neighbors, partners and tireless volunteers, all of whom are instrumental in distributing free Thanksgiving food boxes for upwards of 350 in-need families — including Smith Elementary School students. Last year we provided nearly 1,600 meals and 450 King Soopers gift cards, received 194 donations, raised $15,000 and distributed 300 pies, 1,700 dinner rolls, 5,600 cans and packages of Thanksgiving essentials and nearly 1,000 pounds of fresh vegetables. And this year we hope to nourish even more food-insecure families.
VOLUNTEERING AND DONATIONS
There are multiple volunteer opportunities—including collecting and sorting food, assembling boxes and distributing Thanksgiving boxes to our homebound clients, students and seniors.
By volunteering your time, hosting a food drive, donating food, supermarket gift cards or contributing monetary gifts, you are feeding those who need it most. If you’d like to volunteer for our Thanksgiving Giveaway, please visit our SignUp Genius link. We need volunteers between November 7 and November 25.
Register to Receive aN INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY Thanksgiving Box
Registration for our Thanksgiving boxes will close on Friday, November 14, 2025. You MUST be a resident of Park Hill to receive a box.
Boxes are distributed on the Monday and Tuesday of Thanksgiving week and your specific pickup window is based on the first initial of your last name. If you have any questions about your pickup date and time, please call our office: 303-388-0918.
Donate
Currently, these are the items we currently need:
$25 grocery cards to Walmart or King Soopers (we distribute grocery cards in lieu of turkeys) Cans and cartons of chicken broth
Canned mixed greens, corn and/or green beans
Boxes/large bags of mashed potatoes
Jars or packets of gravy
Canned yams or sweet potatoes
Perishables (pies, dinner rolls, potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, carrots, celery, fresh poultry herbs and fresh garlic)
We’re accepting non-expired Thanksgiving donations at 2823 Fairfax Street. We would love to have all of our food shopping done and Thanksgiving boxes filled by 5 p.m. on Thursday, November 20. We can accept perishables until noon on Friday, November 21.
WITH GRATITUDE
We are SO appreciative of all our donors, neighbors, volunteers, churches and companies that make our Thanksgiving Giveaway so gratifying. The success of this annual program is a direct result of YOUR food donations, financial contributions and/or organized food drives/collections. Thank you so much!